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Rachel Glennerster

Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT, is coauthor of Strong Medicine.

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That people respond to the relative costs and returns of schooling might imply that the poor are optimizing the amount of school they invest in, as predicted in a simple economic model. But evidence suggests that reality is more complex.

Michael Kremer, Rachel Glennerster

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We thank the respondents for their comments. We agree with many, though in some cases we draw different conclusions. The role of evaluations One of the themes of the responses is that...
Michael Kremer, Rachel Glennerster
The soft winds of the Indian Ocean and the view from the cliffs overlooking Maputo would be enough to make anyone fall in love with southern Africa. But my trip to Mozambique...
Rachel Glennerster

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