Slesh Anand Shrestha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore.
His areas of research include migration, labor markets, infrastructure, and effective delivery of public goods and development services. He is currently conducting a labor survey of return migrants in Nepal, designing interventions that improve labor outcomes among migrants in Singapore, examining the effects of inter-ethnic competition for resources and self-segregation in Malaysia, and running field experiments on incentivizing aid workers and political leaders in Pakistan and India.
He teaches courses in development, labor, immigration, and micro-economics. He has worked as a consultant in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, including contributions to the World Development Report on Jobs and South Asia Report on Inequality.
A native of Nepal, he received his Bachelors of Arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University with Magna Cum Laude, and Phi Beta Kappa, and his Ph.D. from University of Michigan.
