Raj M. Desai

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Portrait: Raj Desai

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

  • Czech
  • Spanish

Contact

Email Raj Desai

202.797.6105Brookings Office of Communications

Resources

Recent Activity

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