Rachna Nag Chowdhuri is a Consultant at World Bank Group. She was the Country Director for IPA's Zambia country office from April 2014 to September 2016. Rachna has over six years of research experience in impact evaluations of education, gender, and public health programs in developing countries including India, Vietnam and Laos. Prior to joining IPA, she was a Research Manager at Abdul Latif Jamil Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia, where she worked for over three years. Previously, Rachna worked at a nonprofit in Vietnam as a Graduate Economist, working with small farmers in the region. Rachna is trained as an economist with a MA in Development Economics from University of Sussex, UK and a BA in Economics from University of Delhi, India.