Arjun Kaushik

Drive strategy, implementation, and analytics for a global network of 40+ systems, monitoring a $20M+ grants portfolio, budgeting, and fundraising. Provide partner coordination across 30+ countries, aligning governments, donors, and grantees. Restructured grants to improve delivery, built MIS dashboards for performance tracking, and co-developed tools to assess M&E systems. Contribute to GEI 2.0 strategy and lead new grant initiatives.

Led development of IEG’s Management Action Record validation framework (2022–24), engaging 150+ senior counterparts across 20+ WBG units to strengthen accountability and assessment standards. Contributed to major country and thematic evaluations (Blue Economy, Nepal), designing methodologies, leading analysis, and field validation. Delivered evidence-based insights and strategy briefs to senior management, translating evaluation rigor into decision-useful outputs.

• Conducted econometric analysis on lending portfolios of major South American banks to quantify financial service usage patterns and nature of financing for women-led MSMEs—translating raw transaction data into strategic intelligence. • Designed recommendations for banks on optimizing lending products, mitigating portfolio risk, and incentivizing sustainable MSME growth—demonstrating how data on financial behavior drives operational and commercial strategy.