Host - Sanat Shrivastava (CEO, Ecoholics)

Dr. Abhishek Saurav, Economist - Private Sector Development and Investment Climate, The World Bank Group, Washington DC, USA. Dr. Saurav is an international economist at the World Bank Group in Washington DC. He leads high-level policy advisory and research on foreign direct investment, job creation, women’s economic empowerment, and productivity growth. To identify critical areas of timely public policy support to businesses, he is currently leading global research and advisory to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the private sector and identifying remedial public policy support to developing countries. His work uncovers the effects of demand and supply-side shocks triggered by the pandemic on supply chains, firm liquidity, worker productivity, output, employment, and business performance. Dr. Saurav holds a doctorate from the George Washington University, where his work investigated the effect of entrepreneurship on economic development and the long-run effects of migration on source economies. He received his Master’s degree from the George Mason University and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi. He is an Indian national and a resident of the United States.