Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada

Director

Introduction

Dr Khatiwada has been involved in public policy making and policy implementation for more than three decades. He holds a PhD in Monetary Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. His areas of expertise include macroeconomic and social policy, governance, and international finance. He has undertaken numerous research studies in public policy and economic development, including in financial, monetary and fiscal policy, poverty, social protection, human security, human development, and the MDGs and SDGs. He has authored and co-authored books on human development, gender-responsive budgeting, human security, social protection, structural adjustment policy, inflation, and monetary policy, and has published widely in local and foreign journals across the spectrum of economic and social development. He has attended several high-level global dialogues and contributed as a resource person in many of them. He has been honoured with the Sukirtimaya Rastradeep in 2013 and the Prasiddha Prabal Janasewashree in 2016, among many other awards, for his outstanding contribution to public policy and development practice.

Current Responsibilities

Director, Institute of Policy Studies and Research (INSPIRE)

Past Responsibilities

Economic and Development Adviser to the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of Nepal — July 2024 to August 2025
Resident Ambassador of Nepal to the United States of America — February 2021 to October 2021
Special Economic Adviser to the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister — September 2020 to January 2021
Minister of Communication and Information Technology, and Spokesperson of the Government of Nepal — February 2020 to September 2020
Minister of Finance, Government of Nepal — March 2018 to September 2020
Member of Parliament, nominated by the Rt. Hon. President of Nepal to the National Assembly — February 2018 to March 2020
Vice Chairperson, National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal — November 2015 to August 2016
Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank — March 2010 to March 2015
Vice Chairperson, National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal — June 2009 to March 2010
Senior Economist, UNDP Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific — July 2006 to June 2009
Member, National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal — November 2002 to June 2005
Career service, Nepal Rastra Bank — 1983 to 2008, from Junior Officer to Executive Director