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I am an Economist at IDinsight, based in San Francisco, USA.  In this role, I lead the design and execution of the policy-relevant research projects. In my 5+ year at IDinsight, have worked projects in the following sectors: healthcare, social protection, gender, financial inclusion, digital economy, and education; in the following countries: Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, India, Indonesia,  

Currently I lead two global initiatives at IDinsight: Integration of Gender Lens into research practices and Digital Economy Research Impact Initiative (DERII)

I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2018. During my dissertation, I quantified effects of unreliable electricity on micro-entrepreneurs in Malawi and studied the application of Mobile Money Technologies to address saving and credit constraints.

Email: valentina.brailovskaya@idinsight.org