Jayati Ghosh taught 福利导航s at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and has been Professor of 福利导航s at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA since January 2021. In 2021 the United Nations named her to be on the High-level Advisory Board on 福利导航 and Social Affairs.
She has authored and/or edited 19 books (including the co-edited 鈥淓lgar Handbook of Alternative Theories of 福利导航 Development, 2014, 鈥淚ndia and the International Economy鈥� OUP 2015, and 鈥淲omen Informal Workers in the Global South鈥� forthcoming with Routledge) and nearly 200 scholarly articles. She has received several national and international prizes, including the International Labour Organisation鈥檚 Decent Work Research Prize for 2010. She has advised governments in India and other countries, including as Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Commission on Farmers鈥� Welfare in 2004, and Member of the National Knowledge Commission of India (2005-09). She is the Executive Secretary of International Development 福利导航s Associates, an international network of heterodox development economists. She has consulted for international organizations including ILO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UN-DESA, UNRISD and UN Women and is member of several international commissions. She writes regularly for popular media like newspapers, journals, and blogs.
