Amar Bhattacharya
Amar Bhattacharya is senior fellow at the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings Institution. His focus areas are the global economy, development finance, global governance, and the links between climate and development.
From April 2007 until September 2014 he was Director of the Group of 24, an intergovernmental group of developing country Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. In that capacity he led the work program of the Group, supported the deliberations of the Ministers, and was the principal point of interface with other organizations including the G20. He has therefore been an active participant in the global economic discussions and a key representative of the views of developing countries.
Prior to taking up his position with the G24, Mr. Bhattacharya had a long-standing career in the World Bank. His last position was as Senior Advisor and Head of the International Policy and Partnership Group. In this capacity, he was the focal point for the Bank’s engagement with key international groupings and institutions such as the G7/G8, G20, IMF, OECD and the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Through these different positions Mr. Bhattacharya has had a long standing engagement in research and policy discussions on the global economy and spillovers, international financial architecture, development financing and the global governance agenda including on the role and reform of the international financial institutions. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Delhi and Brandeis University and his graduate education at Princeton University.
- The Role Of The IMF In Facilitating Green Energy Transitions
- The need for a development-centred climate change policy at the International Monetary Fund
- How quality infrastructure can bring private sector finance into infrastructure investment to recover from the Covid-19 crisis
- Policy and Institutional Framework for Delivering on Sustainable Infrastructure
- Sustainable Infrastructure to Secure the Natural Capital of the Amazon
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T20 Co-Chair BriefTowards a comprehensive approach to climate policy, sustainable infrastructure, and finance
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T20 Co-Chair BriefFostering sustainable global growth through green finance – what role for the G20?