Ambar Narayan

Dr. Ambar Narayan is a Lead Economist at The World Bank.
He is part of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice of the World Bank, and focuses on policy analysis and research on micro development issues, on topics such as inequality of opportunity, poverty reduction, policy and program evaluation, and the impact of economic shocks.
He leads the central support team for the World Bank’s Systematic Country Diagnostics.
In the past, Dr. Narayan has worked in the South Asia region of the World Bank on knowledge and lending programs in multiple countries.
He has also authored a number of scholarly articles and working papers, which reflect the eclectic mix of topics he has worked on over the years.
He holds Masters degrees in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and Brown University, and a PhD in Economics from Brown University.