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I am a PhD candidate at Harvard Business School. My interests are in strategy/entrepreneurship and technology/AI for economic development and social impact. My work assists small and medium business entrepreneurs to grow with technology and AI in emerging economies. It also focuses on social and environmental impact. I work with tech firms and startups including in fintech, small businesses, health, poverty, gender, and environment. 

I use causal AI, field experiments, and applied theory, and have won large funding awards, including IGC and Grand Challenges amongst others, as well as multiple Best Paper Awards

I received my bachelor's in statistics and economics, and master's in economics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to Harvard I worked as a lead researcher with Innovations for Poverty Action.


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rclarke@hbs.edu

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Personal affiliations/pages: 

Harvard Website

Harvard Business School Profile

Environment for Development 

Innovations for Poverty Action

Digital, Data, Design (D^3) Institute, Harvard University