Elwyn Davies

Elwyn Davies is an Economist (Young Professional) in the Firms, Entrepreneurship and Innovation unit of the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, working on firm capabilities, productivity and innovation in a wide range of countries, currently mostly in Africa and Europe. Elwyn’s research studies constraints to firm growth and productivity as well as the behavioral processes behind running and managing a business, including how managers use incentives to influence productivity. For his research he uses a mixture of methodologies, varying from conducting firm-level surveys, analyzing administrative data and running (behavioral) lab experiments. He holds a DPhil degree from the University of Oxford.