Asim Ijaz Khwaja
Harvard University

Asim Khwaja is the Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research focuses on development economics, education, political economy, financial markets and public finance. His was selected as a Carnegie Scholar in 2009 for his research on religious institutions. He is the Co-Director of Evidence for Policy Design, and has received many grants for research, including from the NSF and from USAID.