Making Policy Better Series: The Randomisation Revolution – How far can experiments lead to better policy?
Making Policy Better Series: Increasing the appetite for evaluation, evidence and learning in government
Institute for Government, in partnership with the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and NESTA is organising a series of seminars on improving the supply and demand for evaluation, evidence and learning in government. This follows up key recommendations in our report Making Policy Better
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Speaker:
Dr. Rachel Glennerster - Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Laboratory at MIT. With Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, she is one of the prime movers behind the "randomisation revolution" that has transformed both the theory and practice of development economics over the last decade.
Discussants:
Jonathan Portes - Director, National Institute for Economic and Social Research, former Chief Economist, Cabinet Office
Sue Owen - DG Strategy Group, Department of Work and Pensions
Hasan Bakhshi - Director, Creative Industries, Policy and Research, NESTA.
Date 13 February 2012
Time 18:00 - 19:30 followed by a drinks reception
Venue Institute for Government
*We have reached maximum numbers for this event. To add your name to the waiting list please email
events@instituteforgovernment.org.uk*
