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Event on Gender and Structural Transformation on the Sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings

… Event on Gender and Structural Transformation on the Sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings … Event on Gender and Structural Transformation on the Sidelines of the …

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Winnie van Dijk

… collected by public agencies, surveys, and credit reports—and aims to inform the design and evaluation of … households in academic research. Professor Van Dijk is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic … and at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Office Hours On Leave Academic Year 2024-25 Fields of Interest Labor …

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Yale Welcomes Eliana La Ferrara for a Lecture on the Power of Social Factors in the Development Process

… Yale Welcomes Eliana La Ferrara for a Lecture on the Power of Social Factors in the Development Process … February 28, 2023 | News Yale Welcomes Eliana La Ferrara for a Lecture on … communities, traditional gender roles, and others." EGC recently spoke with La Ferrara about her career, her …

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EGC welcomes new affiliates and visiting scholars, Fall 2021

… EGC welcomes new affiliates and visiting scholars, Fall 2021 … EGC is welcoming new affiliates and visitors – part of a long history of supporting development economics research … Ana Cecilia Fieler researches international trade with focus on developing countries. As a Visiting Assistant …

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Inclusion Economics team secures funding to expand research-policy work for more inclusive digital transformation

… recently awarded $3.5 million by the Gates Foundation in a new investment that will expand the evidence base on pathways to promote women as agents in the digital economy … economic opportunity and government services. Yet, large gender gaps in device access and internet use persist across …

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Yale Welcomes Christopher Udry Back for a Lecture on Surprising New Data About Structural Transformation

… Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa," hosted at Yale by EGC and simulcast online on April 4. by Greg Larson … in development is shifting. The keynote event will be the annual Kuznets Memorial Lecture, delivered by Christopher … 32nd Annual Kuznets Memorial Lecture on Thursday March 2, 2023. Watch now But this astonishing degree of heterogeneity, …

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Looking back on the "Gender and Growth Gaps in India" research and policy dialogue

… Looking back on the "Gender and Growth Gaps in India" research and policy … Government of India to answer these questions and more at a joint research and policy dialogue in New Delhi on … Jorgensen On August 8, 2024, Yale Economic Growth Center (EGC), Inclusion Economics India Centre (IEIC), Inclusion …

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Expanding the scope of India's Covid-19 relief measures

… Covid-19 relief measures An April 2020 survey conducted by a team of researchers finds that India's food distribution … , Abhishek Sharma , Tanya Vaidya & Hongdi Zhao Background On March 24, the Government of India introduced a ₹ 1.7 … of food consumed. Women working in rural childcare centers report that current rations do not fulfill nutritional needs. …

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Kyle Emerick

… who visited the Economic Growth Center during the 2023-24 Academic Year. His research is in development economics with a particular focus on the economics of agricultural development. He has …

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C. Austin Davis

… AY17-18 and AY19-20, Davis worked with Yale colleagues on a variety of projects related to the movement of people in … countries; in addition to the projects started at EGC, this includes the mechanization of agriculture and the …

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EGC welcomes Aishwarya Ratan as Deputy Director

… EGC welcomes Aishwarya Ratan as Deputy Director … March 28, … News EGC welcomes Aishwarya Ratan as Deputy Director With a strong record working the intersections of research and policy, Ratan will focus on strategic initiatives, external engagement, and …

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EGC affiliates awarded new grants from Yale Planetary Solutions

… EGC affiliates awarded new grants from Yale Planetary … social scientific researchers and practitioners across a variety of issue areas to map the channels that connect … and other environmental risks will have long-term effects on efforts to develop planetary solutions to such challenges. …

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Development Dialogues: Who will pay for the global energy transition?

… (LMICs) still grappling with poverty? Max Bearak is a reporter for The New York Times who covers international … Lecture at Yale asked: Why are the rich failing the poor on climate change?’ Anant Sudarshan is an economist at the … action. Development Dialogues, a collaboration between EGC and VoxDev , facilitates direct conversations …

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Sam Salwan

… Sam Salwan is a Predoctoral Fellow at the Economic Growth Center working … Professor Rohini Pande within Yale Inclusion Economics on projects related to climate, labor, and social protection in South Asia. Prior to joining EGC, they worked with the World Bank’s Social Protection and …

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EGC affiliates receive major research grants

… EGC affiliates receive major research grants … January 12, … receive major research grants The Center has played a key role in bringing funding to Yale for projects on a … to the entire northern region of Ghana by the end of 2023. USAID is funding this expansion scale-up alongside a …

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