Chris Desmond is a Research Associate at CRH where he is the PI of the Asenze Cohort Study. He is an economist focusing on human development over the life course. His work seeks to understand how taking a more holistic view of people influences the way in which you respond to them. Dr Desmond has worked to develop approaches to economic evaluation which allow for the incorporation of such a perspective. He has worked extensively with international organisations, including UNICEF, USAID and The World Bank, and governments in eastern and southern Africa. Chris Desmond holds a Masters in Economics from UKZN and a PhD from LSE and is Professor and the Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics at the School of Economics and Finance, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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