2015, Development Concentration
Consultant to the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
As a prior intern at CGAP, Dan conducted research on digital finance in Zimbabwe.
Master’s Thesis: Dan’s interests in the role of financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa culminated in a thesis titled “Non-Inclusion of Whom? The Political Economy of Kenyan Cash Transfers.”
Faculty Collaboration: Dan served as a Research Assistant to Professor Mark Johnson, who also served as Dan’s thesis advisor.
Additional Academic Work at SGPIA: Dan synthesized heterogeneous data in the course “Citizens States and Power in Regional Development” and learned to develop insightful analysis on uncertain economic outcomes through the courses “Development Economics” and “Food, Global Trade, and Development.”
Current work: As a consultant to CGAP, Dan researches how mobile money is driving access to energy for off-grid households in Asia and Africa. Dan oversees three specific projects: market research on digital payment ecosystems in Ghana, a structured financing facility for household solar energy in Uganda, and a working paper that makes the case for combining financial and energy services in developing countries.
