Arti Grover is a Principal Economist with the Economic Research unit of the International Finance Corporation. Previously, she was a Principal Economist and a Regional program leader heading the economic research and strategy for the Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Pakistan & Afghanistan (MCT) region of the IFC. As the Global Lead for Firm Dynamics at the World Bank, she managed a team of micro-economists and spearheaded major analytical initiatives on firm dynamics and climate change. Her research encompasses a range of topics covering firm dynamics, trade, productivity, entrepreneurship, and spatial development. She co-authored two of the World Bank’s Productivity Project flagship reports – High-growth firms and Place, Productivity and Prosperity and three books on trade in services. She has published several articles in top peer-reviewed journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Economic Journal, and the Journal of Urban Economics, and in the World Bank policy research working paper series or as book chapters.

Previously, Arti has been affiliated with the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining the World Bank in 2009, she was a Doctoral Fulbright fellow at Princeton University and an Assistant Professor at Delhi School of Economics, India.

Books

• Place, Productivity and Prosperity: Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development
• Unleashing E-Commerce for South Asian Integration
• High-growth Firms: Facts, Fictions and Policy Options
• The Unexplored Potential of Trade in Services in Africa
• Exporting Services: A Developing Country Perspective

Journal Publications

•  The International Empirics of Management | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Infrastructure and Finance  | Journal of Urban Economics
•  Agglomeration Economies in Developing Countries | Regional Science and Urban Economics
•  Policies to Support Businesses through the COVID-19 Shock | World Bank Research Observer
•  Jobs and Land Use within Cities  | World Bank Research Observer
•  Highways and Spatial Location within Cities | World Bank Economic Review
• Highway to Success | The Economic Journal

Arti Grover is a Principal Economist with the Economic Research unit of the International Finance Corporation. Previously, she was a Principal Economist and a Regional program leader heading the economic research and strategy for the Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Pakistan & Afghanistan (MCT) region of the IFC. As the Global Lead for Firm Dynamics at the World Bank, she managed a team of micro-economists and spearheaded major analytical initiatives on firm dynamics and climate change. Her research encompasses a range of topics covering firm dynamics, trade, productivity, entrepreneurship, and spatial development. She co-authored two of the World Bank’s Productivity Project flagship reports – High-growth firms and Place, Productivity and Prosperity and three books on trade in services. She has published several articles in top peer-reviewed journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Economic Journal, and the Journal of Urban Economics, and in the World Bank policy research working paper series or as book chapters.

Previously, Arti has been affiliated with the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining the World Bank in 2009, she was a Doctoral Fulbright fellow at Princeton University and an Assistant Professor at Delhi School of Economics, India.

Books

• Place, Productivity and Prosperity: Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development
• Unleashing E-Commerce for South Asian Integration
• High-growth Firms: Facts, Fictions and Policy Options
• The Unexplored Potential of Trade in Services in Africa
• Exporting Services: A Developing Country Perspective

Journal Publications

•  The International Empirics of Management | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Infrastructure and Finance  | Journal of Urban Economics
•  Agglomeration Economies in Developing Countries | Regional Science and Urban Economics
•  Policies to Support Businesses through the COVID-19 Shock | World Bank Research Observer
•  Jobs and Land Use within Cities  | World Bank Research Observer
•  Highways and Spatial Location within Cities | World Bank Economic Review
• Highway to Success | The Economic Journal