Resume

• 2008

  Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (RISE)

• 2007

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Coursework included development economics

  labor economics

  behavioral economics

  microeconometrics

  and interdisciplinary work in anthropology.\n\nAffiliated with the Population Studies and Training Center as an NICHID T32 trainee.

  Economics

  Brown University

• 2006

  Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern PA

  Team Management

  College Teaching

  Microcredit

  Quantitative Research

  Stata

  Survey Design

  Statistical Data Analysis

  Economic Statistics

  Development Economics

  Matlab

  Grant Writing

  Egypt Labor Market Report

  The Egypt Labor Market Report \"More Jobs

  Better Jobs\" analyses the issues facing the Egyptian labor market

  using a variety of data sources from both before and after the Arab Spring. These issues include youth unemployment

  sharply declining job quality

  large regional gaps in access to jobs

  gender differences in labor market opportunities

  and favoritism and irregularity in the design and enforcement of private sector regulations.

  Syrian Refugee and Host Community Survey

  Since the outbreak of unrest in Syria in March 2011 and the subsequent armed conflict

  there has been a mass exodus of Syrians out of the country

  especially to the neighboring countries of Turkey

  Jordan

  Iraq and Lebanon. The Syrian refugee crisis has rapidly escalated

  and absorbing this influx is an enormous challenge for the hosting countries

  with significant civil

  social

  economic and political implications. While the international community and host countries have been providing support on an emergency basis

  the protracted nature of the conflict in Syria calls for a stronger focus on development and on the link between humanitarian and development. \n\nWith a crisis of this magnitude

  there is an urgent need to understand the immediate and medium term implications for the populations affected by the crisis

  including the host communities

  and to put in place a comprehensive strategy to mitigate any adverse impacts - from deteriorating living conditions for the refugees themselves to the economic and social strain on the local communities

  potentially leading to localized violence

  and its implications in terms of how host countries can better support Syrian refugees. \n\nThe Syrian Refugee and Host Community Survey is a specialized survey that is representative of the Syrian refugee population and their host communities in three of the four most important host countries (Lebanon

  Jordan

  and Iraq). It provides a snapshot of the major issues and challenges facing the refugees and local communities. This in turn will serve a dual purpose. First

  it will inform the collective response on the ground to mitigate the impact of the Syrian conflict

  both from a humanitarian and a development perspective. Second

  this comprehensive multi-sectoral evidence-based learning process—the first of its kind in such a context—will be an essential part of a post-conflict needs assessment (PCNA) in Syria and in designing an effective reconstruction and recovery strategy in Syria.

• 2001

  BA

  Received over $10

  000 in internal funding to conduct experimental research on joint liability in microcredit contracts.\n\nCoursework included development economics

  probability theory

  partial differential equations

  intermediate econometrics and first-year Ph.D. coursework in microeconomic theory.

  Economics and Applied Math

  cum laude

  Princeton University

• 000.

  Data Collection for Dissertation Research

  Over the course of a year

  we designed and implemented a large-scale survey project on microcredit Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in rural Tamil Nadu

  India.\n\n- Applying for

  and receiving

  a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation

  as well as several internal grants from Brown University.\n\n- Identifying all 926 SHGs in the Kaniyambadi block of Vellore district.\n\n- Designing

  pretesting

  and conducting a survey of 926 SHG leaders and 4041 other SHG members.\n\n- Recruiting

  training

  and managing over 20 enumerators

  data entry clerks

  and autorickshaw drivers.\n\n- Writing custom STATA code for data management and analysis.\n\nWe completed this project in under a year

  and with a budget of less than $25

  Egypt Systematic Country Diagnostic

  The Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) uses data and analytic methods to support country clients and World Bank Group teams in identifying the most critical constraints to

  and opportunities for

  reducing poverty and building shared prosperity sustainably

  while considering the voices of the poor and the views of the private sector and other stakeholders. This document provides the analytical underpinnings of the Country Partnership Framework and sets out recommendations and priorities for the World Bank's country engagement.\n\nThe Egypt SCD is one of the first large-country SCDs conducted by the World Bank under its new approach to country engagement. It provides a model for how to synthesize information and feedback from multiple sectors within and outside the bank and create a holistic view of the challenges and opportunities faced by Egypt. The SCD incorporates feedback from 19 global practices and cross-cutting solution areas within the World Bank.

  Microentrepreneurship and Poverty policy note

  The microentrepreneurship and poverty policy note draws upon existing academic research to assess the possibilities for poverty reduction through programs designed to promote microentrepreneurship. It reviews over 50 academic studies of impact evaluations of microcredit

  cash transfers

  and training programs

  identifies remaining knowledge gaps

  and provides operational guidance for project design and implementation.

  Goldston

  Jacob

  Goldston

  Brown University

  University of South Carolina

  The World Bank

  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

  - Taught intermediate microeconomics (undergraduate) and development economics (undergraduate & Ph.D)\n\n- Conducted research on women's microcredit groups in rural India\n\n- Served on Economics Department Strategic Planning Committee and CarolIndia Planning Committee

  University of South Carolina

  The World Bank

  - Core team member of the Syrian Refugee and Host Community Survey and the Egypt Systematic Country Diagnostic\n\n- Designed an innovative survey instrument to analyze the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on neighboring countries\n\n- Coordinated with multiple stakeholders

  including DANIDA

  UNHCR

  WFP

  and the governments of Jordan

  Lebanon and Iraq\n\n- Contributed to the Egypt Systematic Country Diagnostic

  an internal World Bank document establishing the analytic framework for the Bank's engagement in Egypt

  synthesizing contributions from multiple sectors to identify challenges and opportunities to poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Egypt over the next decade\n\n- Cowrote a policy note reviewing the academic literature on the link between microentrepreneurship and poverty reduction and providing operational guidance

  Extended Term Consultant

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  - Research assistant for Dr. Michael Dotsey and Dr. Shigeru Fujita on research topics including international trade

  the effect of business cycles on employment flows

  and the contribution of demographics to the \"natural\" rate of interest.\n\n- Prepared pre-FOMC briefings for the president of Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.\n\n- Worked extensively with RATS

  STATA

  and Eviews.

  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

  The World Bank

  - Core team member and coauthor of the Egypt Labor Market Report \"More Jobs

  Better Jobs: A Priority for Egypt\"

  disseminated to the Egyptian government in September 2014\n\n- Conducted rigorous analysis of new panel survey data on the Egyptian labor market using STATA and QGIS\n\n- Prepared supplementary material for the report

  including talking points for dissemination events

  multiple issue briefs and topic notes

  and posts for the World Bank Arab Voices blog on the spatial and gender dimensions of the Egyptian labor market\n\n- Presented results at the World Bank Labor and Poverty Practice Group

  Short Term Consultant

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  - Assisted Professor Kaivan Munshi with research projects on topics including community-based tuberculosis treatment in India

  church membership and political affiliation in 19th and 20th century Midwest

  and the link between plantation size and social capital among former slaves in the Reconstruction Era South.\n\n- Designed and pretested surveys in India.\n\n- Trained and managed enumerators.\n\n- Contributed to budgeting and grant-writing for R01 NIH grant.\n\n- Collected

  cleaned

  and analyzed quantitative data.

  Brown University

  English

  Spanish

  Grant

  \"Credit and Local Government in India\"

  Internal grant for dissertation fieldwork from the Population Studies and Training Center.

  Brown University

  Hazeltine Fellowship

  Stipend and tuition support from the Commerce

  Organizations

  and Entrepreneurship program at Brown University.

  Brown University

  Grant

  \"Microfinance Games in Peru\"

  Internal grant for thesis fieldwork from the Program in Latin American Studies.

  Princeton University

  Grant

  \"Credit and Local Government in India\"

  Internal grant for dissertation fieldwork from the Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance.

  Brown University

  Grant

  \"Microfinance Games in Peru\"

  Internal grant for thesis fieldwork from the Woodrow Wilson School.

  Princeton University

  Summer Dissertation Writing Fellowship

  Stipend and tuition support from the Brown University Economics Department.

  Brown University

  Grant

  \"Credit and Local Government in India\"

  Internal grant for dissertation fieldwork from the Center for Race and Inequality.

  Brown University

  NICHID T32 Traineeship

  Stipend and tuition support

  administered through the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University.

  National Institutes of Health

  Grant

  \"Microfinance Games in Peru\"

  Internal grant for thesis fieldwork from The Schultz Fund.

  Princeton University

  Grant

  \"Microfinance Games in Peru\"

  Internal grant for thesis fieldwork from the Economics Department.

  Princeton University

  Grant

  \"Credit and Local Government in India\"

  Internal grant for dissertation fieldwork from the Economics Department.

  Brown University

  Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

  \"Credit and Local Government in India\"

  Competitive external grant for $12

  740 from the National Science Foundation's Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant.

  National Science Foundation

  Grant

  \"Group Liability Experiments\"

  Internal grant for junior project fieldwork from the Economics Department.

  Princeton University