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    The founding of EGC, the Country Studies program, and partnerships with institutions in the Global South
    … the Center sought answers to these pressing topics through research in the field. Lloyd Reynolds and the founding of the … economics were far ahead of their time. As a visiting fellow at Yale’s Economic Growth Center (EGC) in the early … Program at Yale’s Economic Growth Center The flagship research program of EGC's first decade, the Country Studies …
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    How a job at Yale in the 1960s set Susan Eggers on a groundbreaking path in computer science
    … EGC’s Country Studies program. This was one of the first research programs to take a quantitative approach to … Eggers said. Armed with computing skills, she became a research associate, completing data tasks around the EGC. She … the data. Those publications were stepping stones to her research in graduate school, where she focused on parallel …
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    Eggers as a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1980s. She decided to pursue a PhD after 19 years working in New Haven. Photo courtesy Susan Eggers
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    Maria Storch
    … She hopes to use economics and computer science in research that helps communities, whether on a local or … and is especially interested in using machine learning in research. Maria works with YIE through the Scarf program and … for ecosystem services and floods/early warning systems research. Maria Storch … Maria Storch Herb Scarf …
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    Diego Haro
    … Intern during the 2021-22 academic year and as a Tobin Research Assistant in Spring 2021. During his time at EGC, Diego supported Rohini Pande's research on women's microfinance in India, wrote articles to promote the center's research, and built EGC's interactive timeline. After …
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    Diego Haro
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    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun
    … and worked for EGC during the Spring 2023 semester as a Research and Program Assistant. She assisted with a wide … range of EGC operations, particularly connected with new research initiatives. Aintzane will join Evercore Partners in … great to see the coordination and synergy between various research efforts, and I was thrilled to contribute my part to …
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    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun
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    Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan
    … since March 2022. Prior to the EGC, Aishwarya managed research and evaluation investments for the Bill & Melinda … previous experience includes running a financial inclusion research initiative at the EGC from 2011-2014 in partnership … Innovations for Poverty Action, leading the Monitoring, Research and Evaluation unit at Women for Women International …
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    Photo of Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan standing outside. Julia Luckett
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #2: Closing the Digital Gender Gap
    … Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #2: Closing the Digital Gender Gap … May 8, 2024 | News … . In this issue we dive into an exciting portfolio of new research on closing digital gender gaps by EGC affiliates, … significantly boosted women's smartphone usage two years post-training, but it also improved women’s mental health, …
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    A figure showing female mental health outcomes
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    Mary Reynolds' pioneering role at Yale EGC – and in literary studies
    … all married to Yale economics professors, hired to provide research and administrative support at the EGC. Six years … Growth Center in 1961. Mary joined the EGC’s team as a research associate, tasked with setting up the Center’s …
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    In 1967, after she was asked to leave the EGC, Mary Reynolds completed a month-long trek to the Everest base camp in Nepal with her husband, Yale economics professor Lloyd Reynolds. Photo courtesy of Priscilla Roosevelt
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    Pande and coauthors: Using technology to save lives during India's monsoon season
    … to save lives during India's monsoon season … July 2, 2020 | Perspectives Pande and coauthors: Using technology … responses to monsoonal riverine floods. Specifically, our research in Bihar found that villagers rely on flood alerts … months to create new and effective information channels?  Research Findings We are researchers working through the Yale …
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    Rescue operation of people udring the Kosi Floods in Bihar, 20 August 2008. Kumarrakajee, Wikimedia Commons
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    Sarah Guan
    … the internship program during summer 2020 to support research on the impact of Covid-19 on marginalized groups in … wrote about the history and continued impact of developing research at the EGC. She profiled faculty affiliates and wrote research summaries of their academic publications. Sarah is …
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    Sarah Guan