Kelsey Jack
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Kelsey Jack is a Research Programme Director for the IGC Energy Initiative.
Kelsey Jack’s research sits at the intersection of environmental and development economics, focusing on how individuals, households, and communities make decisions about natural resource use and the provision of public goods. Much of her work employs field experiments to test economic theory and evaluate new policy innovations. She has conducted research in multiple countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with ongoing projects in South Africa, Ghana, Malawi, and Niger. Jack co-chairs the Environment and Energy sector at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT and serves as an associate editor for the American Economic Review and Econometrica.
