the poverty action lab out of mit is a group does a lot of evidence based approaches to development.
their core activities are: 1. running randomized trials of specific policies and programs to generate evidence about what works; 2. building the capacity of others to run randomized trials further expanding the evidence base on which policy makers can act; 3. disseminating the results of high quality randomized evaluations carried out by j-pal?s and others to policymakers and drawing out general lessons. they are now accepting applications for positions starting in late spring/early summer 2010, as well as for immediate openings. if you have an econ background, you might be a good fit.
