Management

Howard White, Executive Director.
Assistant: Alyaa Abdulkader
Email: ed(at)3ieimpact.org
CV: download CV (147 KB)

Howard White is the Executive Director of 3ie. He formerly led the impact evaluation program of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank, where he was responsible for impact studies on basic education in Ghana, health and nutrition in Bangladesh, rural electrification, rural development in Andhra Pradesh and a review of impact studies of water supply and sanitation.

He has worked on development-related issues for over 20 years, having worked for a range of agencies in countries across Africa and Asia. He has published over 50 papers in internationally referred journals and a number of books.

Selected publications (a more complete list is available from IDEAS):

• Evaluating aid impact
• Impact Evaluation: the experience of the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group
• Impact Evaluation in Official Development Agencies (with Michael Bamberger)
• Using Strong Evaluation Designs in Developing Countries (with Michael Bamberger)
• Challenges in Evaluating Development Effectiveness
• The Road to Nowhere: Results Based Management in International Cooperation
• Targeting Development: Critical Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals (with Richard Black)
• Programme Aid and Development: Beyond Conditionality (with Geske Dijkstra)

Marie Gaarder, Deputy Director.
Email: mgaarder(at)3ieimpact.org
CV: download CV (43 KB)

Gaarder has over 10 years’ experience managing operational and research projects with a development focus. Prior to joining 3ie, Marie worked as a Social Development Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, specializing in health and social protection programs in Central America.

Earlier experience includes as a visiting researcher at the World Bank and Statistics Norway, teaching development-, macro, and micro-economics at University College London, environmental consultant at Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group in Norway, and research assistant at the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. Marie holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University College London, an M.Sc. in Economics from London School of Economics, and Masters in Arabic, Political Science and Economics from the Universities of Hamburg, Germany, and Oslo, Norway. Marie is fluent in Norwegian (native), English, German, Spanish, and French.

Selected publications:

• Demand-side incentives for better health for the poor: Conditional Cash Transfer programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
• La importancia de la Evaluación de Impacto de los Programas de Transferencias Condicionadas
• The distributional effects of illness when recuperation is endogenous
• Can population characteristics account for the variation in health impacts of air pollution? 
• Institutionalising evaluation: A review of international experience

The Team

Ron Bose, Economist and Technical Consultant.
Email: rbose(at)3ieimpact.org

Ron Bose is the Economist and Technical Officer at 3ie. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of British Columbia and has recently completed his PhD thesis in the area of applied micro-econometrics and quasi-experimental methods, in a joint program on Policy Analysis and Public Economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Georgia.

Ron has worked on a three year randomized control trial to investigate the impact of financial education on asset allocation for workers in Georgia matched to a synthetic control group of similar workers from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) longitudinal data, and more recently on applying quasi-experimental methods for impact evaluations related to sanitation interventions for young children in Nepal.


Christelle Chapoy, Advocacy and Communications Officer.
Email: cchapoy(at)3ieimpact.org

Christelle leads on 3ie’s advocacy and communications services. She supports the formulation of communications strategies for the research projects funded by 3ie and manages publications, events and outreach activities.

Christelle has worked in the field of communications for development for 10 years with the United Nations Development Programme in New York, London, Cambodia and in its Bangkok Regional Centre, and managed the advocacy and communications project of Oxfam's largest humanitarian programme in Aceh. Prior to joining 3ie, she was consulting with the leading publishing company Random House in India and the Indian Ministry of Rural Development. She holds an MA in International Peace and Security from King’s College London and a Master in political sciences from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence.


Roshni Choudhry, Program Assistant.
Email: rchoudhry(at)3ieimpact.org

Roshni is responsible for assisting the Program Officer in the management of workflow with respect to proposals and awards. She holds a Post Graduate in Management and prior to joining 3ie, she was working with the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).


Bindu Joy, Administrative Assistant.
Email: bjoy(at)3ieimpact.org

Bindu is responsible for the day to day support to the Deputy Director and logistics support for events and 3ie correspondents.


Radhika Menon, Outreach Officer.
Email: rmenon(at)3ieimpact.org

Radhika is a full time outreach and media consultant at 3ie. She works on developing the communications and knowledge management strategy, writing and editing feature stories and briefs as well as looking after the website.

A former journalist, Radhika has considerable experience in covering finance and economic policies. She has worked with leading Indian and international media outlets including the Hindu - Business line and CNBC. She has also directed a documentary film on the theme of ‘Gender and Space’ for the NGO PUKAR (Partners in Urban Knowledge Action and Research). Radhika holds an MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. 

Anjini Mishra, Research Assistant.
Email: Amishra(at)3ieimpact.org

Anjini is assisting in developing and maintaining of 3ie Impact Evaluation database and Expert Roster. She is a qualified social worker and holds an MSc of Global Movements, Social Justice and Sustainability from the University of Glasgow.

Birte Snilstveit, Research Assistant.
Email: bsnilstveit(at)3ieimpact.org

Birte is the research assistant on 3ie's Synthetic Review Programme. She works with Hugh Waddington in coordinating the Synthetic Reviews commissioned by 3ie. She is also a co-author for the Synthetic Review on "Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to combat childhood diarrhoea in developing countries" and a scoping study on "Impact evaluation and Interventions to Address Climate Change".

Birte started working for 3ie after completing her MA in Political Economy of Development from University of Birmingham, UK.  She also holds a BSc in Politics with Sociology from Aston University.

Arun Virk, Programme Officer.
Email: avirk(at)3ieimpact.org

Arun is responsible for the management and monitoring of grant flow processes. He has over ten years of experience in project management and communications within the private sector and for development initiatives. Prior to joining 3ie, Arun worked with Indian televisions and co-directed some corporate films.

He then led a research and communications project with Johns Hopkins University on HIV/AIDS in India and a UNICEF’s flagship TV social drama “Kyunki jeena isi ka nam hai”. Arun holds a BA in Economics from Mumbai University and a graduate certificate in epidemiology and biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Hugh Waddington, Responsible for Synthetic Reviews.
Email: hwaddington(at)3ieimpact.org

Hugh is an Economist by training and manages 3ie’s Synthetic Reviews. Before joining 3ie, Hugh was employed as an Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Fellow in the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Rwanda, where he worked on the elaboration of Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP2).

He has previously worked with the Economist Intelligence Unit, UK National Audit Office, Save the Children UK and the World Bank's Operations Evaluation Department. Hugh holds an MA in Development Economics from the University of Sussex.