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- 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
- Discovery & Impact
- General News
- Student Experience
Life after military service: Finding purpose and community at McCourt
Ahead of the fall 2021 academic year, the McCourt School named an inaugural class of Newmark Scholars , awarded through the Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund , which…
February 7, 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
- University News
Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo Discusses ‘Good Economics in Hard Times’
In a 2017 YouGov poll, public opinion in the UK rated weather forecasters as more trusted than economists. In the US, a survey asking a similar question also showed a lack of…
December 9, 2019
- Alumni
- Discovery & Impact
McCourt Alumni Bring Innovative Approach to Development Economics
This year, three economists were awarded a Nobel Prize for their rigorously analytical approach to international development – an approach that is also at the heart of the…
December 9, 2019
- Discovery & Impact
Bridging Harlem’s Digital Divide
LabGov Georgetown researches innovative ways to help people who live in cities enjoy and utilize shared living spaces and resources. Learn how the Harlem E-Project is working…
December 2, 2019
- Discovery & Impact
Research Aims to Disrupt Traditional Thinking Around Development Funding
When it comes to development funding, would populations in need be better off if aid practitioners simply got out of the way and distributed aid in cash rather than in complex…
September 13, 2019