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'''Rachel Glennerster''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born 21 October 1965)<ref name="CV">{{citation |title=Rachel Glennerster CV |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/documents/Glennerster%20Academic%20CV%20March%202015.pdf |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109140127/https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/documents/Glennerster%20Academic%20CV%20March%202015.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> is a British economist. She is an Associate Professor of Economics at the [[University of Chicago]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rachel Glennerster|url=https://rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu}}</ref> and served as chief economist for the [[Department for International Development|Department for International Development (DFID)]] and the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)]] between 2018 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Rachel Glennerster CMG - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rachel-glennerster |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=GOV.UK}}</ref> She was announced as the new president for the [[Center for Global Development|Center for Global Development (CGD)]] in May 2024.<ref name=":0" />
'''Rachel Glennerster''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born 21 October 1965)<ref name="CV">{{citation |title=Rachel Glennerster CV |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/documents/Glennerster%20Academic%20CV%20March%202015.pdf |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109140127/https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/documents/Glennerster%20Academic%20CV%20March%202015.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> is a British [[economist]]. She is an Associate Professor of Economics at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Rachel Glennerster|url=https://rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu}}</ref> She has been announced as the new president for the [[Center for Global Development]], starting in September 2024.<ref name=":0" />
Between 2018 and 2021 she served as chief economist for the [[Department for International Development]] and the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Dr Rachel Glennerster CMG |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rachel-glennerster |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=gov.uk}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
Glennerster received her BA in [[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics|PPE]] from Oxford University in 1988, where she was a member of [[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville College]].<ref name="CV" /> She then proceeded to obtain a Masters in Economics from [[Birkbeck College|Birkbeck College, University of London]] in 1995 and a doctorate in economics from the same institution in 2004.<ref name="CV" />
Glennerster received her bachelor's of arts degree in [[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics]] from Oxford University in 1988, where she was a member of [[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville College]].<ref name="CV" /> She then obtained a master's degree in Economics from [[Birkbeck College|Birkbeck College, University of London]] in 1995 and a doctorate in economics from the same institution in 2004.<ref name="CV" />

== Career ==
== Career ==
Between 1988 and 1994, Glennerster worked as an economic adviser to HM Treasury.<ref name="CV" /> She was a member of the UK delegation to the IMF and [[World Bank]] from 1994 to 1996,<ref name="Rachel Glennerster">{{Cite web |title=Rachel Glennerster |url=https://www.theigc.org/person/rachel-glennerster/ |access-date=2019-04-23 |website=IGC}}</ref> and a development associate at the [[Harvard Institute for International Development]] in 1996-97.<ref name="CV" />
Between 1988 and 1994, Glennerster worked as an economic adviser to [[HM Treasury]] in the UK government.<ref name="CV" /> She was a member of the UK delegation to the IMF and [[World Bank]] from 1994 to 1996,<ref name="Rachel Glennerster">{{Cite web |title=Rachel Glennerster |url=https://www.theigc.org/person/rachel-glennerster/ |access-date=2019-04-23 |website=IGC}}</ref> and a development associate at the [[Harvard Institute for International Development]] in 1996-97.<ref name="CV" />


In 1997, Glennerster joined the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), first as an economist and then as a senior economist, where she stayed until 2004.<ref name="CV" /> She also taught at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard Kennedy School|Kennedy School of Government]] as an adjunct lecturer from 2000 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glennerster |first1=Rachel |title=Glennerster Academic CV March 2015 |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/documents/Glennerster%20Academic%20CV%20March%202015.pdf |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>
In 1997, Glennerster joined the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), first as an economist and then as a senior economist, where she stayed until 2004.<ref name="CV" /> In her thirties, from 2000 to 2004, she also taught at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard Kennedy School|Kennedy School of Government]] as an adjunct lecturer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glennerster |first1=Rachel |title=Glennerster Academic CV March 2015 |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/documents/Glennerster%20Academic%20CV%20March%202015.pdf |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>


From 2004 to 2017, Glennerster was executive director of the [[Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Rachel Glennerster |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/glennerster |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-11-03 |website=www.povertyactionlab.org}}</ref><ref name="CV" /> She was also the co-chair of J-PAL's agriculture sector program between 2004 and 2014, and has been the education sector co-chair since 2014.
From 2004 to 2017, Glennerster was executive director of the [[Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Rachel Glennerster |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/glennerster |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-11-03 |website=www.povertyactionlab.org}}</ref><ref name="CV" /> She was also the co-chair of J-PAL's agriculture sector program between 2004 and 2014, and has been the education sector co-chair since 2014.


She was the lead academic for Sierra Leone at the [[International Growth Centre]], a research centre based jointly at [[The London School of Economics and Political Science]] and the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theigc.org/country/sierra-leone/|title=Sierra Leone|website=IGC}}</ref>
In 2010, she became the lead academic for Sierra Leone at the [[International Growth Centre]], a research centre based jointly at [[The London School of Economics and Political Science]] and the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theigc.org/country/sierra-leone/|title=Sierra Leone|website=IGC}}</ref><ref name="CV" />


In 2018, Glennerster joined the Department for International Development,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-07 |title=J-PAL Executive Director Rachel Glennerster Appointed Chief Economist at UK Department for International Development |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/updates/j-pal-executive-director-rachel-glennerster-appointed-chief-economist-uk-department |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.povertyactionlab.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anders |first=Molly |date=2 January 2018 |title=Meet DFID's new head economist |url=https://www.devex.com/news/meet-dfid-s-new-head-economist-91649 |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=Devex}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> the UK's ministry for international development cooperation, as chief economist. In 2020, following the department's merger with the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)]], she became their chief economist, a role she fulfilled until July 2021. She also sat on the Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact and the executive committee.<ref name="Rachel Glennerster2">{{Cite web |title=Rachel Glennerster |url=https://www.theigc.org/person/rachel-glennerster/ |access-date=2019-04-23 |website=IGC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Rachel Glennerster CMG |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rachel-glennerster |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=gov.uk}}</ref>
She helped establish the [[Deworm the World Initiative]], a program that targets increased access to education and improved health from the elimination of [[intestinal worms]] for at-risk children and has helped "deworm" millions of children worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.evidenceaction.org/dewormtheworld|title=Deworm the World Initiative|website=Evidence Action|access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref>


In 2021, Glennerster joined the [[Division of Social Sciences (University of Chicago)|University of Chicago]] as Associate Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Science.<ref name=":2" />
Glennerster served as chief economist for the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office]], formerly the [[Department for International Development]] (DFID),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-07 |title=J-PAL Executive Director Rachel Glennerster Appointed Chief Economist at UK Department for International Development |url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/updates/j-pal-executive-director-rachel-glennerster-appointed-chief-economist-uk-department |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.povertyactionlab.org |language=en}}</ref> the UK's ministry for international development cooperation, after formerly serving on DFID's Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact.<ref name="Rachel Glennerster" />


In May 2024 it was announced that Glennerster would be the next president of the [[Center for Global Development]], starting September 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=13 May 2024 |title=Center for Global Development Appoints Rachel Glennerster as New President |url=https://www.cgdev.org/article/center-global-development-appoints-dr-rachel-glennerster-new-president |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=Center for Global Development}}</ref>
In 2023, Glennerster joined the Board of Trustees of [[Our World in Data]], an open-access scientific publication focused on the world’s largest problems.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Roser |first=Max |last2=Ortiz-Ospina |first2=Esteban |date=2023-12-28 |title=Welcoming Rachel Glennerster and Andrew Dilnot |url=https://ourworldindata.org/new-board-members |journal=Our World in Data}}</ref>

In May 2024, the [[Center for Global Development]] announced that Glennerster would be its next president, starting September 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=13 May 2024 |title=Center for Global Development Appoints Rachel Glennerster as New President |url=https://www.cgdev.org/article/center-global-development-appoints-dr-rachel-glennerster-new-president |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=Center for Global Development}}</ref> She succeeded [[Masood Ahmed (economist)|Masood Ahmed]], who had led the organization for seven years. The Center for Global Development is a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., focused on [[international development]].


== Initiatives ==
== Initiatives ==
Glennerster has been a member of [[Giving What We Can]], an [[effective altruism]] organization whose members pledge to give 10% of their income to effective charities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our members |url=https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/about-us/members |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Giving What We Can |language=en}}</ref> She joined the initiative at its inception in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who started Giving What We Can? - Giving What We Can |url=https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/faq/who-started-giving-what-we-can |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=Giving What We Can}}</ref>
In 2007, Glennerster helped establish the [[Deworm the World Initiative]], a program that targets increased access to education and improved health from the elimination of [[intestinal worms]] for at-risk children and has helped "deworm" millions of children worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deworm the World Initiative |url=https://www.evidenceaction.org/dewormtheworld |access-date=2019-04-18 |website=Evidence Action}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Denning |first=Paul |date=27 May 2010 |title=Deworming the World {{!}} MIT News |url=https://news.mit.edu/2010/deworming-forbes |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref>

She has been a member of [[Giving What We Can]], an [[effective altruism]] organization whose members pledge to give 10% of their income to effective charities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our members |url=https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/about-us/members |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Giving What We Can |language=en}}</ref> She joined the initiative at its inception in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who started Giving What We Can? - Giving What We Can |url=https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/faq/who-started-giving-what-we-can |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=Giving What We Can}}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==
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* [[Community-driven development|Community-driven development programs]], a popular strategy for foreign aid donors, have a positive short-run effect on local public goods provision and economic outcomes, but little effect on sustained improvements in collective action and inclusion of marginalized groups. This evidence is based on randomized allocation of community-driven development programs across regions in Sierra Leone<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Casey |first1=Katherine |last2=Glennerster |first2=Rachel |last3=Miguel |first3=Edward |date=May 2011 |title=Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w17012 |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |doi=10.3386/w17012 |doi-access=free}}</ref> (with Katherine Casey and Edward Miguel).
* [[Community-driven development|Community-driven development programs]], a popular strategy for foreign aid donors, have a positive short-run effect on local public goods provision and economic outcomes, but little effect on sustained improvements in collective action and inclusion of marginalized groups. This evidence is based on randomized allocation of community-driven development programs across regions in Sierra Leone<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Casey |first1=Katherine |last2=Glennerster |first2=Rachel |last3=Miguel |first3=Edward |date=May 2011 |title=Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w17012 |journal=Quarterly Journal of Economics |doi=10.3386/w17012 |doi-access=free}}</ref> (with Katherine Casey and Edward Miguel).
* A randomized evaluation on the impact of [[microfinance]] in India showed that microcredit group-based lending had little impact on consumption, health, education, women's empowerment, average business profits, starting a new business, and on average monthly expenditure per capita. Yet positive effects were found on durable goods expenditure and business investments<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/measuring-impact-microfinance-hyderabad-india|title=Measuring the Impact of Microfinance in Hyderabad, India {{!}} The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|website=www.povertyactionlab.org|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> (with [[Abhijit Banerjee]], Esther Duflo, and Cynthia Kinnan).
* A randomized evaluation on the impact of [[microfinance]] in India showed that microcredit group-based lending had little impact on consumption, health, education, women's empowerment, average business profits, starting a new business, and on average monthly expenditure per capita. Yet positive effects were found on durable goods expenditure and business investments<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/measuring-impact-microfinance-hyderabad-india|title=Measuring the Impact of Microfinance in Hyderabad, India {{!}} The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|website=www.povertyactionlab.org|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> (with [[Abhijit Banerjee]], Esther Duflo, and Cynthia Kinnan).
* In a research of behavioral economics of complying with tuberculosis medication in Pakistan, researches measured the impact of daily SMS medication reminders of treatment outcomes to patients of tuberculosis. No impact was found between the SMS messages and patients' self-reported adherence to treatment regimes, physical health, and psychological health<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/fr/evaluation/monitoring-patient-compliance-tuberculosis-treatment-regimes-pakistan|title=Monitoring Patient Compliance with Tuberculosis Treatment Regimes in Pakistan {{!}} The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|website=www.povertyactionlab.org|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> (with Aamir Khan and Shama Mohammed).
* In a research of behavioral economics of complying with tuberculosis medication in Pakistan, researches measured the impact of daily SMS medication reminders of treatment outcomes to patients of tuberculosis. No impact was found between the SMS messages and patients' self-reported adherence to treatment regimes, physical health, and psychological health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.povertyactionlab.org/fr/evaluation/monitoring-patient-compliance-tuberculosis-treatment-regimes-pakistan|title=Monitoring Patient Compliance with Tuberculosis Treatment Regimes in Pakistan {{!}} The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab|website=www.povertyactionlab.org|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> This research was conducted with Aamir Khan and Shama Mohammed.
* In a 2023 study, she estimated the global losses from [[Pandemic|pandemics]] to be over $800 billion annually.<ref>{{Citation |last=Glennerster |first=Rachel |title=Calculating the Costs and Benefits of Advance Preparations for Future Pandemics |date=October 2022 |type=Working Paper |url=https://www.nber.org/papers/w30565 |access-date=2024-08-06 |series=Working Paper Series |doi=10.3386/w30565 |last2=Snyder |first2=Christopher M. |last3=Tan |first3=Brandon Joel}}</ref>


== Books ==
== Books ==
Glennerster is the coauthor of ''Running Randomized Evaluations'', a book on running randomized impact evaluations in practice in developing countries, and ''Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases'', a book that strategizes incentives for developers to undertake the costly research needed to develop vaccines.<ref name="Rachel Glennerster" />
Glennerster is the coauthor of ''Running Randomized Evaluations'', a book on running randomized impact evaluations in practice in developing countries, and ''Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases'', a book that strategizes incentives for developers to undertake the costly research needed to develop vaccines.<ref name="Rachel Glennerster" />


Together with [[Michael Kremer]] she also authored the book Small Changes, Big Results: Behavioral Economics at Work in Poor Countries.
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Glennerster is cited as among the top 2% of female economists as of April 2024, according to IDEAS/RePEC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Female Economists Rankings, as of April 2024 |url=https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.women.html |website=ideas.repec.org}}</ref>


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== Recognition and awards ==
She was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to international development.<ref>{{London Gazette
Glennerster was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to international development.<ref>{{London Gazette
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She is cited as among the top 2% of female economists as of June 2024, according to IDEAS/RePEC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Female Economists Rankings {{!}} IDEAS/RePEc |url=https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.women.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=ideas.repec.org}}</ref>

== External links ==
* Overview of videos of lectures and interviews by Rachel Glennerster: <nowiki>https://rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu/lectures</nowiki>


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 15:20, 6 August 2024

Rachel Glennerster
Rachel Glennerster in 2019
Born (1965-10-21) 21 October 1965 (age 59)
NationalityBritish
Academic career
FieldDevelopment economics
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
Birkbeck College, University of London

Rachel Glennerster CMG (born 21 October 1965)[1] is a British economist. She is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.[2] She has been announced as the new president for the Center for Global Development, starting in September 2024.[3]

Between 2018 and 2021 she served as chief economist for the Department for International Development and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.[4]

Education

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Glennerster received her bachelor's of arts degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University in 1988, where she was a member of Somerville College.[1] She then obtained a master's degree in Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London in 1995 and a doctorate in economics from the same institution in 2004.[1]

Career

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Between 1988 and 1994, Glennerster worked as an economic adviser to HM Treasury in the UK government.[1] She was a member of the UK delegation to the IMF and World Bank from 1994 to 1996,[5] and a development associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development in 1996-97.[1]

In 1997, Glennerster joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF), first as an economist and then as a senior economist, where she stayed until 2004.[1] In her thirties, from 2000 to 2004, she also taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government as an adjunct lecturer.[6]

From 2004 to 2017, Glennerster was executive director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[7][1] She was also the co-chair of J-PAL's agriculture sector program between 2004 and 2014, and has been the education sector co-chair since 2014.

In 2010, she became the lead academic for Sierra Leone at the International Growth Centre, a research centre based jointly at The London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Oxford.[8][1]

In 2018, Glennerster joined the Department for International Development,[9][10][4] the UK's ministry for international development cooperation, as chief economist. In 2020, following the department's merger with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), she became their chief economist, a role she fulfilled until July 2021. She also sat on the Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact and the executive committee.[11][12]

In 2021, Glennerster joined the University of Chicago as Associate Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Science.[2]

In 2023, Glennerster joined the Board of Trustees of Our World in Data, an open-access scientific publication focused on the world’s largest problems.[13]

In May 2024, the Center for Global Development announced that Glennerster would be its next president, starting September 2024.[3] She succeeded Masood Ahmed, who had led the organization for seven years. The Center for Global Development is a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., focused on international development.

Initiatives

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In 2007, Glennerster helped establish the Deworm the World Initiative, a program that targets increased access to education and improved health from the elimination of intestinal worms for at-risk children and has helped "deworm" millions of children worldwide.[14][15]

She has been a member of Giving What We Can, an effective altruism organization whose members pledge to give 10% of their income to effective charities.[16] She joined the initiative at its inception in 2009.[17]

Research

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Glennerster's areas of research includes and focuses on randomized trials of health, education, microcredit, women’s empowerment, and governance. Geographically, her research has spanned West Africa and South Asia, including countries such as Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.[18]

Findings of her research include:

  • Community-driven development programs, a popular strategy for foreign aid donors, have a positive short-run effect on local public goods provision and economic outcomes, but little effect on sustained improvements in collective action and inclusion of marginalized groups. This evidence is based on randomized allocation of community-driven development programs across regions in Sierra Leone[19] (with Katherine Casey and Edward Miguel).
  • A randomized evaluation on the impact of microfinance in India showed that microcredit group-based lending had little impact on consumption, health, education, women's empowerment, average business profits, starting a new business, and on average monthly expenditure per capita. Yet positive effects were found on durable goods expenditure and business investments[20] (with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Cynthia Kinnan).
  • In a research of behavioral economics of complying with tuberculosis medication in Pakistan, researches measured the impact of daily SMS medication reminders of treatment outcomes to patients of tuberculosis. No impact was found between the SMS messages and patients' self-reported adherence to treatment regimes, physical health, and psychological health.[21] This research was conducted with Aamir Khan and Shama Mohammed.
  • In a 2023 study, she estimated the global losses from pandemics to be over $800 billion annually.[22]

Books

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Glennerster is the coauthor of Running Randomized Evaluations, a book on running randomized impact evaluations in practice in developing countries, and Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases, a book that strategizes incentives for developers to undertake the costly research needed to develop vaccines.[5]

Together with Michael Kremer she also authored the book Small Changes, Big Results: Behavioral Economics at Work in Poor Countries.

Recognition and awards

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Glennerster was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to international development.[23]

She is cited as among the top 2% of female economists as of June 2024, according to IDEAS/RePEC.[24]

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  • Overview of videos of lectures and interviews by Rachel Glennerster: https://rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu/lectures

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Rachel Glennerster CV (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on November 9, 2017, retrieved November 9, 2017
  2. ^ a b "Rachel Glennerster". rglennerster.ssd.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  3. ^ a b "Center for Global Development Appoints Rachel Glennerster as New President". Center for Global Development. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Rachel Glennerster CMG". gov.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Rachel Glennerster". IGC. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  6. ^ Glennerster, Rachel. "Glennerster Academic CV March 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Rachel Glennerster". www.povertyactionlab.org. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  8. ^ "Sierra Leone". IGC.
  9. ^ "J-PAL Executive Director Rachel Glennerster Appointed Chief Economist at UK Department for International Development". www.povertyactionlab.org. 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  10. ^ Anders, Molly (2 January 2018). "Meet DFID's new head economist". Devex. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Rachel Glennerster". IGC. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  12. ^ "Dr Rachel Glennerster CMG". gov.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  13. ^ Roser, Max; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban (2023-12-28). "Welcoming Rachel Glennerster and Andrew Dilnot". Our World in Data.
  14. ^ "Deworm the World Initiative". Evidence Action. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
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