GAGE Impact Evaluation LeadAssociate Professor of Global Health and Economics, George Washington University
Dr Sarah Baird is an Associate Professor of Global Health and Economics at George Washington University, where she focuses on the microeconomics of health and education in low- and middle-income countries with an emphasis on gender and youth. She is also a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development. Her work has been published in leading academic journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics and The Lancet and has been featured in media outlets such as The New York Times and The Economist. Baird’s current work investigates different policy approaches to improve outcomes for adolescents ranging from cash transfers, to group interpersonal psychotherapy, to social norms change.