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The Human Capital Initiative (HCI) advances interdisciplinary research on the role of human capital in human development to inform policy solutions to global challenges including poverty, women’s empowerment and sustainable economic growth through investments in education and health.

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• Rhetoric or Reality? Accounting for Diversity at College Career Fairs

  July 25, 2024

  By Neha Gondal A college degree pays, but where one goes to college also makes a huge difference to lifetime earnings. Attending elite schools significantly increases one’s... [ More ]

• US Global Health Aid Policy and Family Planning in sub-Saharan Africa

  July 01, 2024

  In 2017, the Trump administration reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy (MCP) as the “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance” (PLGHA) policy, forbidding international... [ More ]

• Interpersonal Violence Against Women and Maternity Care in Migori County, Kenya: Evidence From a Cross-Sectional Survey

  June 27, 2024

  In Kenya, interpersonal violence (IPV) is an issue of major public health concern, with 24 percent of Kenyan women reporting physical violence from a current... [ More ]

• Health System Lessons From the Global Fund-Supported Procurement and Supply Chain Investments in Zimbabwe: A Mixed Methods Study

  June 11, 2024

  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), together with its Zimbabwean national and international stakeholders, has continued to invest in health... [ More ]

• Seminar Summary – Parental Beliefs and Parental Investment: Evidence from Colombia

  May 16, 2024

  By Naomi Frim-Abrams On May 8, the Human Capital Initiative hosted Orazio Attanasio for the final session of the Human Capital Initiative Spring Research Seminar Series... [ More ]