Landin Smith is a Principal Investigator on the Market for Tutors Project at CERP. Landin was a Research Fellow working with Asim Khwaja on projects relating to Education and Governance in Pakistan. Landin played a key role in pushing the State Authority Project ahead while at EPoD, helping finalize the paper with the PIs and developing the next phase of the project with new partners in mind. In addition, he has examined the take-up of financial products at Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan as part of the Education Project. Prior to joining EPoD, he worked as a Research Specialist at the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton, where he was involved in a number of projects dealing with the intersection of development and conflict. He is now pursuing a PhD in Economics at UC Berkeley. He holds a Master’s in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Mississippi.