FORHAD SHILPI is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (Agriculture and Rural Development Team). Her current research focuses on the impact of infrastructure and communication on rural-urban transformation, domestic market institutions’ role in the transmission of international price signals, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries. She holds a Ph.D. degree in economics from the Johns Hopkins University, where she taught econometrics and macroeconomics. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked as a research associate at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.