Curriculum Vitae
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Education
- Columbia University, Ph.D. in Economics with Distinction, 1998
Doctoral Thesis: Taxation and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa - Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, M.P.A., 1985
- Boston University, B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, summa cum laude, 1981
Appointments
- National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Associate, 2005-present.
- Tufts University, Associate Professor of Economics, 2004-present.
- United States Bureau of Economic Analysis, Special Sworn Employee, 2002-present.
- World Bank, Senior Economist, Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Ethiopia, 2002-2004.
- United States Agency for International Development, Senior Economist, 1997-2000.
- United Nations Development Programme, Economist, ODS, 1995.
- World Bank, Economist, Africa Adjustment Study Update, Washington, D.C., 1994.
- Cooperative and Rural Development Bank of Tanzania, Chief of Party, 1990-1993.
- Central Bank of Tanzania, Financial Consultant, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1989-1990.
- Lonrho Tanzania, Financial Consultant, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1989-1990.
- Equator Bank Limited, Associate Capital Markets Group London, 1987-1989.
- Lehman Brothers, Financial Analyst, New York, 1985-1987.
- United Nations Development Programme Mali, Assistant Junior Program Officer, 1984.
- United States Peace Corps, Volunteer, Bougouni, Mali, 1981-1983.
Honors & Research Grants
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 2005-2006.
- Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research, Developmental Grant, "HIV/AIDS, Health, Behavior and the Income Gradient," Fall 2004 (with Karen Eggleston)
- National Science Foundation Grant #0423080, "Overseas Investment and Labor Market Outcomes Using BEA Micro Data," July 2004 - July 2006, (with Ann Harrison).
- Faculty Research Awards Committee Research Grant, Tufts University, 2004.
- Undergraduate Initiative in Teaching Award, May 2004.
- Faculty Research Awards Committee Research Grant, Tufts University, 2002.
- Faculty Research Awards Committee Summer Grant, Tufts University, 1998.
- President’s Fellow, Columbia University, 1994 -1997.
- Center for International Business Education Research Grant, Columbia University, 1995.
- Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Princeton University, 1983-1985.