Minakshi Barman

Senior manager, Policy & insights

Minakshi is a Senior manager with the Economist Impact’s Policy & Insights practice responsible for designing and managing policy research programmes. Minakshi works with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, UN agencies and government think-tanks focusing on infrastructure, sustainability, economic development issues and more recently, assessing the economic impacts of covid-19 in the Asia Pacific region. Minakshi is an experienced economist with a demonstrated history of working on economic and public policy analysis projects using geospatial analysis tools and econometric models. She has considerable experience in infrastructure appraisals and urban growth strategies. Before joining Economist Impact, Minakshi worked for KPMG as an economist, where she focused on cities and transport infrastructure projects. Minakshi holds an MA degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and a BA degree in Economics from Presidency College, Calcutta University.

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