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Arun Jacob is an Economist at the United Nations (UN). He is currently posted at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), where he conducts research and provides advisory services to governments on trade policy matters. In the past he has worked at UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on areas related to science, technology and innovation. Prior to joining the UN International Civil Service, he worked with the President's Office of Tanzania, where he was part of the core drafting group of the five-year national development plan and long-term perspective plan of Tanzania. He has also been a consultant for different UN agencies and some leading economic consultancies.

He has a Ph.D. in Development Economics from the Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID: The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Geneva, Switzerland. He also holds an M.Phil. degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge, UK, where he was a Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar.