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Assistant Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley (ARE)

Faculty Research Fellow
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

I am a development economist. I study finance, firms, and market design. I (mostly) study Ghana. My research advances a commercial approach to global poverty alleviation—restructuring markets so that serving the poor is not charity, but the most profitable strategy.

Education
Ph.D. in Sustainable Development (Economics Track), Columbia University, 2018

Dissertation: Economics of Contracts and Risks
Advisor: Bernard Salanié