Nathaniel Hendren is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Tessa Bold is a Professor of Development Economics at the Institute of International Economic Studies.

Edward Miguel is the Distinguished Professor of Economics, and the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. His work focuses on the provision and the impact of public goods on the poor in sub-Saharan Africa, notably in Kenya and Tanzania...

Alfredo Burlando is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Oregon.

Susan Godlonton is an Associate Professor of Economics at Williams College. Her research focuses on economic development in Africa, with specific interests in preventative health care, transitions to work, and agricultural productivity.

Gharad Bryan is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics. His research interests include migration and financial products for the poor, including commitment savings, insurance, and microcredit. Bryan has conducted research projects in Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, and Malawi.

William is a Professor of Economics at Université Catholique de Louvain and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Research, Education, and Training vertical. He wrote his dissertation on the analysis of credit demand and the evaluation of policies improving access to credit in three countries: Serbia, Brazil, and...

Gregory Lane is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy. His research interests include development economics with a focus on how new technologies impact agriculture, small firms, and labor markets in low- and middle-income countries. His most recent work...

Benjamin A. Olken is the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics at MIT. His research focuses on the public sector in developing countries, including work on social safety nets, taxation, and governance. He has worked extensively in Indonesia for over 20 years...

Manisha Shah is a Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Her primary research questions and teaching interests lie at the intersection of applied microeconomics, health, and education. She has studied the economics of sex markets in order to learn more...

Rachel Glennerster is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Science at the University of Chicago and currently serves as the President of the Center for Global Development.

David Yanagizawa-Drott is Professor of Development and Emerging Markets at the University of Zurich. His research interests include economic development and political economy, with a special focus on civil conflict, health, information, and mass media. He has explored issues such as the impact of...

Thomas Kane is the Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Between 2009 and 2012, he directed the Measures of Effective Teaching project for the Gates Foundation.

Sarah Baird is a Professor of Global Health and Economics and Vice Chair in the Department of Global Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.