Mahesh Karra

Mahesh Karra is Core Faculty in Health & Human Capital at the Rising Powers Initiative at the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, an Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, and the Associate Director of the Human Capital Initiative at the Global Development Policy Center. His academic and research interests are broadly in development economics, health economics, quantitative methods, and applied demography. His current research uses randomized controlled trials to evaluate the health and economic effects of improving access to family planning and maternal and child health services in Malawi, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. He has also worked for the Population Reference Bureau and the Futures Group International and served as a consultant to the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the Population Council. He holds an Sc.D. in Global Health Economics from Harvard University.