Biography

Nishith Prakash is Dean's Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Northeastern University. His research examines how institutions, public policy, and frontline state actors shape human capital, gender equality, and economic development. Working at the intersection of development economics, political economy, and public policy, he uses field experiments and large-scale data to generate evidence that informs government policy and institutional reform. He serves in editorial leadership roles at the Journal of Development Economics and Economics of Education Review, is a founding board member of the International Development Economics Association (IDEA), and co-founded the Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics (AMIE), a global initiative focused on expanding mentoring and opportunity within the economics profession.

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