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Career

· Chief Economist, Human Development Network, World Bank2004–2007
· Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley1996–
· Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University1994–1996
· Senior Economist, RAND1988–1994
· Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health1986–1988
· PhD in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison1985–
· Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, SUNY Stony Brook1984–1986
· B.A. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison1978–

Publications (325)

Child development in developing countries 3 Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world
2007
1,107
cited
Impact Evaluation in Practice: Second Edition
2010
1,069
cited
Welfare gains from Foreign Direct Investment through technology transfer to local suppliers
2008
1,039
cited
Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality
Journal of Political Economy · 2004
996
cited
Insuring Consumption Against Illness
The American Economic Review · 1997
937
cited
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Child Health? Evidence from PROGRESA’s Control Randomized Experiment.
The American Economic Review · 2004
735
cited
Labor market returns to an early childhood stimulation intervention in Jamaica
Science · 2014
716
cited
Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development
The Lancet · 2017
712
cited
Role of cash in conditional cash transfer programmes for child health, growth, and development: an analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades
The Lancet · 2008
646
cited
Effect on maternal and child health services in Rwanda of payment to primary health-care providers for performance: an impact evaluation
The Lancet · 2011
620
cited
NURTURING CARE for early childhood development
2018
616
cited
Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal
Journal of Political Economy · 2002
612
cited
The Effect of Pre-Primary Education on Primary School Performance
2006
595
cited
Investing Cash Transfers to Raise Long Term Living Standards
2006
580
cited
Learning from exporting revisited in a less developed setting
2004
559
cited
Contribution of air conditioning adoption to future energy use under global warming
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
544
cited
The Effect of India's Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
PLoS Medicine · 2014
464
cited
The Willingness to Pay for Medical Care: Evidence from Two Developing Countries
1991
457
cited
How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?
2012
430
cited
Are User Fees Regressive? the Welfare Implications of Health Care Financing Proposals in Peru
1987
383
cited
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