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.[1][2]
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.[3] He also hosts and blogs at the World Bank People Move blog,[4] 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.[5]
Media coverage
Dilip Ratha's professional work and personal journey as a migrant was profiled in The New York Times in 2008.[1] He has also been cited and quoted in The New York Times,[1][6][7][8][9] The Wall Street Journal[10][11] The Washington Post,[12][13] and Forbes.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves. The New York Times(April 22, 2007).
- ↑ World Banker and His Cash Return Home. The New York Times(March 17, 2008).
- ↑ Contact Us. KNOMAD.
- ↑ People Move: A blog about migration, remittances, and development. World Bank.
- ↑ Dilip Ratha. Migration Policy Institute.
- ↑ Migrant Money Flow: A $300 Billion Current. The New York Times(November 18, 2007).
- ↑ In global crisis, flow of migrant money stalls. The New York Times(November 25, 2008).
- ↑ From Afar, Moneymaker and Mother. The New York Times(March 7, 2011).
- ↑ The developing world's absent providers, DeParle, Jason(April 20, 2007).
- ↑ Why Does India Beat China In the Remittance Game?. The Wall Street Journal(April 25, 2014).
- ↑ Migrants' Cash Keeps Flowing Home. The Wall Street Journal(September 23, 2012).
- ↑ Migrant Cash Is World Economic Giant, Kole, William J.. Associated Press(August 18, 2007).
- ↑ For Some Immigrants, a Balancing Act. The Washington Post.
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