Introduction
Rai is a development consultant and has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, stakeholder consultations, primary data collection, risk management and research. She is part of a 4 member technical team to conduct the 'Country-led Formative Evaluation of the Maternal and Child Cash Transfer Program in Chin and Rakhine States in Myanmar’. As a part of this formative evaluation, she is currently developing the evaluation methodology, sampling plan and data collection tools with the Team Leader. In addition, Rai is undertaking literature review and assisting in report writing for the same assignment. Rai has experience in nutrition, education, and business modelling and livelihood strategy development. She has worked extensively with various think tanks and civil society organisations in the development sector and has engaged with a wide range of issues including the empowerment of low-income puppeteers and women dairy farmers, as well as the Ease of Doing Business in India. She has published a number of research papers and articles centred on food assistance programmes, nutrient fortification and globalisation, on a number of platforms including The Citizen, the Indian Economist and the Centre for Policy Analysis' website.