Outreach

I strive to make my research policy relevant. Select policy publications, blogs and op-eds are listed below.

Policy Publications

“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.

Blogs and Op-Eds

“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.