Welcome to my academic web page! I am an Associate Professor at the School of Economics at the University of Sydney. Here is a link to my faculty page at the School of Economics.

I am a development microeconomist focusing on the development of the private sector (firms, access to finance, entrepreneurship, markets, role of new technologies), with projects often overlapping with environmental, agricultural, and behavioural economics. A lot of my ongoing work is on development and inclusive finance in emerging markets, especially small and medium enterprise finance, financing innovations, and digital payment networks. I am involved in leading a number of ongoing field-based projects in countries including Fiji, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tanzania, and Vietnam.

Here's a recent blog on reconciling conflicting estimates of financial inclusion across various markets, with a focus on Pakistan.   

Microeconometrics and Public Policy. The applied economics seminar in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney.

Agricultural, Environmental and Resource Economics. The seminar in agricultural, environmental and resource economics in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney.

Sydney Development Economics Group (SDEG). Organizes regular gatherings of Sydney's development economics researchers. All who are interested are welcome to join the email listserv, submit papers to present, and attend the gatherings.

I'm a founding member of the Australasian Development Economics Association (ADEA), which was founded in 2024 to promote and advance the field of development economics in the Australasian region. Please consider joining the Association if this mission interests you.