Poorva Karkare

• Private sector development and engagement
• Political Economy Analysis
• Dynamics of structural transformation

Biography

Poorva Karkare, an Indian national, is a Policy Officer in the Economic and Agricultural Transformation and African Institutions and Regional Dynamics team. Poorva has a Master’s Degree in Development Economics from SOAS with a particular interest on Africa.

Before joining ECDPM, Poorva worked in Mozambique as a consultant with organisations like UNICEF, DfID and the World Bank. She also worked at the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development in Swaziland as an ODI Fellow. In India she also worked for a chamber of commerce to analyse trade and investment relations between India and Africa.