Rachel Glennerster is Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Her research includes randomized evaluations of community driven development, the adoption of new agricultural technologies, and improving the accountability of politicians in Sierra Leone; empowerment of adolescent girls in Bangladesh; the behavioral economics of complying with tuberculosis medication in Pakistan; and health, governance, education, and microfinance programs in India. She serves as Scientific Director for J-PAL Africa and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Education Program. Before joining JPAL she worked at the UK Treasury and the IMF.  She has a PhD in economics from Birkbeck College, University of London, and is coauthor of Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases and Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide.

Sponsored by:

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies International Policy Implementation Lab

Hewlett Foundation Global Development and Population Program

Stanford Center for International Development