Parul Agarwal
Economist at The World Bank Group
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolParul Agarwal is an economist with nine years of experience at the World Bank’s Development Data Group, now focused on debt statistics, macroeconomic analysis, and improving data quality and accessibility. She brings a rare blend of policy-facing statistical work and hands-on economic consulting, having advised on climate-related disaster mitigation and studied economic insecurity for women in conflict settings. Her background spans roles from consultant to economist, reflecting deep institutional knowledge of World Bank data systems and pragmatic problem-solving across projects. Trained at Harvard (Government) and UC San Diego (International Affairs, International Economics), she combines rigorous analytical foundations with a design-oriented approach to data (as hinted by her GitHub tagline “Making things // Data + Design”). Based in Washington, D.C., Parul is known for translating complex macro and debt statistics into actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
A.B., Government, Global Justice, A.B., Government, Global Justice at Harvard UniversityMaster of International Affairs, International Economics, Master of International Affairs, International Economics at UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)
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Github Skills (7)
bank10
gitpython6
github6
python6
tax3
economics2
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
worldbank/debt-data
May 2019 - Nov 2020
Projects related to the World Bank's Debt Statistics
Contributions:1 review, 72 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 6 months
bankdebtdebt-datadebt-statistics
polk54/Pantone_ColorOfTheDay
Jan 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:228 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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