Amanda Beatty

Amanda Beatty has worked on research related to social protection and human development in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, for the last 20 years. She recently joined Youth Impact, where she works on expanding Youth Impact’s global A/B testing and survey practices. Prior to joining Youth Impact, she was co-PI on the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) programme, a seven-country research initiative that sought to better understand how education systems could equitably address the learning crisis. Amanda has worked on a wide range of education research initiatives, for example studies related to improving teacher competencies, parental engagement in education, community-based early childhood programs, expanding pre-primary education, school choice, the political influence of teacher unions, and the learning crisis. Amanda has worked at Mathematica, the World Bank, the Center for Global Development, Innovations for Poverty Action, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and RAND.