Developing Countries

More than three-fourths of the world's population live in so-called developing countries: nations that may not have a stable economy, energy supply, or advanced technology, and whose population may lack access to jobs, food, water, education, health care, and housing. RAND takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the problems facing developing countries and recommends policy solutions for global, national, and local economies.

Research conducted by: RAND Europe; RAND Labor and Population; Global Health

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RAND Europe Takes Interdisciplinary Approach to International Development Research

The challenge of international development requires thinking beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries, and RAND Europe excels in providing interdisciplinary expertise and policy-oriented perspectives. By cutting across team-based expertise and knowledge, the International Development programme addresses complex problems with tailored methodologies and appropriate and innovative perspectives.

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Nono Ayivi-Guedehoussou

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in global health and population, Harvard University School of Public Health; B.S. in biochemistry, Suffolk University

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Ben Baruch

Research Assistant
M.A. in conflict, security and development, University of Sussex; B.A. in law & society, University of Exeter

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Sebastian Bauhoff

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health economics, Harvard University; M.P.A. in international development, Harvard University; B.Sc. in economics with economic history, London School of Economics

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Nicholas Burger

Economist; Associate Research Department Director, Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.A. in economics and philosophy, University of Southern California

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A.V. Chari

Economist
Ph.D. in economics, Yale University

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Gavin Cochrane

Research Assistant
M.S.c. in Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden; B.A. in Economics and Japanese, University of Leeds

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Shelly Culbertson

Senior Research Manager
M.P.A. in international relations and development studies, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.Phil. in political science and philosophy, University of Pittsburgh; B.S. in mathematics, University of Pittsburgh

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David De Vries

Research Assistant
B.A., Harvard University

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Daniel Egel

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in biology, University of Chicago

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Lissandra Nadia Ellyne

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee Rand Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Catholic University of Louvain; B.A. in philosophy, Catholic University of Louvain; B.A. in economic and social ethics, Catholic University of Louvain

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Josephine Exley

Associate Analyst
M.Sc. in public health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Kevin Carter Feeney

Research Assistant
B.A. in economics, University of Chicago

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Peter Glick

Director, Research and Policy in International Development (RAPID); Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, American University; B.A. in anthropology, Binghamton University

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Marie-Louise Henham

Associate Analyst
M.Ed. in politics, democratic education and development, University of Cambridge; PGCE in Secondary English, University of Cambridge; B.A. Hons. in English, University of Cambridge

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Matthew Hoover

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.H. in population health, Columbia University; M.I.A. in international development, Columbia University; B.A. in accounting, Michigan State University

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Tarranum Kohli

Project Associate
B.A. in history, University of Virginia

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Xavier Legrain

Director, RAND Development Portfolio Management Group
M.A. in economics and financial management, University of Rouen, France

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Dan Madden

Project Associate
B.S. in English, US Naval Academy; M.A. in political science, Columbia University; M.A. in comparative politics, UC Davis

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Sonja Marjanovic

Senior Analyst
Ph.D., Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

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Lucia Muchova

Associate Analyst
M.A. in international relations and international economics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); B.A. in modern and medieval languages, University of Cambridge

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