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Krishnan Sharma is an Economist in the Financing for Development Office of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. He is the lead economist for analyzing developments relating to private capital flows to developing countries and providing policy recommendations. His recent achievements include collaborating with the World Economic Forum to devise ways to mitigate the risks faced by private investors in infrastructure projects in developing countries. Sharma has also undertaken extensive research on economic and financial issues relating to emerging economies in Asia and Latin America, and has published papers and books on issues ranging from corporate bond market development to GDP-linked securities and the Asian financial crises. He is currently working on a project concerning the impact of diasporas on entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the U.N., Sharma worked in the financial sector in London. He was a senior economist at the Henley Centre for Forecasting and later an economic affairs advisor at Old Mutual International Asset Managers.

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