udaibir das
distinguished fellow
Udaibir Das is a former central banker and a senior international financial policy expert. Mr. Das worked in different capacities at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Bank for International Settlements, the Bank of Guyana, and the Reserve Bank of India. He was also on the Questrom School of Business faculty at Boston University.
Mr. Das led macro-financial surveillance and technical policy missions to over forty countries of different income levels. He focused on how finance can play its role in economic development and growth stably and soundly. Mr. Das was involved with crisis-related work, including the Asian, Russian, 2008 GFC, and most recent COVID crisis. He has worked with various Basel, Madrid, and Paris-based international groupings developing standards and policy guidance on financial sector and capital markets issues. Mr. Das is widely published and a frequent public and private sector and academic speaker.
Mr. Das's current interests focus on the evolving global macro-financial landscape, demographic, climatic, and technological forces that impact international finance, money, and multilateral arrangements and their implications for emerging and developing markets policymakers.
In addition to his role as a Distinguished Fellow at ORF America, Mr. Das is also a Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the Kautilya School for Public Policy (India), a Senior Non-Resident Expert at the Bank of England (UK, and the Toronto Center (Canada), and a Non-Resident Fellow of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (India). He is also a Senior Advisor for the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (UK).
Recent Publications
By Udaibir Das and Wayne Byres
After 50 years, the Basel Committee’s standards are crucial for maintaining global financial stability.
By Udaibir Das
The current global economic and capital market conditions necessitate reassessing conventional portfolio construction and risk management practices.
By Udaibir Das
Multilateral reform remains complex and demands patience to ensure that the process is transparent and inclusive.
By Udaibir Das
Africa stands on the precipice of a financial renaissance, poised to redefine its influence in the global investment sphere.
By Udaibir Das
As a unified bloc, Africa can negotiate better terms in international trade agreements, investment deals and financial arrangements.
By Udaibir Das
Today’s financial sector is complex and plagued by structural flaws and unfinished reforms.
By Udaibir Das
Balance sheet risks have become more challenging and critical for resource-rich, low-income countries, especially in Africa.
By Udaibir Das
While the digitalisation of finance advances and the potential introduction of central bank digital currency might aid finance in Africa, it is not enough.
By Udaibir Das
The past 50 years have seen shifts in the global financial system’s behaviour. Major market crises, such as the 1997 Asian crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, have resulted in more robust financial policies focused on licensed entities.
Background Paper No. 13
By Udaibir Das, Anit Mukherjee, and Medha Prasanna
By Udaibir Das
While the world is preoccupied with the stability of the western banking system, China has been busy overhauling its financial regulatory architecture.
By Udaibir Das
The international discourse around the growth of the cryptoverse is divided.