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The Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security and Agriculture

The Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security and Agriculture brings together former heads of state and cabinet ministers as well as leaders of international organizations and the private sector to identify high return investments in innovation for climate mitigation and adaptation in agriculture and food security and propose institutional mechanisms to take them to scale.

Adrian Youssef

Administrative Coordinator, Finance, Development Innovation Lab

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Anjali Adukia

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

Aishwarya Rebelly

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Akanksha Saletore

Research Manager, Development Innovation Lab

Akito Kamei

Postdoctoral Scholar and Lead Researcher, Development Innovation Lab

Alejandra Shuber

Grants & Contracts Coordinator, Development Innovation Lab

Alexander Lehner

Postdoctoral Researcher, Development Innovation Lab

Ana Radu

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Antony Wangari

Research Coordinator, Development Innovation Lab

Arthur Baker

Chief of Staff of the Office of the Faculty Director, Development Innovation Lab

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Maria Angélica Bautista

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

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Marianne Bertrand

Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Willard Graham Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth

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Christopher Blattman

Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy; Deputy Director of BFI Development Economics Center

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Fiona Burlig

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

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Leonardo Bursztyn

Saieh Family Professor, The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Political Economics Initiative

Carolina Concha-Arriagada

Postdoctoral Scholar, Development Innovation Lab

Catlan Reardon

Postdoctoral Scholar, Development Innovation Lab

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Adam Chilton

Assistant Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar, The Law School

Claire McMahon

Predoctoral Research Professional, Faculty Supervisor: Leah Rosenzweig

Cole Weaver

Predoctoral Research Professional, Faculty Supervisor: Kyle Murphy

Colin Aitken

Postdoctoral Scholar, Development Innovation Lab

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Emanuele Colonnelli

Associate Professor of Finance and MV Advisors Faculty Fellow, Chicago Booth

Conrad Rein

Director of Policy Outreach, Innovation Commission, Development Innovation Lab

Cynthia Ji

Predoctoral Research Professional, Faculty Supervisor: Wendy Wong

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Joshua Dean

Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Booth School of Business

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Rebecca Dizon-Ross

Associate Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business

Michelle Cherian

Consultant, Development Innovation Lab

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Oeindrila Dube

Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris Public Policy; Director of BFI Initiative for the Study of Gender in the Economy

Elakiya Ananthakrishnan

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Elisa Maffioli

Visiting Scholar and Director, Development Innovation Lab

Emily Cupito

Executive Director, Development Innovation Lab

Esha Chaudhuri

Policy Coordinator, Development Innovation Lab

Funmilayo Ajayi

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

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Tom Ginsburg

Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor, The Law School

Giulio Schinaia

Postdoctoral Scholar, Development Innovation Lab

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Rachel Glennerster

Associate Professor, Division of the Social Sciences and the College

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Michael Greenstone

The Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and Harris Public Policy; Director of the UChicago Climate and Energy Institute

Guthrie Gray-Lobe

Research Associate and Lead Researcher, Development Innovation Lab

Heather Rushing

Operations Associate, Development Innovation Lab

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Richard Hornbeck

V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business

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Chang-Tai Hsieh

Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Deputy Director of BFI Development Economics Center

Imara Salas

Senior Manager, Development Economic Center

Ishita Batra

Senior Manager, OFD, Development Innovation Lab

Jennifer Shanahan

Director of Grants and Contracts, Development Innovation Lab

Jessica Rudder

Postdoctoral Scholar and Lead Researcher, Development Innovation Lab

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Amir Jina

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

Jiya Nair

Special Projects Coordinator, Development Innovation Lab

Joshua Deutschmann

Postdoctoral Scholar and Lead Researcher, Development Innovation Lab

Joy Dada

Predoctoral Research Professional, Faculty Supervisor: Luiza Cardoso de Andrade

Julia Eigner

Research Manager, Development Innovation Lab

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Anne Karing

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Economics, The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

Kelly McGuire

Associate Director, Finance, Development Innovation Lab

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Michael Kremer

University Professor in Economics and the College and the Harris School of Public Policy, Director of the Development Innovation Lab

Kyle Murphy

Director, Development Innovation Lab

Leah Rosenzweig

Director, Development Innovation Lab

Luiza Cardoso de Andrade

Data Analytics Lead, Development Innovation Lab

Madeline Edwards

Senior Administrative & Operations Associate, Development Innovation Lab

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Anup Malani

Lee and Brena Freeman Professor of Law, The Law School

Maria Adelaida Martinez Cabrera

Postdoctoral Scholar, Development Innovation Lab

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Luis Martínez

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

Maryiam Haroon

Postdoctoral Scholar, Development Innovation Lab

Matheus Proença

Predoctoral Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Mauricio Ortiz-Riomalo

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

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Ethan Bueno de Mesquita

Sydney Stein Professor and Interim Dean, Harris Public Policy

Monica Dennis

Office of the Faculty Director, Executive Assistant

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Eduardo Montero

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

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Roger Myerson

David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris Public Policy

Nicole Colegrove

Director, Development Innovation Lab

Pablo Pena

Assistant Instructional Professor and Director, Development Innovation Lab

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Eric Posner

Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Arthur and Esther Kane Research Chair, The Law School

Pragya Parthasarathy

Research Specialist, Development Innovation Lab

Rashmi Pugalia

Transcriber, Development Innovation Lab

Rathan Sudheer

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Rebecca Rolapp

Administration and Operations Associate, Market Shaping Accelerator

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James Robinson

The Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict; Institute Director, The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, Harris Public Policy

Ryan Cooper

Director, The Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics

Santiago Velasquez

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Sara Restrepo Tamayo

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Sarrin Chethik

Senior Policy Analyst, Market Shaping Accelerator

Sebastian Quaade

Research Professional, Market Shaping Accelerator

Selene Cueva Madrid

Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Sharad Hotha

Predoctoral Research Professional, Development Innovation Lab

Shardul Oza

Associate Director, Research Operations, Development Innovation Lab

Shengning Zhang

Predoctoral Research Professional, Faculty Supervisor: Josh Deutschmann

Siddhartha Haria

Senior Policy Lead, Market Shaping Accelerator

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Raul Sanchez de la Sierra

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

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Konstantin Sonin

John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris Public Policy; Co-Director of BFI Political Economics Initiative

Terrina Govender

Associate Director, Water, Office of the Faculty Director

Toniann Liotta

Executive Assistant to the Faculty Director, Development Innovation Lab

Uba Ogidi

Grants and Finance Associate, Development Innovation Lab

Vesall Nourani

Senior Research Associate and Director, Development Innovation Lab

Wendy Wong

Postdoctoral Scholar and Lead Researcher, Development Innovation Lab

Will Arnesen

Policy Manager, Market Shaping Accelerator

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Austin Wright

Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy

Xerlleen Kwamboka

Operations Assistant, Development Innovation Lab

Working Paper·Jan 30, 2024

Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa

Raissa Fabregas, Michael Kremer, Matthew Lowes, Robert On, Giulia Zane

Topics: Development Economics, Technology & Innovation

Working Paper·Jan 16, 2024

Quantifying the Social Value of a Universal COVID-19 Vaccine and Incentivizing Its Development

Rachel Glennerster, Thomas Kelly, Claire McMahon, Christopher Snyder

Topics: COVID-19

Working Paper·Sep 20, 2023

Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks but not Ambient Exposure

Susanna B. Berkouwer, Joshua Dean

Topics: Development Economics, Energy & Environment, Health care

Research Brief·Oct 27, 2023

Dictatorship, Higher Education and Social Mobility • Higher Education and Mortality: Legacies of an Authoritarian College Contraction • The Intergenerational Transmission of Higher Education: Evidence from the 1973 Coup in Chile

Maria Angélica Bautista, Felipe González, Luis Martínez, Pablo Muñoz, and Mounu Prem

Following the coup of 1973 that brought military dictatorship to Chile under Augusto Pinochet’s rule, enrollment in higher education fell (owing to reduced government spending), with negative effects on those missing out; Broadly, those who were affected experienced an increase...

Topics: Development Economics

Research Brief·Oct 3, 2023

Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks but not Ambient Exposure

Joshua Dean and Susanna B. Berkouwer

According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is “the single biggest environmental threat to human health.” The Global Burden of Disease study estimates that it is responsible for 7–9 million premature deaths annually, or 10-15% of all deaths. While...

Topics: Development Economics, Energy & Environment, Health care

Research Brief·May 26, 2023

Gang Rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance

Christopher Blattman, Gustavo Duncan, Benjamin Lessing, and Santiago Tobón

Criminal organizations are pervasive. In many cities globally, gangs serve critical functions by enforcing social order and property rights, often despite the presence of strong governments. Such conditions present a puzzle to researchers and policymakers who expect gang activity to...

Topics: Development Economics

News·Dec 2, 2023

Dictatorship, Higher Education and Social Mobility • Higher Education and Mortality: Legacies of an Authoritarian College Contraction • The Intergenerational Transmission of Higher Education: Evidence from the 1973 Coup in Chile

Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks but not Ambient Exposure

Gang Rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance

Day 3 – Opening High-Level Plenary external

Day 3 – Opening High-Level Plenary