Dr. Rashesh Shrestha is an Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) with research interests in labor markets, economic development, and human capital investment. At ERIA, he conducts academic research and leads policy-oriented research projects on a wide range of themes, including human capital, education, global value chains, trade, and financial inclusion. Before joining ERIA, he was an Associate Lecturer at the Australian National University. He earned his PhD from the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.