I study how to improve public services, how policy implementation affects citizen-state relations, and voice and political inclusion. I have research on some of the following topics:
- How low trust in government stymies efforts to reform fuel subsidies;
- How information empowers citizens to demand better public services;
- When private outsourcing can improve public service delivery;
- How expertise and motivation of local bureaucrats can overcome resource constraints;
- The rise of global populism;
- Women’s voice and agency in policy process;
- Political settlements in fragile states
I’m currently a Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). I was previously a policy analyst at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and a senior fellow at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. I received my Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, where I was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
My IFPRI profile is available here.