Jayati Ghosh is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has authored and co-edited 10 books and more than 160 scholarly articles. She is Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates (IDEAS - www.networkideas.org) and Trustee of the Economic Research Foundation (www.macroscan.org). She is co-recipient of the International Labour Organisation's 2010 Decent Work Research prize.