Outreach
Outreach
I strive to make my research policy relevant. Select policy publications, blogs and op-eds are listed below.
"Impact evaluation report of Egypt’s Forsa Graduation Program," (with Daniel O Gilligan, Sikandra Kurdi, Nada Shokry, and Basma Yassa), MENA RP Working Paper 43. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Report: Impact evaluation report of Egypt’s Forsa Graduation Program
Related working paper: “Would You Rather? Household Choice between Cash Transfers or an Economic Inclusion Program” (with Daniel Gilligan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Basma Yassa), MENA Working Paper 44, Washington, DC: IFPRI, November 2024.
“Combatting COVID-19 in Mozambique,” (with Patricia Freitag, Faustino Lessitala, Arlete Mahumane, James Riddell IV, Tanya Rosenblat, Dean Yang, and Hang Yu), Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 2020.
Policy Briefs: Correcting Misperceptions of Covid-19 and Improving Covid-19 Knowledge
Summary Reports: Round 1 Summary Report and Round 2 Summary Report.
"The world is nowhere near the goal of zero hunger by 2030 amid uncertain global development financing. What now?" IFPRI Blog, May 2025.
“Egypt’s experience bridging cash transfers and an economic inclusion program for sustainable social protection,” (with Daniel Gilligan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Basma Yassa), IFPRI Blog, December 2024.
“When school overlaps with farming: Measuring reduced educational advancement and simulating solutions in Africa,” IFPRI Blog, December 2024.
“Can school calendars improve education? Avoid the farming calendar. Guest Post by James Allen IV," World Bank Development Impact Blog, November 2022.
“Linking Food Security Research to Policymaking,” (with Michelle DeFreese), Economics That Really Matters (ERTM) blog, October 2015.
“Peace Corps at 52: people-to-people diplomacy,” Op-Ed, Lexington Herald-Leader, February 2013.