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Welcome to my website. I am a Lecturer in Economics at the  University of Sussex. I have a PhD in economics from The University of Manchester. My primary research fields are  Theoretical, Cross-Sectional and Panel Data analysis in Development Macroeconomics and Political Economy of Development. My thesis title is "Essays on the links between Natural Resources, Corruption, Taxation and Economic Growth". My research addresses policy-relevant questions on the management of natural resource rents and their exploitation for development, using both empirical and theoretical approach.  I am familiar with several econometrics packages including Stata, Matlab, R and Eviews.

RESEARCH:

Research Areas:  Macroeconomics,  Development Macroeconomics, Political Economy of Development

Research Fields: Theoretical, Panel data and Cross-Sectional analysis of Economic Growth, Public Capital, Corruption, Governance and Institutions 

Current Research: Resource Curse;  Natural Resource Rents and The Crowding out of Taxation and its Implications for Governance, Corruption and Growth in Resource-Reliant Economies; Resource-led Public Infrastructure Capital, Growth and Welfare.