A cash grant program for households with children under five in three districts in Zambia generated positive impacts, both in terms of immediate needs of the family and children's health, and in longer term productivity. This second report builds upon the results of the 24-month report.
Benjamin Ongeri is a public health supply chain expert on the USAID Kenya supply chain Third Party Monitoring activity (Afya Uwazi). He is primary responsible for providing Afya Uwazi with expert advice on best practices in supply chain risk monitoring and accountability, with specific focus on health products and technologies. ...
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is working with AIR to provide gold standard service to travelers with disabilities. Through AIR’s interactive online training, customer service personnel learn about disability law, gain a deeper understanding of the needs of travelers with disabilities, and roleplay respectful etiquette for serving these customers. ...
Jessica Heppen, a nationally recognized expert in education research, policy, and practice, is the president & CEO of AIR. Dr. Heppen been with AIR for 20 years and, in that time, has held several key roles during her tenure.
The intent of most employment equity analyses is to determine what the treatment of a protected group of employees would have been in the absence of discrimination. To be valid, those analyses have to take into account any legally relevant differences between the protected employees and a comparison group of employees. ...
Orrin T. Murray is a principal researcher at AIR. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the research practice partnership for the Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (REL Midwest). He is the principal investigator on a U.S. Department of Education EIR evaluation of Austin Independent School District’s implementation of culturally responsive and restorative practices, ...
Experts from AIR will offer presentations on a variety of workplace and training issues at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) April 23-25, 2015 in Philadelphia. The 30th annual SIOP conference, which will be held at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriot, offers opportunities for experts ...
Dean Gerdeman is a vice president at AIR, where he leads projects designed to build rigorous and applicable evidence for addressing problems in education. His experience includes leading and supporting high-profile and complex lines of work, experimental and quasi-experimental research, and researcher-practitioner partnerships. As director of the $38 million REL ...
The sudden influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon created an education crisis in Lebanon that affects Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children. AIR and the UNICEF Office of Research–Innocenti are leading an independent impact evaluation of Min Ila, a cash transfer program for displaced Syrian children in the governorates of Mount ...
Zach Miller is a principal TA consultant at AIR where he supports projects in the International Labor and Workforce and Workforce Policy and Programs practice areas and serves as a staff manager. He has over 15 years of experience providing TA, evaluating programs, and building organizational capacities with clients across ...