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'''Dilip Ratha''' is a scholar of international migration and its relationship with global development. He is known for his role in adding [[remittances]] to discussions of migration and development, starting around 2003.<ref name=nytimes-professional>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/magazine/22Workers.t.html?pagewanted=all |title=A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves |last=DeParle |first=Jason |date=April 22, 2007 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=nytimes-personal>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/world/asia/17remit.html?pagewanted=all |title=World Banker and His Cash Return Home |last=DeParle |first=Jason |date=March 17, 2008 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dilip was born in [[Sindhekela]], [[Balangir]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]. He ended his school education early, and left his village to pursue higher studies, getting a Ph.D. from the [[Indian Statistical Institute]]. He later joined the [[World Bank]] and moved to the [[United States]].

==Professional life==
Ratha heads [[KNOMAD]], a World Bank initiative organizing data and knowledge on migration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knomad.org/contact.html |title=Contact Us |publisher=[[KNOMAD]] |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330082300/http://www.knomad.org/contact.html |archive-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also hosts and blogs at the World Bank ''People Move'' blog,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/peoplemove/ |title=People Move: A blog about migration, remittances, and development |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |publisher=World Bank}}</ref> heads the Migration and Remittances Unit at the Migrating Out of Poverty Initiative of the [[Department for International Development]] of the [[United Kingdom]], and has authored content for the [[Migration Policy Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.migrationpolicy.org/about/authors/dilip-ratha |title=Dilip Ratha |publisher=[[Migration Policy Institute]] |accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

==Media coverage==
Dilip Ratha's professional work and personal journey as a migrant was profiled in ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 2008.<ref name=nytimes-professional /> He has also been cited and quoted in ''The New York Times'',<ref name=nytimes-professional /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/weekinreview/18deparle.html?pagewanted=print |title=Migrant Money Flow: A $300 Billion Current |date=November 18, 2007 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |last=DeParle |first=Jason |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/world/asia/25iht-tajik.1.18917216.html |title=In global crisis, flow of migrant money stalls |last=Tavernise |first=Sabrina |date=November 25, 2008 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/world/europe/08iht-ffhelp08.html?pagewanted=all |title=From Afar, Moneymaker and Mother |last=Bennhold |first=Katrin |date=March 7, 2011 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/world/asia/20iht-workers.1.5370134.html?pagewanted=all |title=The developing world's absent providers |last=DeParle |first=Jason |date=April 20, 2007 |accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/04/25/why-does-india-beat-china-in-the-remittance-game/ |title=Why Does India Beat China In the Remittance Game? |last=Bellman |first=Eric |date=April 25, 2014 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443995604578004280591669350 |title=Migrants' Cash Keeps Flowing Home |last=Jordan |first=Miriam |date=September 23, 2012 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/18/AR2007081800636.html |title=Migrant Cash Is World Economic Giant |last=Kole |first=William J. |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 18, 2007 |accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50325-2004Apr4_2.html |title=For Some Immigrants, a Balancing Act |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref> and ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2003/1013/004.html |title=Aid That Works |last=Ferguson |first=Tim |date=October 13, 2003 |accessdate=May 28, 2014 |magazine=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}} 
* {{TED speaker}}
* [http://bigwire.in/2018/01/04/who-is-dilip-ratha/ Who is Dilip Ratha]

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>Alaney2k at 20:34, 8 February 2021