Senior Manager

• Led the end-to-end design and implementation of macroeconomic and market systems research to inform humanitarian cash programming and long-term socio-economic planning. • Conducted robust market diagnostics and supply chain assessments, integrating national macroeconomic indicators with subnational market behavior. • Directed multi-disciplinary research teams in the production of data-driven evidence on inflation trends, wage dynamics, commodity price movements, and purchasing power vulnerabilities. • Provided technical leadership in aligning research outputs with the needs of coordination mechanisms, including the Cash Working Group and inter-agency market taskforces. • Served as the technical liaison between humanitarian actors and development donors, translating complex economic data into actionable policy and programmatic recommendations. • Oversaw the integration of fiscal and trade data with household-level survey findings to assess market resilience and inform minimum expenditure basket adjustments. • Developed data quality assurance protocols and analytical frameworks to ensure research rigor, comparability, and policy relevance across multiple research cycles. • Supported the strategic use of findings by designing tailored dissemination tools for clusters, INGOs, and UN agencies. • Contributed to proposal development and donor engagement strategies to secure funding for expanding market research initiatives. • Mentored early-career researchers and analysts in economic modeling and humanitarian market assessment methodologies, fostering technical depth within the research unit.

Research and Policy Specialist”

Led cross-cutting research initiatives on livelihoods systems, food insecurity, and household vulnerability to support evidence-based cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programming. • Designed and managed multi-sectoral assessments that integrated household economy analysis, food consumption score metrics, and income-expenditure mapping across rural and urban zones. • Supported coordination platforms, including the Food Security Cluster and Cash Working Group, by providing real-time evidence to guide operational targeting and transfer value setting. • Championed the use of mixed-methods research—including key informant interviews, household surveys, and focus group discussions—to capture localized drivers of food insecurity. • Advised implementing partners on tailoring cash-based assistance to market realities and beneficiary consumption patterns, enhancing effectiveness and equity. • Co-authored technical guidance documents and policy briefs for stakeholders, translating research findings into strategic recommendations for resilience programming. • Contributed to the design of adaptive livelihoods strategies in fragile contexts by leveraging multi-year data on asset depletion, coping mechanisms, and seasonal stressors. • Worked closely with M&E units and donors to define performance indicators, develop results frameworks, and track the impact of food security and cash interventions. • Supported strategic planning processes by identifying information gaps, proposing new lines of inquiry, and framing annual research priorities. • Facilitated training workshops and learning sessions for NGO and UN partners on interpreting research findings and integrating them into program design

Economic Policy and Development Research Specialist

• Led applied research on fiscal space, poverty dynamics, and inclusive growth in post-conflict and politically unstable settings, including extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan. • Produced high-impact policy analysis to support donor strategies and national frameworks on poverty reduction, early recovery, and resilience building. • Coordinated multi-stakeholder data collection efforts, ensuring rigorous triangulation of household-level and macro-level data to inform integrated development planning. • Designed and executed policy-relevant studies on labor markets, household income diversification, and public service delivery gaps across vulnerable provinces. • Provided analytical and technical support to ministries, development banks, and humanitarian actors in linking short-term aid with long-term economic development goals. • Supported area-based programming through socio-economic profiling of local communities, enabling tailored interventions rooted in contextual evidence. • Developed sector-specific policy briefs and recommendations targeting structural bottlenecks affecting economic resilience and food security. • Facilitated collaboration between international researchers and local policy institutions, building bridges between evidence generation and policy uptake. • Contributed to donor reporting and learning agendas, with a strong focus on translating localized findings into scalable solutions. • Provided technical advice on monitoring frameworks and evaluation strategies to measure the impact of integrated humanitarian-development initiatives.

Master in Economic Policy