A multidisciplinary team of experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will participate in the 2023 What Works Global Summit (WWGS) from October 18–20 in Ottawa, Canada. This year’s conference theme, Evidence for Global Challenges, aligns closely with AIR’s commitment to generating evidence that can be used by global ...
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter recently met with officials and residents of communities in FATA and Malakand, Pakistan, to celebrate the accomplishments of the "Links to Learning: Education Support to Pakistan" (ED-LINKS) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and operated by the American Institutes for ...
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solís visited the child labor prevention project ENTERATE in Jinotega, Nicaragua on July 26, 2010 and met with children, parents and coffee producers who discussed efforts to eliminate exploitive child labor practices. The project is operated by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) under ...
Dr. Julia Lane, a senior managing economist and Institute Fellow at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), has been chosen to receive the 2014 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics in recognition of her role in developing a Census Bureau program on employment dynamics.
Jonathan A. Simonetta is Vice President, International Development at AIR. As Vice President, he mentors researchers, oversees projects, monitors overall project performance, and leads business development for our International Development Division.
A new online publication, the Journal of Education for International Development (JEID), is providing education professionals in developing countries with access to timely information on a broad range of subjects, from decentralization efforts in West-Africa to the challenges caused by corruption. The American Institutes for Research, along with its partners ...
Deworm the World, an organization devoted to improving school attendance and student learning in developing countries by reducing the number of children infected with parasitic worms, has moved its headquarters to the corporate offices of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Washington, D.C. AIR committed to support the organization ...
Experts from AIR will present on a broad range of research topics—including Africa’s unconditional cash transfers, children’s literacy development, and mixed methods approaches for enhancing systematic reviews—during the What Works Global Summit (WWGS) September 26-28 in London.
The American Institutes for Research, through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will help Egypt facilitate reform efforts through the Egypt Education Reform Program (ERP). The ERP is designed to serve and strengthen the quality of education through both formal school environments and non-formal education ...
Dr. Julia Lane, an internationally recognized economist and Institute Fellow at AIR, has been elected by her peers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a Fellow. The honor recognizes her contributions to innovation, education and scientific leadership.