Mamta Murthi
Vice President for Human Development, World Bank
Dr. Mamta Murthi is Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank. Dr. Murthi oversees Global Practices for Education; Health, Nutrition, and Population; Gender; Social Protection and Jobs – as well as the Human Capital Project.
Mamta Murthi joined the World Bank as a Young Professional in 1995. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and a D. Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford. From 1998-2000 Dr. Murthi was MacArthur Fellow for Poverty and Inequality at King’s College, Cambridge. She has written extensively on poverty, demography, education, pensions, and skills and is well-known for her econometric studies on fertility in India.