Senior Research Associate
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana, United States
Lila Kumar Khatiwada is a senior research associate within the Pulte Institute for Global Development and has been with the Institute since 2013. With a commitment to addressing global challenges, Khatiwada's extensive expertise spans a range of critical areas, including poverty and inequality, microfinance, natural resource management, agriculture, disaster risk reduction, gender, peacebuilding, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). His notable contributions have been in the realm of impact assessment, where he has leveraged his knowledge of quasi-experimental design and mixed methods to conceive, execute, and evaluate projects and programs globally.
Khatiwada's international portfolio includes countries such as Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Mozambique, Nepal, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. He has collaborated with an array of renowned organizations, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, DFID, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union (EU), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), UNICEF’s Southern and Eastern Africa Office, US Department of Labor, UNDP, and IFC/World Bank.
Before his tenure at the Pulte Institute, Khatiwada worked with the University of Maryland College Park, where he engaged in policy research on the international stage. From 1993 to 2001, Khatiwada's impactful work took shape through various rural development projects. These included initiatives focused on microfinance, agricultural development, community forestry, WASH, and gender empowerment, all of which deeply resonated with communities in Nepal.
Khatiwada holds a Ph.D. in rural sociology specializing in community development from the University of Missouri. His academic achievements also encompass a master's degree in rural sociology and environmental science from the University of the Philippines Los Banos, as well as a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Nepal's esteemed Tribhuvan University and a graduate certificate in geographic information systems (GIS) from the University of Missouri.
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101 - Affirming Human Dignity through the Work of Evaluation
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET