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    A brief history of EGC
    … a sociologist, but basically we were economists. That’s the arrogance of the field, I guess. There was a lot of … a sociologist, but basically we were economists. That’s the arrogance of the field, I guess. We were always open to … not too much occurred in that regard. We took over Triffin’s IFEA, International Foreign Economic Administration program …
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    Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan
    … investments for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Women’s Economic Empowerment strategy, and for the Foundation’s Financial Services for the Poor team. Her previous experience …
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    Photo of Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan standing outside. Julia Luckett
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    Pande and coauthors in the Kathmandu Post: Female representation in Nepal's elections
    … in the Kathmandu Post: Female representation in Nepal's elections … March 11, 2022 | In the News Pande and … in the Kathmandu Post: Female representation in Nepal's elections Rohini Pande, Michael Callen, Binod Paudel, and … representation Sadhana Devi Pradhan made history as Nepal’s first democratically-elected local representative in 1953, …
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    Women in Nepal
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    Getting India's Women into the Workforce: A Smart Approach
    … Getting India's Women into the Workforce: A Smart Approach … March 10, 2018 … the meantime, along with many benefits that correlate with financial independence. Women state that they would like to … them employment close to home. But, until recently, the default was to pay wages into the bank account of the …
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    Rohini Pande
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    Natalia Rigol
    … in low-income countries, the design and targeting of financial products, and how social norms affect women's economic decision-making. Natalia Rigol … Natalia Rigol … of financial products, and how social norms affect women's economic decision-making. Explore Natalia Rigol's work See …
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    Building In-Country Partnerships in Development Economics: Chris Udry, Francis Annan, and Rohini Pande share insights from Ghana and Beyond
    … and Beyond Voices in Development: A Podcast from Yale's Economic Growth Center explores issues related to … partnerships in development economics research.  Udry’s interest in development economics began when he served as a … Francis Annan, who grew up in Ghana and studies digital financial markets, insurance, and firms, notes that involving …
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    Christopher Udry, Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Economics at Northwestern University and Co-Director of the Global Poverty Research Lab, and Francis Annan, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #2: Closing the Digital Gender Gap
    … access to exploring the impact of digital (vs. cash) financial disbursement on women-owned microenterprise capital … of digital interventions in tackling barriers to women's social and economic agency and well-being. In this … in this space, Lisa Ho, will be joining us as an EGC/IE postdoctoral associate in Fall 2024. Below, we showcase …
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    Emma Riley
    … two broad topics. The first examines the impact of digital financial services, such as mobile money and mobile banking … and graduation programs, on household welfare and women’s empowerment. She also has studies looking at the impact of … and graduation programs, on household welfare and women’s empowerment. She also has studies looking at the impact of …
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    A look back at the North East Universities Development Consortium Conference
    … presenters identified as Black or African American. J-PAL’s Governance Initiative grant helped provide travel funds for … based in low- or lower-middle-income countries, but it’s clear that an in-person conference in the United States … on three panels: Mexican Family Life Survey , the Cox’s Bazar Panel Survey in Bangladesh , and the Ghana …
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    Gujarat’s Pollution Control Authority Adopts Environmental Audit Reforms
    … Gujarat’s Pollution Control Authority Adopts Environmental Audit Reforms … March 21, 2015 | News Gujarat’s Pollution Control Authority Adopts Environmental Audit … many auditing systems worldwide in sectors from financial services to hospitals, is based on third-party …
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    Giorgia Barboni
    … Her research interests are in Development Economics, Financial Intermediation, Household Finance, Green Finance, … Her research interests are in Development Economics, Financial Intermediation, Household Finance, Green Finance, and Behavioral Economics. Explore Giorgia Barboni's work See Selected Publications See all discussion papers … …
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    Skill India: Improving Vocational Training Outcomes for Young Women
    … Yojana (DDU-GKY), a major program in the government’s Skill India campaign. But while skilling programs receive … with researchers from Stanford University and India’s Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to assess DDU-GKY … Inclusion Economics India Centre at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR)  (formerly EPoD …
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    Advancing research in community: Postdoctoral scholars present their work
    … countries remains. EGC postdoctoral associate Patrick Agte’s recent research considers one important lever governments … to reduce IPV. As an alternative mechanism to alter men’s behavior, EGC postdoctoral scholar Nina Buchmann is … – namely, high levels of self-employment and substantial financial constraints on households and firms. He then …
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