
Emma Riley is a DPhil Candidate in Economics at New College, University of Oxford, with a focus on development economics. Her research to date has looked at how mobile money services contribute to risk sharing in Tanzania and facilitate the financial inclusion of microfinance clients in Uganda. She has also examined the impact of a role-model and aspirations in the form of a movie "Queen of Katwe" for secondary school students' exam performance in Uganda.
Recent work by Emma Riley
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Going to the movies can help you at school
Watching Queen of Katwe, a movie featuring an inspiring role model, improved Ugandan secondary school students’ national exam scores
Published 03.09.18