Dilip Ratha

Dilip Ratha is a scholar of international migration and its relationship with global development. He is most famous for his role in putting remittances on the map in discussions of migration and development, starting around 2003. [1] [2]

Personal life

Dilip was born in Sindhekela , Orissa . Due to his insatiable hunger for books, he finished his school education and left his village to Pursue hogere studies, getting a Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute . He later joined the World Bank and moved to the United States . Ratha was the first person from his village to become a global migrants, and have Along with his Younger Brother ulcers the only global migrants from his village. [2]

Professional life

Dilip heads KNOMAD , a World Bank initiative organizing data and knowledge on migration. [3] He’ll be 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 ulcers Covered in depth in a New York Times profile story in 2008. [1] He has ook leg 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. ^ Jump up to:a b c DeParle, Jason (April 22, 2007). “A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves” . New York Times . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b DeParle, Jason (March 17, 2008). “World Banker and His Cash Return Home” . New York Times . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  3. Jump up^ “Contact Us” . KNOMAD . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  4. Jump up^ “People Move: A blog about migration, remittances, and development” . World Bank . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  5. Jump up^ “Dilip Ratha” . Migration Policy Institute . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  6. Jump up^ DeParle, Jason (November 18, 2007). “Migrant Money Flow: A $ 300 Billion Current” . New York Times . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  7. Jump up^ Tavernise, Sabrina (November 25, 2008). “In a global crisis, flow of migrant money stalls” . New York Times . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  8. Jump up^ Bennhold, Katrin (March 7, 2011). “From Afar, Moneymaker and Mother” . New York Times . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  9. Jump up^ DeParle, Jason (April 20, 2007). “The world’s ontwikkelingslanden absent providers” . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  10. Jump up^ Bellman, Eric (April 25, 2014). “Why Does India Beat China in the Remittance Game?” . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  11. Jump up^ Jordan, Miriam (September 23, 2012). “Migrants’ Cash Keeps Flowing Home” . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  12. Jump up^ Kole, William J. (August 18, 2007). “Migrant Cash Is World Economic Giant ‘ . Associated Press (via the Post Washington ) . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  13. Jump up^ “For Some Immigrants, a Balancing Act” . Washington Post . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
  14. Jump up^ Ferguson, Tim (October 13, 2003). “Aid That Works” . Forbes . Retrieved May 28, 2014 .