Riddhi Lakhiani is a Research Assistant at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. Her research interests lie broadly in macroeconomic and development-related issues. At RIS, she contributes to policy briefs, discussion papers, report chapters, and other institutional research outputs. Her publications examine rising sovereign debt pressures in the Global South and the need for a fairer international financial architecture; Southern perspectives on triangular cooperation and the role of developing countries in shaping its principles and practice; and industrial policy space under WTO rules from an Indian and developing-country perspective Her work further supports research and policy engagement relating to India’s participation in BRICS and ASEAN. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Azim Premji University.

Research Interests are

• Global South Debt and Development Finance
• Macroeconomic Policy
• International Development Cooperation
• Trade and Industrial Policy