Sanket Mohapatra

Prof. Sanket Mohapatra is a Professor in the Economics Area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Previous to joining IIMA, he was a Senior Economist with the World Bank’s Global Macroeconomics Team in Washington, DC. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University (New York, USA) and an M.A from the Delhi School of Economics (where he was the recipient of the gold medal for first position). His research interests include international finance, international macroeconomics, global capital flows, sovereign and sub-sovereign credit ratings, corporate productivity, foreign debt and corporate financing patterns in emerging economies, household finance, gold purchases by central banks and households, inequality and economic growth, and international migration and remittances. He has contributed to various issues of the World Bank’s flagship reports such as Global Economic Prospects and Global Development Finance. He was a core team member of Leveraging Migration for Africa: Remittances, Skills, and Investments. He is co-editor of books on Remittance Markets in Africa (published as part of the World Bank’s Directions in Development Finance series) and The Financial Landscape of Emerging Economies (Springer). His research has been published in prominent peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, European Journal of Political Economy, Economic Modelling, and World Development. During his years at IIM Ahmedabad, he has contributed to the services of the Institute as Chairperson of the Misra Centre for Financial Markets & Economy (2022-25), Chairperson of the Economics Area (2018-22), and as member of various committees.