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Animesh Shrestha.

Economist in Progress / Researcher / Builder

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Research Asst. to Dr. Soo Jin Kim, Department of Economics, GSU — Atlanta, GA

Aug 2025 – Present
  • Conduct econometric analysis on the effects of U.S. Free Trade Agreements on foreign aid flows across partner countries.
  • Clean, merge, and analyze large-scale datasets from the World Bank, OECD, and FRED using Stata and Python to build a balanced country-year panel.
  • Estimate OLS and robustness models to evaluate policy impacts and support ongoing research development.

RIMMES Program, Department of Mathematics, GSU — Atlanta, GA

Aug 2024 – May 2025
  • Conducted independent research under the mentorship of Dr. Yichuan Zhao, focusing on statistical and socioeconomic analysis of the Nepalese diaspora in the U.S.
  • Performed data cleaning and exploratory analysis on 300,000+ records from the American Community Survey using Python (NumPy, pandas).

Research and Policy Intern, Nepal Economic Forum — Kathmandu, Nepal

Aug 2023 – Nov 2023
  • Authored macroeconomic reviews analyzing GDP growth, inflation, and fiscal policy, read by policymakers, financial institutions, and embassies.
  • Collected and visualized economic indicators using Google Analytics and public datasets; documented key insights from World Bank and national policy conferences for consulting and research reports.

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Hi, I'm Animesh Shrestha, an Economics and Mathematics student at Georgia State University passionate about research, data, and problem-solving. I enjoy exploring how economics and quantitative methods can help shape better policies and decisions.

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