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Dil Rahut

Vice-Chair of Research and Senior Research Fellow , Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

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Dil Rahut's research focuses on development microeconomics, agricultural economics, and environmental and natural resource economics. He is currently implementing experiments and field research in agriculture, natural resources, and climate in Asia.
Prior to joining ADBI, he was a senior global program manager for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre’s (CIMMYT) socioeconomics and sustainable intensification programs and served as chair of the staffs’ committee at CIMMYT.
He also previously worked for the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan’s Research and Statistics Department and served as a research fellow at the WorldFish Centre; senior fellow and Japan chair at the Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations; chief of research, planning, and monitoring and Visa/Mastercard director at the Bank of Bhutan Ltd; and assistant professor of development economics at South Asian University.
He has over 130 publications in Scopus indexed journals and has guest-edited several journal special issues. He also serves as an editorial board member of the Asian Development Review and lectures. He lectures at the University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi University in Japan on recent issues in development economics

Policy Briefs

G20 India 2023

Enabling Local Governance to Mitigate the Climate and Biodiversity Crises

TF-6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment

Sukanya Das (Department of Policy and Management Studies), Elisabeth Hoch (Climate & Company), Gabriel Medina (University of Brasilia), Benno Pokorny (University of Freiburg), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Maximiliaan Tetteroo (Climate & Company)

G20 India 2023

Investing in Indigenous Children’s Human Capital to Secure Sustainable Development for All

TF-6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda

Shaabana Naik (University of Tokyo), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Daniel Suryadarma (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI))

G20 India 2023

Harnessing Digitalisation to Promote Equitable and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems: Policy and Investment Priorities for the G20

TF-6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda

Policy area: Digital Governance, Security and Connectivity

Heike Baumüller (Center for Development Research (ZEF) ), Benjamin Kwasi Addom (The Commonwealth Secretariat), Damayanti Buchori (T20 Indonesia, Center for Transdisciplinary and Sustainability Sciences (CTSS)), Stefan Heinke (Bayer), Mumbi Munene (Digital Ag Association), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Yamunna Ramakrishna Rao (Global Solutions Initiative)

G7 Japan 2023

Barriers to Development and Prosperity in the Global South and How the G7 Can Help

Development and Economic Prosperity

Policy area: G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023

Abla Abdel-Latif (Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)), Deepali Khanna (Rockefeller Foundation), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), John Beirne (Asian Development Bank Institute)

G7 Germany 2022

Food-Climate Nexus: Need for an International Small Holder Farmers Agribusiness Consortium

Climate and Environment

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment

Hemnath Rao Hanumankar (StratPol International Advisory Services (OPC) Pvt Ltd), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Dina Azhgaliyeva (ADB Institute), Yixin Yao (ADB Institute)

G7 Germany 2022

Biodiversity Protection Through Reward, Technology Transfer, and Improving Governance

Climate and Environment

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment

Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Dina Azhgaliyeva (ADB Institute), Yixin Yao (ADB Institute)

G7 Germany 2022

Financing a Green Future: The Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) and the Green Impact Fund for Technology (GIFT)

Climate and Environment

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment

Dina Azhgaliyeva (ADB Institute), Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary and Incentives for Global Health), Thomas Pogge (Yale), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Yixin Yao (ADB Institute)