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EGC Quarterly Newsletter, Summer 2025

… of the International and Development Economics Master’s program will go on to a variety of positions in academia, … longtime IDE Director Michael Boozer spoke about the program's history.secondary Read the transcript of his … programs.secondary Read the articleNEUGD_1.pngThis day-long event brought together early-career and senior …

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Rohini Pande and Michael Callen in EPoD: EPoD in Nepal: Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Policymaking

… Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) program, funded with UK aid from the UK government… Read more … EPoD's Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) program, which promotes the use of data and research evidence … Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) program, funded with UK aid from the UK government… Read more …

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EGC hosts economists from around the world conducting cutting-edge development research

… research In its second year, EGC's Kuznets Visitors Program brought prominent economists from countries including … scholars nominated by EGC faculty affiliates to Yale for 1-2 weeks. To Marcela Eslava Mejia, the visit to Yale was a … hopes to continue these conversations by organizing a one-day workshop on digital governance in concert with EGC. …

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Lauren Ozdemir

… Lauren Ozdemir is the Program Manager at Yale Inclusion Economics and Macmillan … Lauren Ozdemir Lauren Ozdemir is the Program Manager at Yale Inclusion Economics and Macmillan … English lauren.ozdemir@yale.edu Ozdemir, Lauren.jpg Program Manager … Lauren Ozdemir is the Program Manager at Yale Inclusion Economics and Macmillan …

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The future of parenting programs: Implementation

… monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of a parenting program to understanding the process of putting the program into practice. Factors such as whether the program meets the needs of families and communities, how to …

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Star Power: Maharashtra Starts Rating Industries By Emissions

… Maharashtra Starts Rating Industries By Emissions The program is infusing transparency and accountability into the … for air pollution on June 5, 2017–World Environment Day. The program uses smoke-stack emissions data that MPCB is … and 2040, India will account for 15% of the estimated $10.2 trillion global investment in power generation. As these …

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Economist Oriana Bandiera will deliver the 34th Kuznets Lecture on poverty traps and labor economics

… the lecture will be followed by a mini-conference the next day, showcasing cutting-edge research by early-career … surprised at the extent of control she would have over the program. "[EGC Director Rohini Pande] invited me to do the … and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) program at IZA. Her broader research focuses on organizations …

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EGC welcomes Aishwarya Ratan as Deputy Director

… infrastructure, among other responsibilities. Her first day at Yale will be March 28. “It is brilliant to have … development policy.” Most recently, Aishwarya was a Senior Program Officer in the gender equality division of the Bill & … its International Development and Economics master’s program — and data driven approaches that critically …

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Announcing Inclusion Economics: A policy-engaged research initiative

… communications support to affiliates, host an internship program for Yale undergraduates, and co-sponsor the Yale … Asia Economics Research at Yale MacMillan. “On any given day, Inclusion Economics staff may be attending academic … South Asia,” Charity Troyer Moore said of the group’s day-to-day activities. “We believe answering big questions on …

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Ishan Tankha
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Unlocking the power of data to improve social protection for India's poor

… Often cited as the world’s largest social protection program, India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment … expanding the project to new areas and working on version 2.0. The Challenge: Using administrative data to improve … show that the app reduced payment processing times by 1.2 days (11%), on top of other gains made by the states during …

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Bomi Okuyiga

Bomi Okuyiga (MPP '23) began her work as a Production Intern at the EGC during Fall 2021, initially working on the strategy and planning for the Yale Development Dialogues, the Economic Justice Virtual Symposium, and the 2022 Kuznets Memorial Lecture. As …

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Michael Peters

… change, both in the US in the past and for present-day India, emphasizing the consequences on inequality across … change, both in the US in the past and for present-day India, emphasizing the consequences on inequality across … change, both in the US in the past and for present-day India, emphasizing the consequences on inequality across …

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Michelle Neuman

… at the World Bank after successfully managing a regional program of analytical work and peer learning in 10 African … at the World Bank after successfully managing a regional program of analytical work and peer learning in 10 African … at the World Bank after successfully managing a regional program of analytical work and peer learning in 10 African …

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Lauren Falcao Bergquist awarded NSF CAREER Grant to study agricultural supply chains

… through the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, described by the NSF as “a Foundation-wide activity … and Latin America, as well as an education and mentoring program for Ph.D. students. The findings may inform policy in … through the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, described by the NSF as “a Foundation-wide activity …

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How a job at Yale in the 1960s set Susan Eggers on a groundbreaking path in computer science

… at the time and part of the EGC’s Country Studies program. This was one of the first research programs to take … economies. Pack fatefully asked Eggers to code the program to multiply matrices. “If he hadn’t done that, I may … led Eggers to the nascent Women’s Movement. She ran a speaker’s bureau in New Haven, which presented the goals of …

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