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Rachel Glennerster CMG (born 21 October 1965) is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. Glennerster served as chief economist for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office , formerly the Department for International Development (DFID), [3] the UK's ministry for international development cooperation ...
- 21 October 1965 (age 57)
- Development economics
- British
Rachel Glennerster is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Science at the University of Chicago. She uses randomized trials to study democracy and accountability, health, education, microfinance, and women’s empowerment mainly in West Africa and South Asia.
13. Mai 2024 · Currently serving as an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Rachel has leveraged randomized trials to address critical issues spanning democracy, health, education, and women's empowerment, and pioneered ways to shape markets to promote innovation to address global challenges including pandemics and climate ...
- Biography
- Previous roles in government
Dr Rachel Glennerster was the Chief Economist at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and a member of the FCDO Executive Committee from September 2020 to July 2021.
Prior to her appointment at the FCDO, she was the Chief Economist at the Department for International Development (DFID). From 2004 to 2017 she was Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Economics Department research centre that seeks to reduce poverty by ensuring policy is informed by scientific evidence.
Dr Glennerster’s work has spanned reform of the international financial system, debt, promoting innovation, education, health, financial regulation, and women’s empowerment in Russia, Africa and South East Asia. In addition to FCDO, DFID and MIT, Dr Glennerster has held positions at the International Monetary Fund, Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Harvard Institute for International Development.
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•Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate
•Chief Economist
Running randomized evaluations: A practical guide. R Glennerster, K Takavarasha. Princeton University Press. , 2014. 490. 2014. Putting a band-aid on a corpse: incentives for nurses in the Indian public health care system. AV Banerjee, E Duflo, R Glennerster. Journal of the European economic association 6 (2-3), 487-500.
Rachel Glennerster discusses how technology has driven improvements in income and health in poor countries, why there is too little innovation designed to meet the needs of the poor, and the promise of the data revolution.
13. Mai 2024 · May 13, 2024. Washington—The Center for Global Development (CGD) is delighted to announce Dr. Rachel Glennerster as its new President, effective September 3rd, 2024. She succeeds Sir Masood Ahmed, who has been at the helm of the Washington DC and London based think tank for the last seven years.
