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 25 years. At Pratham International, she is responsible for driving the organisation’s research strategy and evidence generation agenda. In this role she seeks to connect dots between diverse country experiences, strengthen the evidence base for interventions, and transform internal learning into actionable insights for program teams, partners, and policymakers.
Prior to joining Pratham International, 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 programmes, expanding pre-primary education, school choice, the political influence of teacher unions, and the learning crisis. Amanda has worked at Youth Impact, Mathematica, the World Bank, the Center for Global Development, Innovations for Poverty Action, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
