Geetika Nagpal

I am a Research Economist in the Development Impact Department (DECDI) at the World Bank. I received my PhD in Economics from Brown University.

My research is at the intersection of urban and development economics, focusing on housing markets and transportation infrastructure. 

My work combines new sources of granular data with natural experiments to understand how private actors shape cities. My research is supported by the IGC, STEG, and the J-PAL King Climate Action Initiative.

Email: gnagpal@worldbank.org

News:

• Nov 2026: Co-organizing a webinar on urban access and public transit

• Oct 2026: Presenting our new work on pink tax in Indian rental market at the Cities and Development Workshop at Harvard

• Oct 2026: Organized a webinar on frontier research in housing in India