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Dr. Krishna Kumar

Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.

Development economics and human capital.

Senior Economist · Director, Center for Asia Pacific Policy

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Dr. Krishna Kumar is a researcher in Futurecraft's RAND Network, the world's most trusted intellectual access layer, anchored in 75 years of RAND policy methodology and continuously verified against primary sources (last verified 2026-06-05).

Senior Economist and Director of RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy. Works on development economics, human capital, and long-horizon planning for the global South.

Their work spans 1 research domain on Futurecraft, Economic Development, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.

Biography

Senior Economist and Director of RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy. Works on development economics, human capital, and long-horizon planning for the global South.

Research Domains

Key Work

  • , RAND studies on human-capital investment in developing economies
  • , Research on demographic transitions in Asia
  • , Frameworks for long-horizon development planning

Suggested Collaboration Questions

  • Which development pathways remain viable in a deglobalizing economy?
  • Where will the next decade's demographic transitions most reshape geopolitical balance?
  • What does human-capital investment look like when AI is changing the returns to it in real time?

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