Abdulrazzak Tamim - University of California, Berkeley

Abdulrazzak is a PhD candidate in Economics at UC Berkeley, where he researches policy-relevant challenges in developing economies using empirical methods grounded in economic theory. His work uses granular datasets, including satellite data and administrative records, to study scarce resource allocation, agricultural productivity, and the welfare effects of social policies such as housing subsidies. He holds a master’s in Agricultural Economics from McGill University and a bachelor’s in Economics from the American University of Beirut, and has consulted for the World Bank on policies for forcibly displaced populations in Kenya and Jordan.