Jishnu Das

Jishnu Das is a distinguished professor of public policy at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His research focuses on health and education in low- and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on human capital markets. He is currently working on healthcare in Kenya and Nigeria and education in Pakistan and India.

Adult Literacy Is Mysteriously Declining Across Many High-Income Countries

COVID and smartphones alone cannot explain the decline. One thing we do know: both young and old need to retain the ability to gather and process information.

Jishnu Das
,
Yash Dhuldhoya
and
Ethan Sager
Sects, Money and Global Health

An open, honest discussion about how foreign aid can help countries develop systems of local health research and knowledge … and not inadvertently create an elite cabal.

Jishnu Das

Jishnu Das

Adult Literacy Is Mysteriously Declining Across Many High-Income Countries

Sects, Money and Global Health