I am a development economist and lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia (UEA).  

My research can be located broadly into the fields of development economics, political economy, and behavioral and experimental economics. My main research interests: rural microfinance, the micro-politics behind participatory development, the formation of social networks and its influence on exclusion, distributive conflicts in irrigation systems and the potential of reproductive health to combat poverty. Most of my research makes use of field data from Nicaragua and Tanzania.