Introduction
Aarti Krishnan is a Hallsworth research fellow at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. She is a development economist, working at the nexus of environment, trade and the digital economy. Her areas of expertise include value chain analysis, green industrial policy, and sustainable digital development. Prior to Manchester, she has worked as a commodity derivate market analyst, and a researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. Her research spans countries in Asia and Africa, as well a breadth of sectors including food, retail and light manufacturing.
Expert
Aarti Krishnan is a developmental economist, working at the nexus of environment, trade and development. Her areas of expertise include value chain analysis, green growth, agricultural transformation, innovation and knowledge systems, digitalisation and regional development.
She began her career working as a commodity derivate market analyst at in Mumbai working on developing structured financial products for edible oils and oilseeds futures and carbon markets. Following this, she was a Research Associate at the University of Manchester, evaluating the role of sustainability standards, environmental innovations and corporate social responsibility in agricultural and light manufacturing sectors. She has worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Overseas Development Institute, researching a range of topics to support governments from designing skill development finance funds, the intrinsic linkages between migration, technology and the SDGs and promoting the inclusion of micro and small enterprises into value chains and special economic zones in East Africa.
She is currently a Hallsworth research fellow and in the past has won the prestigious ESRC postdoctoral fellowship, focusing on taking the environment seriously in value chains Aarti holds a Masters in Environmental Economics and Management and PhD in Development Policy from the University of Manchester, and BBA (Finance) from Delhi University.
Fields of expertise: Agriculture and rural development, Communication and information/ICTs, Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Environmental policy / climate change, Gender equality, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Monitoring and evaluation, Science policy, technology and innovation policy, Social change / social transformations, Sustainable Development Goals