Dr. Craig Mcintosh

Biography

Craig McIntosh is a Professor and Co-director of the Policy Design Evaluation Lab at the University of California, San Diego. His expertise lies in development economics, particularly in program evaluation. His primary research interests involve designing institutions that promote financial services for micro-entrepreneurs. McIntosh has conducted field evaluations of innovative anti-poverty policies in countries including Mexico, Guatemala, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. He teaches various courses, such as Economic Development and Evaluating Technological Innovation. His current projects are focused on testing technologies that extend financial services and investigating the impact of cash transfers in relation to traditional development assistance. As a co-director of the Policy Design Evaluation Lab, he addresses issues related to credit and insurance in developing countries, employing randomized controlled trials and field measurement techniques to capture outcomes. He earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003, after receiving his M.A. and B.A. in the same field and Economics, respectively, from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. His work has been influential in shaping economic policies in various developing regions.

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