Aakash is a Senior Economist at the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist Research Center in Kuala Lumpur. His research focuses on service delivery (with an emphasis on health and education), and political economy. His recent projects leverage large-scale administrative data such as health management information system data and insurance billing data for improving health sector quality and efficiency. He holds a BA from Middlebury College, and MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan.