Devaki Ghose is a Research Economist in the World Bank’s Development Economics Research Group (DECRG). Her research lies at the intersection of trade, migration, and infrastructure. Much of her work focuses on why some firms, regions, and people benefit more than others from globalization and what barriers—such as high migration costs, trade restrictions, or gender-specific challenges—affect these gains. This strand of work identifies which non-tariff barriers most hinder firms’ ability to adapt, helping inform more effective trade policy design. At the World Bank, she works closely with countries in the East Asia and Pacific and South Asia regions, including Indonesia, Vietnam, India, and Sri Lanka, supporting analytical research and policy dialogue on global value chains and trade. Prior to joining the World Bank, she received her PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia. You can find her research online here.