Kalpana Kochhar is Director of the IMF's Human Resources Department. Previously, she was Deputy Director in the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department. Between 2012 and 2014, she was Deputy Director in the IMF's Strategy, Policy and Review Department. Between 2010 and 2012, she was the Chief Economist for the South Asia Region of the World Bank.

At the IMF, she has led work on Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, and has worked also on China, Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines while in the Asia and Pacific Department. Also, she has held various positions in the Strategy, Policy and Review, and Research Departments.

Ms. Kochhar’s research interests and publications have mainly focused on studies of emerging markets, jobs and growth including gender and inequality issues and structural reforms, India and other Asian economies, including major reports on jobs, inequality and regional integration in South Asia. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from Brown University, and an M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics in India. She has a B.A. in Economics from Madras University in India.

Latest posts:

• The Economic Cost of Devaluing “Women’s Work”
• Reducing Inequality in Asia: Sharing the Growth Dividend
• Make in India: Which Exports Can Drive the Next Wave of Growth?
• Empowering Women, Tackling Income Inequality
• Growth's Secret Weapon: The Poor and the Middle Class
• What Advanced Economies Can Do to Rise Above the “New Mediocre”
• Slowdown in Emerging Markets: Not Just a Hiccup
• Beyond Borders: Growth Challenges for Emerging Markets
• The Time is Nigh: How Reforms Can Bring Back Productivity Growth in Emerging Markets
• How Emerging Markets Can Get Their Groove Back