Christopher Woodruff is a member of the Oxford Team. Woodruff is a Professor of Development Economics and a Fellow at Wolfson College. His research focuses on enterprises in low-income countries, with noted work on returns to capital investments in microenterprises and the effect of formal registration on enterprise performance. He is a pioneer in the use of field experiments in firms. In addition to his position at Oxford, Professor Woodruff is the Scientific Coordinator for the DFID-CEPR joint research venture on Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) and directs the Firm Capabilities group at the International Growth Centre. He is a Research Associate at NBER, a Research Fellow at CEPR, CAGE and IZA, as well as a Senior Fellow of BREAD.
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Christopher Woodruff
Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford at University of Oxford
