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in India showed that microcredit group-based lending had little impact on consumption, health, education, women's empowerment, average business profits, starting a new business, and on average monthly expenditure per capita. Yet positive effects were found on durable goods expenditure and business
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In a research of behavioral economics of complying with tuberculosis medication in Pakistan, researches measured the impact of daily SMS medication reminders of treatment outcomes to patients of tuberculosis. No impact was found between the SMS messages and patients' self-reported adherence to
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Glennerster's areas of research includes and focuses on randomized trials of health, education, microcredit, women’s empowerment, and governance. Geographically, her research has spanned West Africa and South Asia, including countries such as
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In 2018, Glennerster joined the Department for International Development, the UK's ministry for international development cooperation, as chief economist. In 2020, following the department's merger with the
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organization whose members pledge to give 10% of their income to effective charities. She joined the initiative at its inception in 2009.
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treatment regimes, physical health, and psychological health. This research was conducted with Aamir Khan and Shama Mohammed.
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Overview of videos of lectures and interviews by Rachel Glennerster: https://rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu/lectures
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she also authored the book Small Changes, Big Results: Behavioral Economics at Work in Poor Countries.
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She is cited as among the top 2% of female economists as of June 2024, according to IDEAS/RePEC.
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announced that Glennerster would be its next president, starting September 2024. She succeeded
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Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases
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Calculating the Costs and Benefits of Advance Preparations for Future Pandemics
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Glennerster, Rachel; Snyder, Christopher M.; Tan, Brandon Joel (October 2022),
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for at-risk children and has helped "deworm" millions of children worldwide.
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in the UK government. She was a member of the UK delegation to the IMF and
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in 1995 and a doctorate in economics from the same institution in 2004.
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as Associate Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Science.
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Between 1988 and 1994, Glennerster worked as an economic adviser to
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Casey, Katherine; Glennerster, Rachel; Miguel, Edward (May 2011).
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In 2010, she became the lead academic for Sierra Leone at the
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From 2004 to 2017, Glennerster was executive director of the
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Between 2018 and 2021 she served as chief economist for the
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from Oxford University in 1988, where she was a member of
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In a 2023 study, she estimated the global losses from
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from 1994 to 1996, and a development associate at the
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Glennerster received her bachelor's of arts degree in
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In 2023, Glennerster joined the Board of Trustees of
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The London School of Economics and Political Science
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Development economics
Somerville College, Oxford
Birkbeck College, University of London
CMG
economist
University of Chicago
Center for Global Development
Department for International Development
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Somerville College
Birkbeck College, University of London
HM Treasury
World Bank
Harvard Institute for International Development
International Monetary Fund
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
International Growth Centre
The London School of Economics and Political Science
University of Oxford
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
University of Chicago
Our World in Data
Center for Global Development
Masood Ahmed
international development

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