About me

Hi there! I’m an applied development micro-economist focused on poverty and inequality in lower-income countries, primarily in Africa. Specifically, my work centres on labour markets and policy evaluation, with a focus on social protection, education, and technological change. My research has been published in World Development, Energy Economics, and BMC Public Health among other outlets, and I hold a Y1 rating from South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) awarded through independent international peer review.

I’m currently a Senior Research Officer at the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) based in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa; a Consultant for the World Bank’s Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice; and a Research Associate at the Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP) unit at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. In 2025, I was a Visiting Scholar at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland in 2025. I regularly do economic advisory work for multilateral organisations such as the World Bank and UNU-WIDER, as well as several departments of the South African government including the Presidency, National Treasury, the Department of Employment and Labour, and the Department of Higher Education and Training.

I earned my PhD from UCT in 2024. Under the supervision of Haroon Bhorat, my thesis considers the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour market inequality. I earned my undergraduate, honour’s, and master’s degrees from Stellenbosch University, with Ingrid Woolard and Debra Shepherd serving as my co-supervisors for the latter.

On this site, you will find a repository of my work, including publications, working papers, reports, and several resources for research economists I find useful!