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Policy Perspectives

Meet the 2023-2024 McCourt Scholars

McCourt Scholars are a select group of incoming students who, through their admissions applications, demonstrate profound potential as future policymakers. Five students are…

September 18, 2023

Discovery & Impact
General News
Student Experience

McCourt students’ educational tool is applied by international organization

Cuong Pham Vu (MIDP’23), Nicolás Quintero (MIDP’23), Payal Soneja (MIDP’23) and Hailey Wellenstein (MIDP’23) received high praise for their capstone project at the 2023…

August 7, 2023

Discovery & Impact
Faculty Impact

Breaking barriers and accelerating international problem-solving

Professor James Habyarimana knows that the solutions to address barriers to better health and education outcomes in developing countries will come in a matter of time. He…

February 6, 2023

General News
Research

McCourt School’s development research center awarded $1.5M by USAID, $3M by FID

While school enrollment rates increase annually, the availability of qualified teachers is not keeping pace, resulting in below-grade learning levels. Policies that can improve…

October 6, 2022

Discovery & Impact
General News

What happens when developing countries take a gamble on their future?

The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Master of International Development Policy (MIDP) program hosted Stefan Dercon , professor of economic policy at the University of Oxford,…

September 19, 2022

General News
Research

Disaster recovery — who gets left behind?

Tahir Andrabi, Benjamin Daniels , a research fellow at Gui2de , and McCourt School Professor Jishnu Das  surveyed households four years after the 2005 “great” earthquake in…

September 9, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Student Experience

Not your typical summer professional development opportunity

Each year, McCourt School students in the Master of International Development Policy (MIDP) program secure unique professional opportunities with leading development institutions…

June 21, 2022

Alumni
Student Experience

Former graduate students share how their love began at the McCourt School

Bidjan Nashat (Hertie MPP‘07) and Joanna Mikulski (MPP‘07) Bidjan, an exchange student from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin , met Joanna during McCourt School…

February 14, 2022

Discovery & Impact
Research

New study shows benefits, limits of cash transfers

Cash transfers to young people in Rwanda were more effective than a job training program in helping them build assets, increase savings, and improve productivity, according to a…

September 11, 2020

General News
Student Experience

Congratulations to the 2020 McCourt Fund for Student Excellence Recipients

Launched in 2011, the McCourt Fund for Student Excellence provides financial assistance to students who are advancing their careers with substantive and meaningful internships…

June 2, 2020