Office of the Chief Economist, South Asia Region

Latest Events

Earlier Events

2025

Regional Economic Outlook: Taxing Times: Mobilizing Revenues in South Asia
South Asia Development Update report launch | World Bank Live | May 2025

Trade Challenges in a Fractured Global Trading System 
Keynote Speech by Martin Raiser | Institute for International Economic Policy | April 2025

Women, Jobs, and Empowerment 
Presentation by Franziska Ohnsorge, Ganesh Natarajan, and Uma Ganesh | Institute for International Economic Policy | April 2025

Bridge the Gap: Revenue Mobilization in Emerging Market and Developing Economies 
World Bank conference | Hosted with SANEM and CSEP | April 2025

Strengthening South Asia’s Fiscal Resilience 
Center for Global Development Conference | April 2025

2024

Female Labor Force Participation: Drivers and Policy Options 
World Bank conference | Hosted with CSEP | December 2024 

Regional Economic Outlook: Women, Jobs and South Asia’s Untapped Potential 
South Asia Development Update report launch | World Bank Live | October 2024

Job Creation and Productivity Growth in Emerging Markets and Developing Countries 
World Bank conference | Hosted with SANEM | May 2024

Regional Economic Outlook: Jobs for Resilience in South Asia 
South Asia Development Update report launch | World Bank Live | April 2024

Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia 
World Bank workshop | Hosted with 21st Century India Center, UC San Diego | March 2024

2023

Shocks and Development Strategies: Toward a Resilient South Asia 
World Bank conference | Hosted with SANEM | May 2023

Social Norms and Economic Behavior: Gender Norms, Perceptions, and their Impact
World Bank conference | May 2023

Hidden Potential: Rethinking Informality in South Asia
World Bank conference | May 2023

South Asia Economic Outlook
South Asia Economic Outlook Report Launch | World Bank Live | April 2023

South Asia Economic Focus - Expanding Opportunities: Toward Inclusive Growth
World Bank seminar in Tokyo | April 2023

Responsive by Design: Building Adaptive Social Protection Systems in South Asia
Report launch | March 2023

2022

Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia 
Report launch | December 2024

Hidden Potential: Rethinking Informality in South Asia 
World Bank conference | November 2022

The 10th South Asia Economic Policy Network Conference on Migration in South Asia 
World Bank conference | Hosted with IIDS | November 2022

South Asia Economic Focus - Coping with Shocks: Migration and the Road to Resilience 
South Asia Economic Focus, Tokyo seminar | October 2022

Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty 
World Bank report launch | September 2022

The 9th South Asia Economic Policy Network Conference on Social Norms and Gender Equality 
World Bank conference | May 2022

Spatial Economic Analysis: Road Transport Performance and Impact of Transportation Project 
World Bank seminar | March 2022

2021

Social Norms Intervention with Gender Innovation Labs 
World Bank seminar | December 2021

Shifting Gears: Digitalization and Service-Led Development 
South Asia Economic Focus report launch | October 2021

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