NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Tara Prasad completed a bachelor’s degree from McGill University with a double major in economics and international development studies and a minor in management. She earned a master’s in development studies from the London School of Economics, where she focused on economic development policy and the use of econometrics to examine social and economic development trends. After earning her master’s degree, she worked for a year at MSCI as a research analyst on the Access to Medicine Index 2012. She then moved to work directly at the Access to Medicine Foundation as a lead researcher on the Access to Medicine Index. She was responsible for developing the methodology for the Pricing, Manufacturing and Distribution technical area for the Access to Medicine Index 2014 and for writing the relevant chapter. She can be contacted at tprasad@atmindex.org, @TaraLPrasad or on LinkedIn.