Her expertise is as a development economist, specialized in Sub-Saharan Africa.Tavneet’s work cuts across multiple sectors related to international development, such as digital financial services for the poor, agriculture, and governance. Over the last decade she has spent a significant amount of time in the field across Sub-Saharan Africa.Tavneet is Scientific Director for Africa for J-PAL; a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research; an affiliate of BREAD and CEPR; and Lead Academic of the Kenya Program at the International Growth Center.She holds a BA in economics from Cambridge University, UK, and PhD in economics from Yale University. General Expertise: Africa; Applied economics; Applied microeconomics; Developing countries, economics; Econometrics; Economics