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Gaurav Datt serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University and holds the position of Deputy Director at the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability. He joined Monash University in August 2011 after accumulating over twenty years of research and operational experience in the development sector. His professional background includes research positions at the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C., with recent work at the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department of the World Bank's East Asia and South Asia Regions based in Sydney and Kathmandu.
Dr. Datt's research interests span across multiple critical areas of development economics. His work primarily focuses on poverty analysis, income distribution patterns, and social policy frameworks. His research portfolio encompasses a diverse geographical scope including India, China, Egypt, Laos, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste. His recent scholarly output demonstrates a strong emphasis on contemporary development challenges, with particular attention to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental economics as it relates to health outcomes, and innovative approaches to poverty measurement.
His publication trends reveal a consistent focus on empirical development economics, with recent work examining the intersection of environmental factors and health outcomes, gendered economic impacts of policy interventions, and migration dynamics during global crises. His research methodology typically employs rigorous econometric analysis of large-scale household survey data to address pressing development questions.
Dr. Datt actively supervises PhD students and leads multiple significant research initiatives. His current projects include the SPIA Country Study examining agricultural innovation dynamics in both South and North India, Poverty Research Frontiers for Asia and the Pacific funded by the Asian Development Bank, and studies on gendered impacts of SME policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic across Southeast Asia.
As Deputy Director of the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, Dr. Datt contributes to a vibrant research ecosystem focused on addressing critical development challenges through interdisciplinary approaches. His work directly contributes to several UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to poverty reduction, economic inequality, and sustainable development pathways.
