International Development
October 19, 2023
UW Center on Risk and Inclusion in Food Systems (CRIFS) Launches with Support from the Evans School and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Panelists discussing SSP Commercialization and Income Diversification under Risk. From left to right, June Lukuyu (UW), Ana Paula de la O Campos (FAO), Saweda Liverpool-Tasie (MSU), Avinash Kishore (IFPRI), and...
May 24, 2023
PostDoc Profile: Five Questions with Amaka Nnaji

The Evans School welcomes Amaka Nnaji as a new postdoctoral scholar with the Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR). Dr. Nnaji received her Ph.D. in Development Economics from...
April 21, 2023
Absa Samba, MPA ’23, Helps with Legislative Win for Women and Girls

We recently had the opportunity to sit down for an interview with current MPA student Absa Samba to learn more about her work leading the Washington Coalition to End Female...
April 4, 2023
Postdoc Profile: Five Questions with Joaquin Mayorga

Joaquin Mayorga recently joined the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance as a postdoctoral scholar with the Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR). He received his Ph.D....
November 29, 2021
Prof. Isabelle Cohen Examines Tools to Improve Tax Compliance
Evans faculty Isabelle Cohen recently appeared on the VoxDev Talk podcast, where she discussed an experiment she conducted in conjunction with the Uganda Revenue Authority to test a tax encouragement...
November 22, 2021
Evans Postdoc Didier Alia Speaks at COP26
EPAR Post-doctoral Scholar Didier Alia presented research "Small-scale Producers' Adaptation to Climate Risks: Why it Matters, What We Know," at a UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) recently that included collaborative...
November 10, 2021
Ph.D. Student Alicia Y.E. Ahn Leads Paper on Earthquake Risks and Disaster Prevention Awareness in Seattle and Sendai, Japan
In the December 2021 issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Evans Ph.D. Student Alicia Ahn, Professor Ann Bostrom, and colleagues in Japan describe findings from a study...
November 17, 2020
Owen Harris and Leah Wood named 2020-2021 UW Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellows
Prestigious and competitive, FLAS fellows are selected by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies’ six National Resource Centers. The fellowship will provide Owen (FLAS in Turkish, Middle East…
May 17, 2020
Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group (EPAR)

Established in 2008, the Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR) uses an innovative student-faculty team model to provide rigorous, applied research and analysis to international development stakeholders. EPAR...