Elijah Kipchumba is a Research Fellow for the WEE-Connect and WEE-DiFine initiatives at BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University.
Elijah has eight years of experience in development research, having previously worked as a research associate at BRAC International and Save the Children International in the East African region. Elijah’s research interests broadly relate to the economics of households, gender, and labour. His research features in refereed economic journals. Elijah is completing his Ph.D. in Economics at Trinity College Dublin. His doctoral research evaluated youth upskilling programs and interventions that promote the social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities. He holds an MSc in Quantitative Economics from Makerere University and a BSc in Applied Statistics from Maseno University.
