When she was a college student, economist Lauren Falcao Bergquist participated in a volunteer program in Tanzania where she taught HIV prevention. While she enjoyed the experience, which galvanized her interest in East Africa, she questioned whether the...
As a Ph.D. student in economics at Yale in the early 2000s, Amit Khandelwal learned how to apply analytical techniques to real-world problems concerning international trade and economic development.
After earning his degree, he joined the faculty of the...