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​About

I am an Economist in the World Bank Research Group's Development Impact Evaluation unit (DIME). Previously I was a Research Fellow at IFPRI. I completed my PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and also studied at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies as well as Wesleyan University. I'm proud to have served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger from 2006-08.

My current/recent research projects include:

• Sports betting and saving constraints in Kampala, Uganda (AEJ: Applied)
• Sports programs for vulnerable youth in Monrovia, Liberia (EDCC) 
• Processed foods and elasticity estimation (AJAE) 
• Response fatigue and rural livelihoods (JDE)
• Firm location choice and violence in Afghanistan​ (working paper)
• Kin transfers as informal insurance (working paper)
• Fertility and drought
• Rural labor measurement
• Marriage markets, migration, and income volatility in Indonesia