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    Mariam K. Chamberlain's pioneering role at Yale EGC – and in women's studies
    … for a long time?” Hartmann said. “She figured out what [people at Ford]  had  to fund because if they didn’t, they … research advancing the wellbeing of poor and marginalized people in developing countries. The EGC will celebrate its …
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    Mariam Chamberlain (right) with the Ford Foundation’s Fred E. Crossland in 1981. Photo courtesy The Ford Foundation/Rockefeller Archive Collection
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    Christopher A. Neilson is an applied microeconomist whose research focuses on the study of education markets and policies that promote equitable opportunities for human capital accumulation. Neilson studies how government policy affects students, …
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    Neilson, Christopher
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    Samuel Kortum
    B.A., Wesleyan University, 1983 Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, May 1992 Samuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffatt Professor of Economics at Yale University, and currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Economics. He is also a Fellow of the …
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    Samuel Kortum
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    Country Studies: the flagship research program of EGC's first decade
    … on to branch out to do more collaborative work with other people -  Albert Berry For some participants, the program … met with a wide range of academics, officials and business people to collect data. Many also visited archives, often …
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    EGC Quarterly Newsletter, June 2020
    … affiliates are researching what keeps countries and people poor, and how policy can enable inclusion and an … – and at the same time protect the world’s most vulnerable people. And, by accumulating research evidence, the …
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    A man in a Covid mask distributes food on a street in Nepal. Denis Dymov, Shutterstock
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    Making Pay-As-You-Go Work for Women in Kenya
    Making Pay-As-You-Go Work for Women in Kenya … Erik Jorgensen Making Pay-As-You-Go Work for Women in Kenya Economies and societies increasingly rely on digital tools and platforms, yet many women are not accessing the benefits of this digital …
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    M-KOPA Agent poster Erik Jorgensen
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    Using Community-led Audits to Improve Social Protection in India
    Using Community-led Audits to Improve Social Protection in India … UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Chandok Using Community-led Audits to Improve Social Protection in India Can local citizens be employed to fight corruption and improve service delivery? As India …
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    A group of women attend a village assembly meeting. UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Chandok
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    José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez
    Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University, 2014 José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez is an Economic Historian with a strong background in economic theory and industrial organization. His thesis was centered on traditional irrigation communities in Murcia, Spain. …
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    José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez