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Dean Karlan is an American development economist who applies randomized controlled trials to evaluate the impact of microfinance, savings programs, and global poverty interventions. He is a professor of economics at Northwestern University and previously taught at Yale University. Karlan co-founded Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems.
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Dean Karlan ranks #226 of 253 in the Economist ranking, behind Celso Furtado, ahead of Evsey Domar.
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What is Dean Karlan known for in the field of economics?
Dean Karlan is an American development economist widely recognized for his use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate global poverty interventions. He applies these clinical trial-like methods to test the real-world impact of microfinance and savings programs.
Where does Dean Karlan currently teach?
He is currently a professor of economics at Northwestern University in Illinois. Prior to joining Northwestern, he taught extensively at Yale University for over a decade.
What major non-profit organization did Dean Karlan found?
Karlan is the co-founder of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a prominent global research and action non-profit. IPA is dedicated to designing and evaluating behavioral economics interventions to help the world's poor.
What books has Dean Karlan authored?
He co-authored the highly regarded book "More Than Good Intentions," which discusses how behavioral economics can improve global poverty programs. The book details how rigorous scientific testing can prove which charitable interventions actually work.
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