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Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Dean Karlan, who recently resigned from his position as Chief Economist of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Karlan will reflect on his tenure at USAID, the challenges of integrating rigorous evidence into global development initiatives, and the implications of USAID’s shutdown for the recipients of US aid and the future of US foreign policy. He will also offer his thoughts about how we should rebuild US foreign assistance in the future.

Karlan is Frederic Esser Nemmers Chair and Professor of Economics and Finance at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Co-Director of Northwestern’s Global Poverty Research Lab and the founder of Innovations for Poverty Action.

Please note that 720 University Place is not an ADA-accessible space. Increasing physical access to buildings and facilities is a goal of the University, but not all buildings and venues have been updated.