Ying Gao

Ying Gao is a Senior Policy Manager at J-PAL Global at MIT, where she drives evidence synthesis and generation, policy engagement, and partnership development in the Firms (private sector development) sector. She also conducts research on the relationship between economic informality and social behavior in Southeast Asia and Latin America. She previously worked on sustainable urban and regional development initiatives at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, and was a corporate finance associate at the Development Bank of Japan.

Ying holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master in City Planning from MIT, and a BSci in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.