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Dil Rahut

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

CV

  • 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 Brazil 2024

Just Energy Transition: Gender Equality And Empowerment

Sustainable climate action and inclusive just energy transitions
Dina Azhgaliyeva (ADB Institute), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Ashish Sedai (University of Texas at Arlington), Tetsushi Sonobe (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI))
G7 Italy 2024

Decarbonizing The Future Amid An Uncertain Present. Assessing Combined Challenges And Initiating New Policy, Financial And Technology Solutions On Land And At Sea

Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development
Nicolas J.A. Buchoud (Global Solutions Initiative), Abla Abdel-Latif (Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)), Ventakachalam Anbumozhi (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)), Taylah Bland (Asia Society), Anna-Katharina Hornidge (German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)), Deepali Khanna (Rockefeller Foundation), Abbi Kedir (African Economic Research Consortium), Dhiroj Koirala (United States), Valeria Lauria (Peking University), Paresh Narayan (Monash University), Shuva Raha (Council on Energy, Environment and Water), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Tetsushi Sonobe (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)), Izabella Teixeira (UNEP International Resource Panel)
G7 Italy 2024

Towards An Evidence-base For The Just Transition

Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development
Dina Azhgaliyeva (ADB Institute), Jakob Dirksen (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford), Upalat Korwatanasakul (School of Social Sciences, Waseda University), Katharina Lima de Miranda (THE NEW INSTITUTE), Mahesti Okitasari (United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)), Dil Rahut (ADB Institute), Ashish Sedai (University of Texas at Arlington), Tetsushi Sonobe (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)), Akio Takemoto (United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS))
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)

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