Ann Furbush

Ann was a Graduate Research Assistant from 2020 to 2022. Her research interests include the intersectionality of climate, environmental, racial, and gender justice. Prior to starting the master’s program, Ann worked as a Senior Research Analyst at an environmental and economic consulting firm in Cambridge, MA.

Ann now works as an economic analyst for the public policy firm Cambridge Econometrics.

Research Project

• Understanding Households Resilience to and Recovery from COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

M.S. Thesis

• Hoping or Coping? Livelihood Diversification and Household Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Working Paper

• Furbush, A., Josephson, A., Kilic, T., and Michler, J.D. "Coping or Hoping? Livelihood Diversification and Food Insecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic."

Publications

• Furbush, A., Josephson, A., Kilic, T., and Michler, J.D. 2021. “The Evolving Impact of COVID-19 in Four African Countries,” in R. Arezki, S. Djankov, and U. Panizza, eds., Shaping Africa's Post-COVID Recovery. London: CEPR Press. Available as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9556.