PDRI: Connecting an interdisciplinary community
of researchers at Penn to identify solutions to the challenges facing developing countries
of researchers at Penn to identify solutions to the challenges facing developing countries
News & Announcements
Open Position: Research Assistant for the Malawi Longitudinal Study for Families and Health (MLSFH)
PDRI fellow Jasmine Blanks Jones has been awarded a Health Policy Research Scholars grant
PDRI affiliate Jere R. Behrman, has been ranked as a “Highly Cited Researcher”
PDRI affiliate Tulia Falleti has been awarded a Mellon Grant
What We Do
Connecting People
PDRI affiliates hail from 7 schools across the University of Pennsylvania's campus. As such, our faculty and graduate students cover a wide range of expertise, both substantively and methodologically.
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Researching Ideas
We study a range of topics that are at the core of the challenges that developing countries face, from environment and health to gender, urbanization, and governance.
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Generating Evidence
PDRI affiliates publish widely in both academic and non-academic outlets to inform both theory and policy debates.
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PDRI manages all aspects of research, from grant writing, research design, data collection, and data analysis to grant management and writing.
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Events
Numerical Citizenship Struggles in Contemporary Delhi
PDRI Spring Seminar Series: Featuring Jonah Rexer & Christiana Kallon Kelly
PDRI Spring Seminar Series: Featuring Sneha Sarah Mani
The Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI) is hosting a virtual conference entitled “Barriers and Bridges to Immigrants’ Integration”