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Jessica Benjamin
Project Associate
Jessica is an Arc Project Associate, working on projects in Southeast Asia. She is a South African native with several years of experience living and working in international development across four continents.
Most recently, Jessica worked as a pro-bono consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton to assess the management of HIV/AIDS supply chains in Africa, with a view to improving processes and assistance on the ground. Prior to moving to the US, Jessica was an Associate at Genesis Analytics, a leading economics consultancy in Johannesburg. There she worked on a diverse range of projects, with particular emphasis on market-driven solutions to poverty. From 2010-2012, Jessica served as Communications Director for the DfID-funded Financial Education Fund: an innovative financing mechanism that supported 15 organizations across 8 African countries, and aimed at extending financial literacy as a means of improving poor people’s access to and responsible use of financial services. She also conducted extensive research and analysis on the issue of youth unemployment across the continent – work that was published and presented to high-level policy makers and thought leaders in Africa.
Jessica holds an MPA in Economic and Political Development from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs as well as Honour’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Cape Town.
Jessica is fluent in English and speaks Spanish, Hebrew and Afrikaans at an intermediate level.