Prachi Agarwal

Research Fellow

• International Economic Development Group

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• Economics
• Trade & investment

Prachi is a Research Fellow at the International Economic Development Group, ODI Global. She has worked extensively on empirical analysis of trade policy, regional trade agreements, and digital trade. At ODI Global, her research is focused on trade and development, with an emphasis on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, regional value chains, trade-industrial policy nexus, and digital services. She leads research at ODI Global on women in trade, aimed at improving gender equity in trade policies and creating women-forward global value chains. Her recent research also focuses on determining the economic impact of the cultural and creative industry on a country and city level, with a focus on African and Latin American economies, as well as the impact of climate change and decarbonisation policies on trade.

Prior to this, Prachi worked as a consultant on various projects with the United Nations and Asian Development Bank on impact analysis of global shocks on growth and trade in Latin America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her doctoral thesis traced thirty years of regional trade integration in the South American trade bloc Mercosur, focusing on economic and political determinants of trade, and rules of origin, with an emphasis on the automotive value chain in the region.

Prachi is also a Visiting Fellow and Guest Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa.