CEGA | Center for Effective Global Action

Agriculture

Access to agricultural technology, information, and financial services can help move millions of smallholder farmers out of poverty.

Energy & Environment

Energy & Environment

Making smart investments in clean energy can protect the environment while meeting rising global demand for power.

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Better tools for managing money – from mobile payments, to digital credit and insurance – can help low-income households save, transact, and grow their businesses.

Health & Psychology

Health & Psychology

Insights from economics and psychology can improve the delivery of health services and promote positive outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.

Institutions & Governance

Institutions & Governance

Effective public service delivery, citizen participation, and fair and transparent systems of governance are the building blocks of social and economic development.

Technology

Technology

By merging insights from engineering and the social sciences, we can harness the power of technology to connect people with opportunities while minimizing economic disruption and digital divides.

Innovating for positive social change

Inspiring social and economic development through rigorous research

Who We Are

CEGA is a network of world-class researchers and innovators

September 2019 Impact Note

Evidence to Action 2019: Innovations in Health Data and Measurement

Could machine learning put impoverished communities back on the map? David Lobell and others investigate| Stanford School of Engineering

An economic crisis in your teens can alter your behavior for life, Ulrike Malmendier and others find | The Washington Post

Our Sectors

Agriculture

Agriculture

Energy & Environment

Energy & Environment

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Health & Psychology

Health & Psychology

Institutions & Governance

Institutions & Governance

Technology

Technology