Born and raised in Ghana
Contact: fannan@berkeley.edu
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Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley (ARE)
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Risk, and Insurance (2018-2022), Georgia State University (J. Mack Robinson College of Business)
Scientific Lead and Co-chair (2021-)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Research Initiative on Retail Finance Distribution (REFIND) at ISSER
Research: Development Economics, with a focus on (Digital) Financial Markets, Firms, and At-Scale Government Programs
Education: Ph.D. (2012-2018), M.Phil., M.A. Columbia University in the City of New York
Dissertation: Economics of Contracts and Risks
Advisor: Prof. Bernard Salanié