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SUMMARY:How do we End Poverty Cost-Effectively?: Rachel Glennerster - Rach
 el Glennerster
DTSTART:20180210T193000Z
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CONTACT:A. Kapila
DESCRIPTION:Any economist can tell you that whatever we do\, we can’t re
 ly on unlimited resources. Fortunately\, Dr Rachel Glennerster is not just
  any economist.\n\nDr Glennerster started her career at HM treasury and th
 e International Monetary Fund. She has devoted her time to finding cost-ef
 fective ways to alleviate global poverty. As Executive Director of the Abd
 ul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT\, Dr. Glennerster helped establi
 sh the Deworm the World Initiative\, a GiveWell-recommended charity which 
 assists in deworming millions of children a year. Now Chief Economist of t
 he Department for International Development in the UK\, Dr. Glennerster is
  aiming to help DFID make effective use of evidence to in the design of it
 s programs and in its advice to governments in the “global south.”\n\n
 She has co-authored the books Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pha
 rmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases\, and Running Randomized Evalua
 tions: A Practical Guide.\n\nCome along to see how academics can help figh
 t poverty directly through their research. This talk will be of special in
 terest to economists. As always\, both students and non-students are welco
 me.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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