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
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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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