Anurag  Kumar

Anurag Kumar

Health Economist in the global HNP unit of the World Bank

Anurag is a Health Economist in the global HNP unit of the World Bank. He works on a wide range of health financing issues with the HF GSG. He moved to his current role from the Global Financing Facility's (GFF's) health financing team. Prior to that, he led the health financing and economics work program at NITI Aayog (Policy Commission), Government of India. His focus areas include resource mobilization for health, insurance reforms, PHC financing, and governance-related issues. He also has prior experience at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) on market shaping and supply chain for essential drugs & diagnostics, and in the private sector as a management consultant. Geographically, he has worked predominantly in South & South-East Asia, and East & Southern Africa. Anurag is from Delhi, India. He holds a Masters in Economics & Public Policy from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Delhi.