Dil Bahadur Rahut
Asian Development Bank Institute, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Agricultural risk and resilience
About
Dil Rahut is Vice-Chair (Research) and Senior Research Fellow at Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). He was a global program manager for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre’s (CIMMYT) socioeconomics and sustainable intensification programs. He also served as chair of the staffs’ committee at CIMMYT. He previously worked for the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan’s Research and Statistics Department. He also 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 a Ph.D. in development economics from the University of Bonn’s Center for Development Research, a master’s degree in economic policy management from the University of Tsukuba, an MBA specializing in finance, and a bachelor of science degree from India. He has over 135 publications (H Index 26) in Scopus indexed journals focusing on development issues across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Employment
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Asian Development Bank Institute Vice Chair & Senior Fellow2022 - Present
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Asian Development Bank Institute Senior Research Fellow/Economist2021 - 2022
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Global Program Manager2014 - 2019
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Global Program Manager2013 - 2015
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South Asian University Assistant Professor2011 - 2013
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Bank of Bhutan Chief2008 - 2011
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Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations Senior Fellow and Japan Chair2007 - 2008
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WorldFish Research Fellow2006 - 2007
Education
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Projects & Funding
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Publications (192)
- Risk tolerance, soft skills, and sectoral sorting: Lab-in-the-field experiments in urban India’s dual informal labor market Save
- From knowledge to action: Educational pathways to climate adaptation in Nepal Save
- Gender Empowerment and Climate‐Smart Agriculture: Insights and Implications for Achieving Gender Equity and Climate Resilience Save
- Feature-based smartphone price premiums: evidence from hedonic pricing and artificial neural networks Save
- Core and emerging regulatory and supervisory practices for South Asian banks: is there harmonization? Save
- Prevalence and determinants of adoption of modern family planning methods among postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa Save
- Synergizing renewable energy, women empowerment, and policy for emissions reduction Save
- Global Agricultural Output Under Climate Shocks: Evidence From 160 Economies Save
- A Small Act Towards Circular Bioeconomy: Adoption of Integrated Crop‐Livestock System and Its Impacts on Fertiliser Use Save
- Circular Bioeconomy for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems: An Editorial Introduction Save
- AI adoption among young Indians: an analysis using a MIMIC model Save
- Drivers and barriers towards achieving SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation for all - an Indian perspective Save
- Governance, green taxes, and air pollution in the European Union Save
- Information Provision and Farmers' Risk Attitudes in India: Evidence From Field Experiments Save
- Air pollution and environmental tax: Exploring the dynamics in developed nations Save
- Banking for Climate Change: South Asia Initiatives Save
- The Transition of Household Energy Use in Cambodia Since 2004: Trends, Patterns, and Determinants Save
- Inequality and Development in Rural Asia Save
- Alzheimer's disease and dementia in Japan: Epidemiological trends, regional disparities, and future projections Save
- Factors Influencing the Household Food Security of Forest Villagers in Eastern Sub‐Himalayan India Save