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Indian environmental economist

Muthukumara S. Mani is an Indian economist and environmental policy specialist. He is a lead environmental economist at the World Bank, where he has worked on research examining the economic impacts of climate change and environmental degradation in South Asia.

Mani is a lead economist in the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Practice. His work has focused on the relationship between climate change, environmental conditions, and economic outcomes in developing countries.

In 2018, *The Times of India* reported on a World Bank study for which Mani was the lead author. The study examined how rising temperatures and changing climate patterns could affect living standards in India, with the newspaper quoting Mani on the projected impacts on hundreds of millions of people.^[1]

Mani has also been quoted by *Reuters* in coverage of climate vulnerability in South Asia. In a 2018 Reuters article on climate “hotspots,” he commented on the link between climate conditions and economic performance in the region.^[2]

Before joining the World Bank, Mani worked as an economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund.^[3]

Mani’s research has focused on environmental economics, including the effects of temperature and precipitation changes on living standards. He is a co-author of the World Bank report South Asia’s Hotspots: Impacts of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards, published in 2018.^[4]

Mani holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.^[5]