I am a Senior Economist at the World Bank, currently based in Jakarta. I joined the World Bank as a Young Professional in 2017 in Washington, D.C. I am an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the School of Business, University of South Australia.

I undertake economic and policy research that informs the design of World Bank-financed projects, and provide design and implementation support to the Bank’s government clients. These projects aim to improve forest management, revitalize fisheries, conserve coastal ecosystems, and reduce air and water pollution, among other goals. My current work focuses on the East Asia Pacific region, particularly Indonesia.

My research, which draws on, and contributes to, project work, aims to improve our understanding of the relationship between economic development and natural resources and the environment. I aim to inform policies and projects that improve both environmental and socio-economic outcomes.

Questions that colleagues and I have been working on recently include:

• What are the economic and development implications of climate change for countries in East Asia and the Pacific, including Indonesia, Fiji, and the Pacific Atoll Countries?
• What are the opportunities for, and returns from, improved fisheries management in Indonesia, and what are the risks to fisheries from climate change?
• What are the most cost-effective measures to reduce air pollution in Jakarta and surrounds?
• What are the economic benefits of forests beyond timber and conversion to plantations, and what policies can incentivize and realize these benefits?
• How can public and private measures for supply-chain governance work together?
• What are the costs and benefits of reforestation, and how do these costs vary across environmental and development contexts?

See output from this research and more here.

I graduated from Duke University in 2017 with a PhD in Environmental and Resource Economics. My committee comprised Alexander Pfaff, Brian Murray, Elizabeth Shapiro, Subhrendu Pattanayak and Ashwini Chhatre. Prior, I completed an M.A (Economics) at Duke University, a M.Sc (Agricultural and Resource Economics) at the University of Alberta, Canada, and a joint B.A (Economics) and B.Sc (Ecology, Environmental Geosciences) at the University of Adelaide, Australia. I worked in the Sustainable Ecosystems division of CSIRO, on land use, water management, and climate change topics.

I have fieldwork experience in Tanzania (on forest conservation program design), Mexico (community forest management), India (roads and forest transitions), Mali and Burkina Faso (water-related poverty), the Solomon Islands (social and environmental impacts of the tourism industry) and South Australia (land use change and water management).

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