Greg Fischer is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Lecturer of Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE). His research focuses on combining economic theory, field experiments, and more traditional empirical analysis to understand how economic development works and how it can work better. He is the Chief Economist at YAnalytics, where he determines research direction and oversees the development and implementation of impact underwriting and assessment methodologies. Most of his work is in less developed countries and focuses on entrepreneurship, access to finance and how firms function. Dr Gregory is also the co-director for the Firms Programme at the International Growth Centre with a focus on entrepreneurship. Much of his research is coordinated through Innovations for Poverty Action, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, and the International Growth Centre, three organisations working to reduce poverty and encourage growth by ensuring that policy is based on scientific evidence. He is also a member of STICERD, LSE on Economic Organization and Public Policy Programme. Dr Gregory has a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has a Summa Cum Laude, A.B., in Economics from Princeton University.