Tara Marwah is a Senior Policy Manager at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Philippines, promoting evidence-informed policy and engaging with external stakeholders to grow new partnerships. Prior to joining IPA, Tara worked as a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL, where she developed the environment, energy, and climate change sector for J-PAL's Europe office.
Before that, Tara lived in Rwanda where she worked as a Project Manager embedded in a Rwandan Government agency that spearheads public infrastructure development throughout the country and as a consultant for the German Development Bank (KfW). Tara also published numerous country profiles while working in the Secretary General’s office of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Tara holds a master’s degree in international trade, finance, and development from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and speaks fluent German.
