We at WRI's Markets and Enterprise Program (which powers NextBillion.net) are happy to welcome Abigail Keene-Babcock to the team.  She will be a staff writer for NextBillion.net, among other research duties.

Abigail joins WRI as an intern working in the Markets and Enterprise Program. She is interested in exploring market-based solutions, patient capital, innovative technologies and social entrepreneurship as tools for creating sustainable and measurable impact in poverty reduction, and in the wise stewardship of natural resources.

She received a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University, where she also focused in International Development and Latin American Studies.

Prior to joining WRI, Abigail interned with Acumen Fund in NYC.