Thomas de Hoop directs a research and evaluation portfolio with a focus on the impact, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of self-help groups, savings groups, and education innovations in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
East Africa is home to some of the most spectacular wildlife and ecosystems in the world. These vast yet fragile environments contribute greatly to national and regional economies, producing between 7.5 and 10 percent of the regional gross domestic product. However, unplanned and unregulated land use and industrial development disrupt ...
Jaleh Behroozi Soroui is the director of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) at AIR. She directs PIAAC team at AIR in providing expertise, technical assistance, and management support for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education in the development ...
Expanding local access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a critical step towards improving the lives of people with opioid use disorder and starting to curb the epidemic. Susan Heil talks about the barriers to adopting MAT and what can be done to assist its adoption, especially in rural areas with ...
Robert Allport is a Chief of Party in the Food Security and Third-Party Monitoring program at AIR. His primary responsibilities include provision of evidence-based guidance to international donors and their humanitarian partners acting in complex emergency environments. Evidence is generated through the design of research protocols, the management of data ...
The TELL project is a review of literature and critical annotated bibliography to provide an overview and critique of the research related to the transition of English language learners.