| Names |
MAITREESH GHATAK |
| Date of
Birth |
February 07, 1968 |
| Identity |
Professor of
Economics at the London School of Economics. |
| General |
- He is an applied microeconomic theorist with research
interests in economic development, public economics, and the
economics of organisations.
- His research interests include microfinance, property
rights, occupational choice, collective action, and the
economics of NGOs and non-profits.
- He has a M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of
Economics and a PhD in Economics from the Harvard University
under the supervision of Eric Maskin and Abhijit Banerjee.
- He is the Lead Economist of the DFID-funded
International Growth Centre's India (Bihar) programme. He is
a board member of the Bureau for Research in the Economic
Analysis of Development, also known as the BREAD.
- He writes occasional essays in various newspapers and
magazines on economic and political issues, in English as
well as in Bengali.
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