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In the twenty years since UChicago’s Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer proposed Advanced Market Commitments (AMCs) to address neglected tropical diseases, more than 150 million children have benefited from the ensuing vaccines. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, together with...

This event featured two case studies on policy innovation through experimentation (for development). David Yang, Associate Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and Slaven Razmilic Burgos, Head of Evaluation and Transparency Division at the Budget Office of Chile, presented lessons...

In this lecture, Nobel laureate Michael Kremer, University Professor at the University of Chicago, discussed why innovation is important for development and research which estimates the social returns of investments in development innovation, and how to maximize the impact of...

If there was a silver lining in the pandemic, it was the role of innovation in saving lives and solving problems. What lessons can we learn from this experience that will help us nurture and scale innovation – particularly as...

On March 4, Michael Kremer presented his recent research during the South Asia Economic Policy Network Conference’s keynote lecture. The 7th South Asia Economic Policy Network Conference on Vaccinating South Asia convened leading scholars to present papers related to vaccine...

Learn how a simple, low-cost public health program can generate extraordinarily high and sustained social and economic returns, and how new research is informing policy decisions affecting millions of lives.

Video Rohini Pande, the Ta-Chung Liu Distinguished Visitor at the Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago (BFI) and Rafik Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses her research on empowering historically disadvantaged groups.

Video China’s fast-paced growth over the past three decades is one of the most remarkable events in world economic history. This growth was fueled by the introduction of pro-market policies, especially in agriculture and trade. However, China’s national institutions continue...