Rachel Glennerster
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Rachel Glennerster is the current Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
(J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her current research includes randomized evaluations of community driven development in Sierra Leone, empowerment of adolescent girls in Bangladesh, and health, education, and microfinance in India. She is now the Lead Academic for the Sierra Leone country programme of the International Growth Centre
, a research centre which is based jointly at The London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Oxford
.
Before joining J-PAL, Glennerster worked as an Economic Adviser to HM Treasury, a Development Associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development
, and as a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund
. Glennerster received her B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Birbeck College, University of London.
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab is an academic center located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics which is dedicated to evaluating the impact of anti-poverty programs through randomized controlled trials similar to those used in medical research...
(J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her current research includes randomized evaluations of community driven development in Sierra Leone, empowerment of adolescent girls in Bangladesh, and health, education, and microfinance in India. She is now the Lead Academic for the Sierra Leone country programme of the International Growth Centre
International Growth Centre
The International Growth Centre is a research institute based jointly at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Oxford University that provides advice on economic growth to governments of developing countries...
, a research centre which is based jointly at The London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
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Before joining J-PAL, Glennerster worked as an Economic Adviser to HM Treasury, a Development Associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development
Harvard Institute for International Development
The Harvard Institute for International Development was a think-tank dedicated to helping nations join the global economy, operating between 1974 and 2000...
, and as a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
. Glennerster received her B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Birbeck College, University of London.