I grew up in Ethiopia during a turbulent time which sparked my early interest in development economics, setting me on an improbable journey to pursuing graduate studies in Economics at Berkeley. My research seeks to gaugeÌýthe causal impacts of various policy interventions and institutions on development, with a focusÌýon the African continent. ÌýWith appointments at UnitedÌýcollege, the Economics department, and the School of Environment, Enterprise andÌýDevelopment (SEED) at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, I aim to build a research portfolio that has some relevance to policy making for economic development in low-income regions.Ìý
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