Raj Desai focuses on the political economy of development, economic adjustment and market reform and the business environment of developing countries. His current research includes poverty reduction and economic policy reform in developing countries. He also is a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Experience
Current Positions
- Associate Professor of International Development, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Past Positions
- Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
- Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, Development Economics Group, the World Bank
- Private Sector Development Specialist, Private Sector Development Department, the World Bank
- Masaryk Fellow, Charles University (Prague)
- Analyst, Behavioral Sciences Department, CACI-Federal
Education
- Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996
- M.A., Harvard University, 1992
- B.A., University of California, Irvine, 1988
Language Fluency