Biography Microinsurance Conference 2008

Ranjula Bali Swain, Milk India, Uppsala University, Sweden

Personal Data

• Birth date and place: November 11, 1968, New Delhi, India
• Gender: Female

Education

• 1995 Ph.L (Fil.lic), Uppsala University
• 2001 Ph.D (Fil. dr.), Uppsala University

Present Position

• 2002 - Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Uppsala University

Previous Positions

• 2001 Expert, Impact Assessment, SEED, International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland
• 2007 Visiting Researcher, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India, January 2007
• 2006 Visiting Faculty, Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C, May 2006 – May 2007

Major Fields of Interest and Experience

Microinsurance, Microfinance and Small Enterprise Development.. Field experience from Central America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.Research Grants

• 2006 – 2008 Can Insurance Markets Work for the Poor? A study of microinsurance in India, research grant from SAREC, Sida.
• 2006 – 2008 Helping or Hurting? – Policies for Combating Child Labour in Hazardous Occupations in India research grant from SAREC, Sida (with Per Hilding).
• 2004 – 2007 Participation of the Rural Poor in the Export-Led Growth Process in Vietnam, with Institute of Economics, Hanoi, Vietnam and Lund University, Sweden, research grant from SAREC, Sida.
• 2002 – 2005 Microfinance, Poverty and Vulnerability – Beyond the Myths, research grant from SAREC, Sida.

Publication list available on request!