On Nov 12 2021, we held a panel on non-academic research jobs for development economists. This panel, as with the panel in 2020, was sponsored by AAEA International Section and the AAEA Graduate Student Section and we ran it out of OSU’s Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics. It was designed for economics PhD students studying international development wanting to learn about research-oriented jobs outside the academy: at government agencies, World Bank, IFPRI, other CGIAR research groups, think tanks and consulting firms.

Our 2021 panelists:

• Nathan Jensen: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) -> Consultant
• Soumya Balasubramanya: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• Esteban Quiñones: Mathematica
• Linden McBride: St Mary’s College of Maryland -> Center for Economic Studies (CES), US Census Bureau
• Tanvi Rao: IMPAQ International, an affiliate of the American Institutes for Research (AIR)
• Lee Crawfurd: Center for Global Development (CGD)
• Benjamin Wood: 3IE -> Heifer International
• Kasper Brandt: Kraka Advisory
• Kibrom Tafere: World Bank
• Jessica Leight: Williams College -> American University -> International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• Agnes Quisumbing: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Here is the recording of the October 15 2020 panel, and here is the twitter thread where we posted remaining questions for folks to answer.

Our 2020 panelists: 

• Jeff Bloem, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA
• Uttara Balakrishnan, IMPAQ International
• Jon Einar Flåtnes, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
• Soumya Balasubramanya, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• Will Thompson, IDinsight
• Agnes Quisumbing, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• Esteban Quiñones, Mathematica
• Mateusz Filipski, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• Jenn Cisse, USAID and United Nations University (UNU)
• Eeshani Kandpal, Development Research Group at World Bank