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Amar Bhattacharya
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Amar Bhattacharya

Amar Bhattacharya is a senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development, housed in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. His focus areas are the global economy, development finance, global governance, and the links between climate and development.

From April 2007 until September 2014 he was Director of the Group of 24, an intergovernmental group of developing country Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. In that capacity he led the work program of the Group, supported the deliberations of the Ministers, and was the principal point of interface with other organizations including the G20. He has therefore been an active participant in the global economic discussions and a key representative of the views of developing countries. Prior to taking up his position with the G24, Mr. Bhattacharya had a long-standing career in the World Bank.  His last position was as Senior Advisor and Head of the International Policy and Partnership Group. In this capacity, he was the focal point for the Bank’s engagement with key international groupings and institutions such as the G7/G8, G20, IMF, OECD and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Through these different positions Mr. Bhattacharya has had a long standing engagement in research and policy discussions on the global economy and spillovers, international financial architecture, development financing and the global governance agenda including on the role and reform of the international financial institutions.

He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Delhi and Brandeis University and his graduate education at Princeton University.

  • Past Positions

    • Director of the Secretariat, Intergovernmental G-24 on International Monetary Affairs and Development
    • President and Senior Management, World Bank
  • Education

    • University of Delhi
    • Brandeis University
    • Princeton University

Media and Appearances

The Guardian November 21, 2024

Is it feasible? The answer is absolutely yes. Is it politically challenging? The answer is also yes. But I do believe it can be done.

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Paris Summit June 22, 2023

At the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, Amar Bhattacharya delivered opening remarks outlining six priorities to deliver on a new global financing pact.

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Financial Times November 23, 2021

Altogether, emerging markets and developing countries other than China will need to invest around an additional $0.8tn per year by 2025 and close to $2tn per year by 2030.

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Financial Times November 3, 2021

In terms of real impact of climate finance, and efficacy across different donors, there has been no development impact or climate impact study done to date.

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Marketplace September 22, 2021

[Morocco’s Noor solar plant has] tremendous impact in terms of both a development outcome, but preventing, in some sense, that much emissions.

Financial Times June 18, 2021

It is unlikely that rich countries hit the target of mobilising $100bn per year [of climate aid] by 2020.

China Daily July 7, 2017

I’m personally optimistic about the clean energy movement worldwide because it’s a business-to-business partnership.

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