TIME Annual Lectures 2024 Professor Jenny Aker
Professor in Development Economics, Cornell University.
The 2024 TIME Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Jenny Aker, Professor in Development Economics at Cornell University. Outside of Cornell, she is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development and the co-Chair of the Digital Identification and Finance Initiative at J-PAL Africa, which is based at the University of Cape Town.
Professor Aker brings expertise in economic development in Africa, with a primary focus on the impact of information, and information technology on development outcomes. Her research contributes to the role of development economics in agricultural markets, adult education and financial inclusion: the determinants and impacts of agricultural technology adoption; and the impact of different mechanisms and modalities of social protection.