"The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes." — Ibn Sina
 

Working Papers:

• Environment and Land Markets
  Presented at the LFS FRE Seminar (2026)
  
  

• Demand for Crop Insurance: Evidence from Pakistan
  joint with Patrick Baylis (UBC) and Guglielmo Zappalà (Harvard)
  Funded by the International Growth Centre and CIDER Small Grants
  Presented at the VSE DevPE Lunch (2025)
  
  

• Differentiated Responses to Shocks
  Presented at the VSE DevPE Lunch (2024)
  
  

• Clean Air in the Classroom: Environmental Inputs and Human Capital Formation
  joint with Nitin K. Bharti (NYUAD), David S. Blakeslee (NYUAD), Samreen Malik (NYUAD), and Torsten F. Walter (NYUAD)
  R&R, Journal of Development Economics

Work in Progress:

• Index Insurance and Agricultural Resilience
  joint with Patrick Baylis (UBC) and Guglielmo Zappalà (Harvard)
  Funded by STEG, CIDER and Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA)
  
  

• Governance and Climate Adaptation
  joint with Joanne Moore (UBC) and Ziyuan Wang (UBC)
  
  

• God and the General
  joint with Karine Moukaddem (UCLouvain)
  
  

• The Aftermath of Applause
  joint with Ali Bakhtawar (AMSE)
  
  

Policy & Other Writings

• Estimating Emissions from Small-scale Diversified Agriculture
  joint with Anny Wang (UBC), Caitie Ciampaglia (UBC), Evan Eskilson (UBC), and Sofia Bahmutsky (UBC)
  
  

• Pakistan Fertilizer Policy, 2024
  joint with AbuBakr Ayesh (TU) and Rabail Chandio (ISU)
  Prepared for the Ministry of Industries and Production and National Fertilizer Marketing Limited.