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    EGC Incubation Fund
    … of high–potential, time–sensitive policy–focused research opportunities alongside opening many ways to directly involve … priority questions facing lower–income countries. When opportunities arise, the EGC Incubation Fund is invested in … in numerous ways. Prospecting funds assess vital new opportunities, pilot funds help start and strengthen new …
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    EGC Incubation Fund offers flexible pilot funding to promising projects by Yale researchers and collaborators
    … to take advantage of high-potential, time-sensitive opportunities for impact. Photo by Rahul D'silva via Shutterstock New EGC Incubation Fund supports unique opportunities for impact at Yale by Adena Spingarn The … Director Rohini Pande noted, "For development economists, opportunities for innovative, high-potential research and …
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    Farmers harvesting rice in rice field in india. Photo by Rahul D'silva via Shutterstock
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    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun
    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun   graduated from Yale with a BS in Economics and Cognitive Science in December 2022, and worked for EGC during the Spring 2023 semester as a Research and Program Assistant. She assisted with a wide range of EGC operations, …
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    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun
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    Looking Back on the 2023 Kuznets Mini-Conference, “Norms, Gender, and Development”
    … the behavior of women changed in response to new economic opportunities incentivizing them to work outside of the home? …  delved into the complex relationships between economic opportunities, domestic roles, and religious practices in … at the Harvard Kennedy School. Zahrah Abdulrauf is a Communications and Policy Associate at the Yale Economic …
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    Attendees at the Norms, Gender, and Development Mini-Conference
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    Including vulnerable communities in extreme weather early warning systems
    Including vulnerable communities in extreme weather early warning systems … February 6, 2023 | Perspectives Including vulnerable communities in extreme weather early warning systems New technology can predict annual river floods with increasing accuracy, …
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    BCURE Case: Improving industrial monitoring to cut air pollution in India
    BCURE Case: Improving industrial monitoring to cut air pollution in India … September 1, 2016 | News BCURE Case: Improving industrial monitoring to cut air pollution in India EPoD Harvard Flickr by Vestal McIntyre Originally published by  Evidence for …
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    Photo of industrial buildings EPoD Harvard Flickr
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    Winnie van Dijk
    … Inclusive Economy Lab, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, and CAGE. She graduated from the University of … Inclusive Economy Lab, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, and CAGE. She graduated from the University of … Inclusive Economy Lab, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, and CAGE. She graduated from the University of …
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    Winnie van Djik
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    Rohini Pande in Science Magazine: “Identity politics” is economic policy
    … discrimination in hiring. “Blind” auditions, which remove opportunities for bias,  increase  the percentage of women … into an education system or a profession eliminates opportunities for subjectivity and discrimination, greater … from disadvantaged groups may also have fewer educational opportunities. As a result, relying solely on this metric to …
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    Brussels, Belgium. 21st February 2019. High school and university students stage a protest against the climate policies of the Belgian government. Photo by Alexandros Michailidis Alexandros Michailidis, Shutterstock
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    EGC Affiliate Van Patten Wins award for trade research
    EGC Affiliate Diana Van Patten, Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Management, is set to receive one of this year's four "Excellence Awards in Global Economic Affairs" from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany.   The Kiel Institute …
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    Diana Van Patten on Yale campus Julia Luckett
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    For students
    … Economics (IDE) Masters program and offers a variety of opportunities for IDE students to engage with the rest of the EGC community, from funded research assistant opportunities with EGC faculty affiliates to development teas … hires student interns directly to assist in research and communications. If you are interested, please email your …
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    Some of the IDE '24 cohort kayaking in East Rock Park Anna Groesser
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    Okuyiga and Lakshmi Ratan in NextBillion: What the Backlash to Trade Liberalization Means for Business Growth and Global Inequality
    … economies. But whatever its ultimate impact, the missed opportunities created by a slowdown in trade for smaller and … more equitably take advantage of emerging global economic opportunities. For instance Bangladesh, as the world’s … effects to transition systematically to new economic opportunities over time. In this century of large movements …
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