Jayati Ghosh
Development economist and professor
Jayati Ghosh is an Indian development economist who teaches at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has researched globalisation, work and gender for decades.
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Indian Born 1955
About Jayati Ghosh
Jayati Ghosh was born in 1955 and is an Indian development economist. She taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years. Since January 2021 she has been a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US. Her research covers international economics and globalisation, employment in developing countries, macroeconomic policy, and gender and development. She has received several national and international awards for her work, and has advised governments, international organizations and activist groups on economic policy.