Dr Ratnakar Adhikari

Ratnakar Adhikari was the Executive Director of the Executive Secretariat for the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

His research covers international trade, regional economic integration, Aid for Trade, development assistance, competition policy and intellectual property rights, particularly from the perspective of least developed countries. Before joining the EIF, he was Chief Executive Director of South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), a regional think tank based in Kathmandu. He has also served as Senior Adviser to the National Planning Commission of the Government of Nepal and as Trade Programme Specialist at the United Nations Development Programme's Asia Pacific Regional Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Earlier, he worked as a manager at Nepal Indosuez Bank and as a lecturer at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu.

He holds a PhD from the University of Warwick, a Master of International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute in Switzerland and a Master of Commerce from the University of Delhi.