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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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NU’s Global Poverty Research Lab effects policy change through poverty research

April 10, 2024

While studying at the University of Ghana, economist Samuel Ampaw began working on the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey, a long-term data collection effort that monitors the country’s economic development. Now,...

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Kellogg Prof. sworn in as chief economist for U.S. Agency for International Development

November 15, 2022

Kellogg Prof. Dean Karlan was sworn in as the chief economist for the U.S Agency for International Development on Tuesday, Northwestern announced Tuesday. Karlan will be the agency’s top economist...

Buffett Institute launches Global Poverty Research Lab

October 2, 2017

Northwestern’s Buffett Institute for Global Studies launched a research lab aimed at using “empirical evidence to address the challenges of overcoming poverty and to improve well-being in the developing...

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