Nayantara Sarma is an Economist at the World Bank MENA Poverty and Equity Global Practice. Prior to this, she was in the World Bank India office working on labor market analysis, poverty estimation, and statistical capacity building. Her academic background includes a PhD in Development Economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Before joining the World Bank, she worked with the ILO in Geneva, and on field-based impact evaluations in rural India.