S Anukriti is an Economist in the Development Research Group at the World Bank. Her research spans the fields of development economics, economics of gender and the family, and political economy. Dr. Anukriti received her PhD in Economics from Columbia University, MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and BA (Honors) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Prior to joining the World Bank, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston College and a Research Fellow of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University.