Jenny C. Aker

February 1, 2017 · No Comments

Greetings!  I am a Professor of Development Economics at the Fletcher School and Department of Economics at Tufts University. I also serve as the co-Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP).  I am a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development and the co-Chair of J-PAL’s DigiFI Initiative.

After working for Catholic Relief Services in West and Central Africa, I completed my PhD in agricultural economics at the University of California-Berkeley.  My current work seeks to understand the impact of information technology on development outcomes in sub-saharan Africa, particularly in the areas of agriculture, agricultural markets, adult education and financial inclusion.  I am also working with NGOs to understand the barriers to (and impacts of) the adoption of agricultural and environmental technologies, as well as design different mechanisms for providing social protection programs.  I have been fortunate enough to live and conduct fieldwork in a number of countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, DRC, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania and Togo, as well as Haiti and Guatemala.

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