Muthukumara Mani

Dr. Muthukumara Mani is a Lead Economist at The World Bank.
He is with over twenty years of experience leading environmental projects, policy dialogue, analytical work and capacity building activities.
He primarily works on climate change mitigation and adaptation issues, water and environmental issues in the region.
Prior to joining the South Asia region, he led the World Bank's work on assessing environmental implications of development policy lending reforms in the Environment Department of the World Bank.
Prior to joining this position, Dr. Mani was an economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund, where he was responsible for analyzing environmental implications of macroeconomic policies and programs, and in integrating environmental considerations broadly in the IMF country programs.
He holds a doctorate and master’s in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.