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Poonam Gupta

World Bank
pgupta5@worldbank.org

Poonam Gupta is a Senior Economist at the World Bank, Washington DC. She has previously worked at the NIPFP (where she was holding the RBI Chair Professor), International Monetary Fund and Delhi School of Economics. Her research has been published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Finance and the Journal of International Economics, and has been featured in The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and the leading Indian dailies. She holds a Ph.D. in International Economics from the University of Maryland and a Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.

Posts by Poonam Gupta

Inflation targeting in India: An interim assessment

Inflation targeting in India is a work-in-progress, with a five-year review due by March 2021. This article presents an interim assessment suggesting that significant progress has already been achieve...

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Should emerging markets worry about US monetary policy announcements?

Emerging economies are routinely affected by monetary policy announcements in the US. This column finds that US monetary policy surprises have a significant impact on emerging economies’ exchange ra...

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From tapering to tightening: The impact of the Fed's exit on India

India was among the hardest hit by the Fed’s ‘taper talks’. This column argues that this impact was large for two reasons. First, India received huge capital flows before. This had made it a co...

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What voters reward: Evidence from the 2009 Indian parliamentary elections

Do voters care about economic outcomes? This column analyses the 2009 parliamentary elections in India and finds that voters favoured parties that delivered high growth in their states and rejected t...

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How do Indian voters respond to candidates with criminal charges: Evidence from Lok Sabha elections

An alarming number of India’s politicians have criminal records or some charges against them. This column asks how they manage to get away with it. It looks at evidence from parliamentary elections ...

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