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Ejaz Ghani is currently Senior Fellow at the Pune International Center. He was previously Lead Economist at the World Bank and has worked on Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Corporate Strategy, and Independent Evaluation Unit. He contributes economic opinion columns to Business Standard, Hindu, Financial Express, Mint, VOX CEPR, and Project Syndicate.
He has edited several books including Reshaping Tomorrow--Is South Asia Ready for the Big Leap? Oxford University Press 2011; The Poor Half Billion in South Asia, Oxford University Press 2010 The Service Revolution in South Asia, Oxford University Press 2010; Accelerating Growth and Job Creation in South Asia (with S. Ahmed) 2009, Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia (with S. Ahmed and S. Kelegama), 2009; and Growth and Regional Integration (with S. Ahmed) Macmillan 2007.
Prior to joining The World Bank, he taught economics at St. Anne's College (Oxford University) and Shri Ram College of Commerce (Delhi University). He obtained an M.Phil. & D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University. He did his schooling in Bihar; Bachelors at St. Stephen's College; and Masters at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He is an Inlaks scholar.
Posts by Ejaz Ghani
क्या रोज़गार के सृजन से भारत में गरीबी कम हो सकती है?
भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था में जब लगातार वृद्धि हो रही है, इस बात पर आम सहमति बनी है कि गरीबी को कम करने के लिए अधिक से अधिक नौकरियों का सृजन किया जाना महत्वपूर्ण है। एजाज़ ग़नी उन रुझानों को साझा करते हैं जो...
- Ejaz Ghani
- 14 दिसंबर, 2023
- दृष्टिकोण
Assessing gender disparities in entrepreneurship and employment in India
Economic growth depends on successful utilisation of the entire workforce. Ejaz Ghani argues that gender equality is not only a key pillar of human rights, but could be a powerful tool for sustaining ...
- Ejaz Ghani
- 12 December, 2023
- Perspectives
Could job creation be a driver of poverty reduction in India?
While the Indian economy continues to grow, there is a consensus that creating more jobs is vital to reduce poverty. Ejaz Ghani shares trends which suggest that job creation is being driven by cities ...
- Ejaz Ghani
- 03 November, 2023
- Perspectives
The implications of India’s spatial development
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “poverty is the worst form of violence”. In this piece, Ejaz Ghani highlights India’s poverty burden, its regional disparities and convergence thereof. He highlights ho...
- Ejaz Ghani
- 30 September, 2022
- Articles
Balancing economic development and climate goals
Although India is on track to meet its target under the Paris Climate Agreement, the fast pace of urbanisation could worsen the problem of climate change. In this post, Ejaz Ghani outlines the policy ...
- Ejaz Ghani
- 31 August, 2021
- Perspectives
Land and financial misallocation in India
Optimising the allocation of factors of production – land, capital and labour - improves productivity. In India, where evidence suggests land is severely misallocated to inefficient manufacturing fi...
- Gilles Duranton Ejaz Ghani Arti Grover Goswami William Kerr
- 20 July, 2016
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India's energy efficiency
India is the fourth largest energy consumer in the world but is not well endowed with energy resources, making efficiency in energy use very important. This column analyses the spatial dynamics of el...
- Ejaz Ghani Arti Grover Goswami William Kerr
- 10 November, 2015
- Articles
Rise of informality in India's tradable manufacturing sector
The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing is concentrated in informal tradable industries, ...
- Ejaz Ghani William Kerr Alex Segura
- 13 July, 2015
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Can services be a growth escalator in low-income countries?
Just like the East Asian Tigers, the Lions of Africa are now growing much faster than the developed economies. However, this column shows that the growth escalators in Africa are different than in Ea...
- Ejaz Ghani
- 01 December, 2014
- Articles
Growing through cities in India
Do cities grow through specialisation or diversity? This column measures specialisation and diversity for the manufacturing and services sectors in India. It finds that Indian districts with a broade...
- Ejaz Ghani William Kerr Ishani Tewari
- 20 June, 2014
- Articles
What makes cities more competitive in India?
Policymakers in both developed and developing countries want to make cities more competitive, attract new entrepreneurs, boost economic growth, and promote job creation. This column shows that the two...
- Ejaz Ghani William Kerr Stephen D O'Connell
- 07 March, 2014
- Articles
India's spatial disparities: Have big cities become too congested?
A key driver of the Indian economy is its rapidly growing service sector. This column compares the spatial growth pattern of the sector in India and other countries. It is found that while in US and ...
- Klaus Desmet Ejaz Ghani Esteban Hansberg Stephen D O'Connell
- 17 January, 2014
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