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Tim Dobermann

  • Researcher
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Roles

Researchers

Tim Dobermann was formerly Policy Economist for Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and the thematic lead for Energy. Previously he has been Country Economist for IGC Myanmar. He holds a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick. His research focuses on energy.

Projects

Flood in Pakistan 2022

Making Pakistan resilient: Synthesising knowledge on climate change

Hina Shaikh, Tim Dobermann, Fizzah Sajjad, Numair Liaqat, Faraz Hayat, Ghazala Mansuri, Sher Afghan Asad 31 Oct 2023
Project

Leveraging energy data for better residential energy subsidy targeting

Michael Greenstone, Usman Naeem, Tim Dobermann, Robin Burgess, Faraz Hayat 28 Feb 2021
Project

Reinventing Pakistan's welfare state: Replacing energy subsidies with targeted transfers

Robin Burgess, Tim Dobermann, Michael Greenstone, Faraz Hayat, Usman Naeem 30 Apr 2021
Project

Reducing Pakistan's circular debt: Facilitating growth through energy sector reforms

Robin Burgess, Usman Naeem, Tim Dobermann, Faraz Hayat, Michael Greenstone 30 Jun 2021
Project

Supporting Pakistan’s power sector reforms

Robin Burgess, Michael Greenstone, Tim Dobermann, Faraz Hayat, Usman Naeem 31 Aug 2019
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Rapid response to Pakistan’s Task Force on Energy Reforms

Robin Burgess, Tim Dobermann, Michael Greenstone, Faraz Hayat, Usman Naeem 30 Jun 2019
Project

Electrification and economic growth in Myanmar

Robin Burgess, Michael Greenstone, Tim Dobermann, Niclas Moneke, Nicholas Ryan 31 Aug 2019
Project

All contributions

Woman sits next to an installation of solar panels
Climate priorities in developing countries

Eight questions for sustainable growth

Allegra Saggese, Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann
Blog
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Climate priorities in developing countries

How investing in human capital can help adapt to climate change

Tim Dobermann
Blog
Photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan (IWMI).

White paper: Innovation, growth, and the environment

Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann, Allegra Saggese
Synthesis paper

Sustainable growth for a changing climate

Nikita Sharma, Tim Dobermann, Robin Burgess
Growth brief

IGC evidence paper - Energy and environment

Michael Greenstone, Mar Reguant, Nicholas Ryan, Tim Dobermann
Synthesis paper

Little Book of Growth Ideas

Nidhi Parekh, Emilie Yam, Tim Dobermann
Publication
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Myanmar’s emerging coffee sector: Opportunities and constraints

Siddhartha Basu, Tim Dobermann, Rocco Macchiavello
Policy brief

Revisiting the balance of payments and the fiscal deficit

Tim Dobermann, Francesco Caselli
Blog

Facebook live interview with Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey Sachs, Tim Dobermann
Video

Rethinking traditional structural transformation

Tim Dobermann, Francesco Caselli
Blog

Adjusting the export-for-growth model

Tim Dobermann, Francesco Caselli
Blog

Are we living in unorthodox times?

Tim Dobermann, Francesco Caselli
Blog

Op-ed: Unorthodox policies for unorthodox times

Tim Dobermann, Francesco Caselli
Blog

Conflict and firms: Industrial organisation in the face of insecurity

Tim Dobermann
Blog
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Developing Yangon’s periphery (Myanmar version)

Tim Dobermann
Policy brief
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Developing Yangon’s periphery

Tim Dobermann
Policy brief

Urban Myanmar

Tim Dobermann
Policy brief
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Energy in Myanmar (Myanmar version)

Tim Dobermann
Policy brief

Transforming Myanmar’s energy sector

Tim Dobermann
Blog

Energy in Myanmar

Tim Dobermann
Policy brief