Dilip Ratha Explained

Dilip Ratha
Birth Place:Sindhekela
Alma Mater:Indian Statistical Institute
Occupation:CEO, KNOMAD – World Bank
Parents:Gopal Ratha (Father)

Dilip Ratha is a scholar of international migration and its relationship with global development. He is known for his role in adding remittances to discussions of migration and development, starting around 2003.[1] [2]

Personal life

Dilip was born in Sindhekela, Balangir, Odisha, India. He ended his school education early, and left his village to pursue higher studies, getting a Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute. He later joined the World Bank and moved to the United States.

Professional life

Ratha heads KNOMAD, a World Bank initiative organizing data and knowledge on migration.[3] He also hosts and blogs at the World Bank People Move blog,[4] heads the Migration and Remittances Unit at the Migrating Out of Poverty Initiative of the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, and has authored content for the Migration Policy Institute.[5]

Media coverage

Dilip Ratha's professional work and personal journey as a migrant was profiled in The New York Times in 2008. He has also been cited and quoted in The New York Times,[6] [7] [8] [9] The Wall Street Journal[10] [11] The Washington Post,[12] [13] and Forbes.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves . DeParle . Jason . April 22, 2007 . May 28, 2014 . The New York Times.
  2. News: World Banker and His Cash Return Home . DeParle . Jason . March 17, 2008 . May 28, 2014 . The New York Times.
  3. Web site: Contact Us . . May 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330082300/http://www.knomad.org/contact.html . 30 March 2014 . dead .
  4. Web site: People Move: A blog about migration, remittances, and development . May 28, 2014 . World Bank.
  5. Web site: Dilip Ratha . . May 28, 2014.
  6. News: Migrant Money Flow: A $300 Billion Current . November 18, 2007 . May 28, 2014 . DeParle . Jason . The New York Times.
  7. News: In global crisis, flow of migrant money stalls . Tavernise . Sabrina . November 25, 2008 . May 28, 2014 . The New York Times.
  8. News: From Afar, Moneymaker and Mother . Bennhold . Katrin . March 7, 2011 . May 28, 2014 . The New York Times.
  9. Web site: The developing world's absent providers . DeParle . Jason . . April 20, 2007 . May 28, 2014.
  10. News: Why Does India Beat China In the Remittance Game? . Bellman . Eric . April 25, 2014 . May 28, 2014 . The Wall Street Journal.
  11. News: Migrants' Cash Keeps Flowing Home . Jordan . Miriam . September 23, 2012 . May 28, 2014 . The Wall Street Journal.
  12. News: Migrant Cash Is World Economic Giant . Kole . William J. . . . August 18, 2007 . May 28, 2014.
  13. News: For Some Immigrants, a Balancing Act . The Washington Post . May 28, 2014.
  14. Aid That Works . Ferguson . Tim . October 13, 2003 . May 28, 2014 . Forbes.

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