Team Leader, CGAP (Jan 2007 - June 2007)
Diagnostic missions to four (Pakistan, Kenya, India, Russia) of a series of seven in-country diagnostics on the policy and regulatory framework for transformational branchless banking
• Team leader for the in-country missions
• Follow-up legal research on the policy and regulatory framework for branchless banking in each of the four countries
• Lead author of "Notes on the regulation of branchless banking" for each country
Microfinance Policy Expert, CGAP, Pakistan (October 2006 - Jan 2007)
Consultant for the CGAP Country Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR)
Main Tasks:
• Part of a four-person team analysing the aid-effectiveness and policy environment in the microfinance sector in Pakistan
• Co-author of the report “County Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR) with a Policy Diagnostic”
Lead Consultant, CGAP, Kenya (Feb 2006 - June 2006)
Study on the Use of Agents in Branchless Distribution of Financial Services for the Poor
• Research on agent-assisted branchless distribution models in Brazil, South Africa, Kenya, the Philippines and India.
• Coordination of research inputs by the consultant team under the guidance of CGAP staff
• Member of drafting team for a CGAP publication on this topic
• Participation and presentation of research on behalf of CGAP at workshops on mobile banking in Kenya and South Africa
Regulatory Expert, GTZ, Ethiopia (Nov 2005)
Assisting GTZ and the National Bank of Ethiopia (the Central Bank) with the Development of a Road Map for a Microfinance Strategy for Ethiopia
Regulatory Expert, GTZ, China (Nov 2004)
Policy Advice to the People’s Bank of China (central bank) to Promote Microcredit Institutions
Tasks:
• Analysis of the legal framework for microfinance in China
• Drafting of a policy paper on options for a legal framework for microcredit institutions
• Presentation of the results to the People’s Bank and other stakeholders in a workshop
