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CURRICULUM VITAE (PDF)

EDUCATION
2006–present Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

  • Thesis title: Essays in Law, Institutions and Conflict. (Supervisors: Paul Collier and Stefan Dercon)
  • Research interests: Development Economics, Political Economy, Law and Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics
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    2002–04 Master of Philosophy in Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
    1997–01 Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

    AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
    2011 Marie Curie / AMID Fellowship
    2010-11 Wingate Fellowship
    2007-08, 09-10 Departmental Teaching Fellowship, Oxford University
    2002-04, 06-07 Rhodes Scholarship
    2004 Distinction in M.Phil. Thesis, Oxford University
    2001 Gold Medal, Lahore University of Management Sciences
    1998-01 National Merit Scholarship, Lahore University of Management Sciences
    1997-01 Dean’s Honors List, Lahore University of Management Sciences

    RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS AWARDED
    2009-present Randomized controlled trial of two non-financial incentive mechanisms to improve health service delivery in Sierra Leone
    with Oeindrila Dube (NYU), Vivek Maru (World Bank) and Johannes Haufhoser (JPAL)

  • $235,000 grant from International Growth Centre, Incentivizing Health Service Delivery in Sierra Leone
  • $524,000 grant from Government of Sierra Leone (via World Bank)
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    2009-present Randomized controlled trial of a community reconciliation program
    with Oeindrila Dube (NYU) and Jacobus Cilliers (Oxford)

  • $238,000 grant from International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Does Reconciliation Affect Conflict and Development? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Sierra Leone
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    2008–present Randomized controlled trial of a mobile community paralegal program in Liberia, and a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of a criminal justice paralegal program in Sierra Leone
    with Justin Sandefur (Center for Global Development)

  • $185,000 grant from International Growth Centre, Law without Lawyers: Improving Access to Justice in Liberia and Sierra Leone
  • $156,000 grant from Open Society Justice Initiative, Impact Evaluation of Timap for Justice’s Criminal Justice Paralegal Program
  • $20,000 grant from International Development Law Organization, Customary Justice and Legal Empowerment in Liberia
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    RESEARCH AND POLICY EXPERIENCE
    2008-09, 10-11 Research Officer, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
    2009-10 Research Consultant, Open Society Justice Initiative, Budapest, Hungary
    2007-08 Consultant, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria
    2005-06 Research Assistant, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, USA
    2004-05 Junior Professional, Industrial Strategy Task Force, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
    2001-02 Research Associate, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    2007-08, 09-10 Departmental Teaching Associate, Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
    2008-09 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics and International Studies, Buckingham University, Buckingham, UK
    2008 Teaching Associate, Department of International Development, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
    2000-01 Teaching Assistant, Dept of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

    ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
    Affiliations Research Affiliate, Innovations for Poverty Action
    Research Affiliate and Sierra Leone Country Team Member, International Growth Centre
    Research Officer, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford
    Invited Talks Midwest International Economic Development Conference, 2011
    Centre for the Study of African Economies Annual Conferences and Seminars, 2008-10
    GWU/USIP Conference on Customary Justice and Legal Pluralism in Post-Conflict and Fragile Societies, 2009
    Economic History Society Annual Conference, 2008

    WRITING
    Journal Articles “Global Fund Grant Programmes: An Analysis of Evaluation Scores” (with Steven Radelet). Lancet, 369, June 2007, pp. 1807-13.
    Working papers “Colonial Land Rights and Long-Run Development” (with Ali Cheema, Asjad Naqvi and Farooq Naseer)
    “Forum Shopping and Legal Pluralism” (with Justin Sandefur)
    “Go Green, Buy Foreign: Measuring the Climate Impacts of Global Trade” (with Justin Sandefur)
    Book chapters “Public Health Reform and Worker Motivation in Sierra Leone” (with Natalie Quinn and Gibrill Jalloh) and “Improving the Justice Sector: Law and Institution Building in Sierra Leone” (with Alaina Varvaloucas, Simeon Koroma and Momo Turay), in Paul Collier, Omotunde Johnson and Sheku Sesay (eds.) Policy Options for a Prosperous Sierra Leone(forthcoming 2012)
    “Rights or Remedies? Shopping for Justice in Liberia’s Dualistic Legal System” (with Justin Sandefur). 2011. In Erica Harper (ed.), Working with Customary Justice Systems Post-Conflict and Fragile States. International Development Law Organization.
    Policy and other “Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in Liberia” (with Michael Best, Justin Sandefur, Grant Gordon, Johnny Ndebe, Alaina Varvaloucas and Andrew Zeitlin). Centre for the Study of African Economies. September 2009.
    “US Development Aid and the Millennium Challenge Account: Emerging Trends in Appropriations” (with Kaysie Brown and Myra Sessions). 2006. Washington DC: Center for Global Development
    “Aiding Development: Tracking the Flows.” Finance and Development, 42(3), September 2005. Washington DC: IMF and World Bank.
    “US Pledges of Aid to Africa: Let’s Do the Numbers” (with Steven Radelet). 2005. Washington DC: Center for Global Development
    “Round Three of the MCA: Which Countries Are Most Likely to Qualify in FY 2006″ (with Steven Radelet and Kaysie Brown). 2005. Washington DC: Center for Global Development
    “The New Global Governance Indicators and the Possible Impact on MCA Qualification” (with Steven Radelet and Mvemba Dizolele). 2005. Washington DC: Center for Global Development
    “Towards a Prosperous Pakistan: A Strategy for Rapid Industrial Growth” (with Ijaz Nabi et al). 2005. Islamabad: Ministry of Industries, Government of Pakistan
    “Public Expenditure Allocation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas 1990-1999″ (with Ali Cheema and Hammad Rahman). 2002. Islamabad: National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan