Dean Karlan

Dean Karlan

Dean Karlan is on leave as a J-PAl affiliate. He is currently serving as the Chief Economist of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) while remaining the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University. Karlan is also the founder and former president of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), co-founder of ImpactMatters, and previously a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors at J-PAL.