Rakesh Pandey is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia where he works on the Husk Power Systems project. Prior to joining J-PAL in 2015, he worked at Quest Alliance on a USAID-funded project on School Dropout Prevention Pilot as Program Officer.

Bruce Sacerdote is the Richard S. Braddock 1963 Professor in Economics at Dartmouth College. His research examines the impact of education on income, health, and well-being; the effect of relocation after Hurricane Katrina on students’ educational outcomes; why there are fertility differences across...

Chris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago, in the Harris School of Public Policy, as well as a research associate at NBER. He studies why some people and societies are poor, violent and unequal, and what (if anything) aid or...

Eric Bettinger is a Professor in the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. His research interests include the economics of education; student success and completion in college; teacher characteristics and student success in college; and the effects of voucher programs on both academic...

Judd Kessler is a Howard Marks Professor at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He investigates the economic and psychological forces that motivate individuals to contribute to public goods inside and outside the workplace, with applications including organ donation, worker effort...

Nick Ryan is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale University. He studies energy markets and environmental regulation in developing countries. Energy use enables high standards of living, but rapid, energy-intensive growth has caused many environmental problems in turn.

Marygracia Aquino Pérez is a Survey Associate at J-PAL LAC where she works as a Fieldwork Coordinator in a project assessing the impact of information campaigns on the returns to education in the Dominican Republic.

Rema Hanna is the Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South East Asia Studies and a Co-Director of the Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) research program at the Center for International Development, Harvard University. In addition, she’s the Scientific Director for Southeast Asia at the Abdul Latif Jameel...

Diego Haro is a Spring Policy and Communications Intern at J-PAL Global where he supports the Policy and Communications team on various projects, ranging from social media to J-PAL's research initiatives.

Mariam George is a Research Coordinator at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where she is currently working on impact assessment of the Ultra Poor Graduation Program developed by BRAC in collaboration with Sawiris Foundation for Social Development in Egypt and Training NGO’s at the Irregular...

Nadila Trisie Arabella is a Training Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia where she is currently developing and delivering trainings for researchers, policymakers, and development professionals on conducting rigorous evaluation and utilizing evidence for decision making.