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    Insights from the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE)
    … Insights from the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE) … July 2, 2025 | … Kenneth Gillingham and Nick Ryan, the workshop showcased research projects tackling questions that matter for both … Their analysis of global financial markets showed that countries with higher biodiversity risk already face …
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    Covid-19 in low-income countries
    … Covid-19 in low-income countries … Covid-19 in low-income countries Faculty … public health policy responses to the Covid-19 crisis for developing countries. She is organizing data collection to …
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    Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era
    … gender inequality, following setbacks worldwide from the COVID pandemic. Currently, the majority of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are facing a combination of shrinking … force participation Kaveh Sardari Rohini Pande discusses research from EGC's Gender & Growth Gaps project during the …
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    Announcing Inclusion Economics: A policy-engaged research initiative
    … will work to inform the design of institutions in developing countries that will include the excluded and allow … group plans to conduct in-person launch events in 2022, as Covid-19 travel restrictions allow.  "In an age of growing …
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    Women carrying crops on their heads walking down the road. Ishan Tankha
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    Development Dialogues: What does the future hold for small farms in Africa?
    … farms remain significantly below those in high-income countries—even when similar technologies are used. Amazon  |  … the Society of Labor Economics, and the Bureau of for Research and Analysis of Development (BREAD). Christopher … in the World? New research on agricultural productivity in developing countries Related Events Chris Udry, Northwestern …
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    Research to guide policy
    … Research to guide policy … Research to guide policy … Research to guide policy …
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    Lauren Falcao Bergquist awarded NSF CAREER Grant to study agricultural supply chains
    … from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her research on agricultural supply chains in Uganda and other lower-income countries. The $510,000 grant, awarded on February 26, will … findings may inform policy in lower-income countries and guide donor nations in allocating development resources more …
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    Sarah Guan
    … during summer 2020 to support research on the impact of Covid-19 on marginalized groups in developing countries. In addition, Sarah researched and …
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    Mushfiq Mobarak
    … field experiments exploring ways to induce people in developing countries to adopt technologies or behaviors that … and other local institutions to devise  evidence-based  COVID  response strategies . He collaborated with governments … Paper (Oct 2022) The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster Randomized Trial in Bangladesh Discussion Paper …
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    In Conversation: Costas Meghir and Amer Hasan on early childhood development
    … investments change the course of lives in lower-income countries? Meghir, a faculty affiliate of EGC and Inclusion … with the World Bank’s Education Global Practice, has led research and policy engagement on several early learning … impacts vary by level of deprivation. Experimental work in developing countries seems to suggest they are most effective …
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    EGC’s Rockefeller fellowship helped launch the careers of development economists from lower-income countries
    … the careers of development economists from lower-income countries … January 28, 2025 | News EGC’s Rockefeller … “It broadened one’s network if you were coming from a developing country with a more limited network.”  Many … norms and the nature of economic growth. EGC projects and initiatives support postdocs working in this field as well as …
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