Rinku Murgai is Practice Manager of the East Asia and Pacific Region’s Poverty and Equity Team of the World Bank, based in Singapore. Ms. Murgai joined the World Bank in 2000 as a Young Professional, and has held assignments in the South Asia Region, the Research Department, and as the Sector Coordinator for the teams on Poverty and Economic Policy, and Governance and Public Sector working on India.
She has a keen interest and analytic skills in the general areas of poverty, vulnerability and public policy, encompassing poverty and inequality measurement; functioning of labor, land and water markets; and social protection design, delivery and evaluation. In her work at the World Bank, Rinku has had the opportunity to contribute to poverty assessments, development policy reviews, impact evaluations, operations, and Country Partnership Strategies. She has worked closely with Government on issues related to poverty monitoring, strengthening of statistical systems, and design and M&E of safety nets.
Rinku holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Economics from Swarthmore College, and a PhD in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California at Berkeley.