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Abhijit Sen Gupta
Abhijit Sen Gupta is a Senior Economist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, where he leads the research on economic viability of infrastructure projects. He has also led and contributed to reports on net zero transition, nature-based solutions and planetary health. Prior to this, he was a Senior Economics Officer in ADB’s South Asia Regional Department, focusing on international financial integration, fiscal decentralisation, global value chain participation and macroeconomic stabilisation, He also worked with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and was an Associate Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has published widely in international peer-reviewed journals.
He holds a PhD in International Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
ndia-EU trade agreement. Dr Sen Gupta has also enjoyed stints in academia. As a tenured Associate Professor, he taught macroeconomics and international finance at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and supervised several M.Phil. and Ph.D. students. He also taught intermediate macroeconomics at the senior under graduate level at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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The nuances of inflation targeting in India
How prepared is India for inflation targeting? This column suggests that the larger weight assigned by the RBI to tackling inflation over the years, relative to other policy objectives such as stabilising exchange rates, places it in a good position to make the transition to the new regime. However, limited control over supply shocks that impact inflation might continue to pose a challenge. Greater coordination between fiscal and monetary policy would improve the efficacy of inflation targeting
Why food inflation has been high in India
The persistently high food inflation witnessed in India over the past few years has been a cause for concern. This column seeks to identify the major drivers of food inflation in India, and to evaluate the extent to which food inflation has had an impact on non-food and overall inflation.
The challenges of opening up India's capital account
A key objective for any open economy is to avoid a financial or balance of payments crisis – a goal that often calls for trade-offs between liberalisation and maintaining control of the economy. This column explores the trade offs India has made.
Growth, structural change, and poverty reduction: Evidence from India
Poverty reduction in India has been relatively slow even in years of high economic growth. A possible explanation is that growth has mainly been driven by sectors that generate fewer jobs for the poor. This column analyses this explanation and finds that structural change or the reallocation of jobs from low productivity to high productivity sectors, plays a key role in reducing poverty.
Climate Change: An unfolding public health crisis
Climate change is no longer merely an environmental issue; it is emerging as a profound threat to human health and well-being. In this post, Chandra, Sen Gupta, and Zheng discuss the diverse and complex pathways through which climate change affects health. They contend that by investing in infrastructure, empowering vulnerable populations, and implementing evidence-based policies, we can mitigate the health risks posed by a changing climate.