Apurva Sanghi is the World Bank Lead Economist for Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. He was previously based in Moscow and Nairobi holding similar roles for the Russian Federation, and the four East African countries of Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Eritrea. Prior, Apurva led the World Bank’s Global Economic Growth Cluster in Washington DC.

A macro-economist with environmental expertise, Apurva is also a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has worked on development topics ranging from infrastructure & climate change to microfinance & agriculture. Apurva has worked in the private sector (USA); think-tanks (Thailand Development Research Institute--TDRI) and academia -- teaching & research positions at MGIMO (Russia), Thammasat University (Bangkok), University of Chicago, and Yale (USA).

Apurva is a selective commentator with views expressed in the pages of major international media outlets such as the Financial Times; the Economist; Mint & Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Project Syndicate. He has also contributed to on-air commentary to outlets including Al-Jazeera, CNBC, Channel News Asia (CNA), and RT. Apurva was recognized by Forbes Magazine as a “leader and disruptor” trying to fix broken GDP. He has also given a first-ever TEDx talk, broadcast live from the Kakuma refugee camp in Northern Kenya.

Apurva holds college degrees in physics & economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He earned his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.