ECONOMICS

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CHANGEMAKER MAPS

Ever wonder how you can get more involved with your major while changing the world at the same time? Through Changemaker Maps, you are equipped with the knowledge and connections to engage with social innovation in your own major.

FIELD OVERVIEW

Social innovation is the ecosystem where new and innovative solutions to our globalsocietys greatest problems are discovered and implemented. Economists in the social innovation ecosystem are changing the way we solve our biggest social problems. Having mastery of statistical analysis programs, economic theories, and research methods make economists incredibly powerful in advancing social good: from designing more effective methods of delivering bed nets to uncovering the true impact of charter schools on graduation rates, the skills of an economist are capable of crunching more than just supply and demand.

MODEL IN THE FIELD

Esther Duflo - Abdul Latif Jameel is a Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT and a founder and director of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

ECON 230: Economic Development and Growth ECON 257: International Trade and Finance ECON 410: Agricultural Economics ECON 431: Economic Development ECON 432: Economic Growth ECON 440: Natural Resources and Environmental Economics

CLASSES

Professor Duflos Center of Economic Policy Research evaluates development projects on economic efficiency and total impact. Her research focuses on microeconomic issues in developing countries, including household behavior, education, access to finance, health and policy evaluation. She recently co-published the book, Poor Economics, which has helped rebuff major myths in development policy and forward evidence-based innovations for improving how aid is delivered in developing countries.
ESTHER DUFLO

ON-CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS
SSI (Students for Social Innovation) SSE (Students for Social Entrepreneurship) SID (Students for International Development) GEO (Global Engineering Outreach) PEAT (Project Evaluation and Assessment Team) PEDL (Political Economy and Development Lab) WomanStats Project (the most comprehensive database on womens status worldwide) NMSA (Nonprofit Management Student Association)

PROFESSORS

Daniel Nielson (Political Science: International Development, International Political Economy, Comparative Political Economy, Latin American Politics) Kerk Phillips (Economics: Macroeconomics, Computational Economics, International Economics, Economic Growth) Joshua Gubler (Political Science) Eric Eide (Economics: Economics of Education, Health Economics, Labor Economics)

TEDxBYU Peery Film Festival Social Venture Competition The Economists Innovation Award (The Economist has a special social and economic innovation category winner)

COMPETITIONS/CONFERENCES

ECONOMICS
Academy for Creating Enterprise (Spanish required) University Impact Fund/University Venture Fund (in Salt Lake) Research assistantship, field study, or any international development internship Government Agencies (Millennium Challenge Corporation, USAID, Social Innovation Fund) International Governmental Organizations (World Bank, UNDP) Non-profits (Strive Partnership, Urban Institute, REDF) Foundations & Impact Investors (Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Acumen Fund, New Profit, Inc., Bridgespan, Peery Foundation) Think Tanks (Monitor Institute, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Ashoka)

CHANGEMAKER MAPS

EXPERIENCE (INTERNSHIPS, JOBS, PROGRAMS)

MPA International Development (Harvard, Princeton) MSc in International Development (Columbia) MSc in Development Economics (London School of Economics) Ph.D. in Economics MBA (Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, BYU)

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

There are many different ways to get involved with social innovation within your major. For a full list of other opportunities, lease visit silcbyu.com

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
ted.com (especially tedxbyu.com) inc.com Sign up for emails from the Ballard Center and Kennedy Center socialedge.org Ashokas Full Economic Citizenship (fec.ashoka. org) Stanfords Center for Social Innovation (csi.gsb. stanford.edu/economic-development) Stanford Social Innovation Review (ssireview.org)