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Tara Bedi is a Research Fellow in the Economics Department at Trinity College Dublin, holding a Marie Curie (CAROLINE) Irish Research Council Fellowship. Her work focuses on development economics, particularly gender and social protection, with active field projects across Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Mauritania, and Nigeria.
Her educational background includes:
- PhD in Development Economics from Trinity College Dublin
- Master’s in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School
Bedi's research critically examines how social structures influence economic outcomes, with emphasis on gender dynamics in poverty contexts. Her Malawi-based studies analyze marital traditions' impact on violence and flood-related psychosocial consequences, while her India project explores fintech's role in spousal financial decision-making through experimental labelling and transparency frameworks. This work bridges rigorous impact evaluation methodologies with policy-relevant social protection design.
Current projects include:
- Enabling Sustainable Graduation out of Poverty for the Extreme Poor in Malawi
- Kinship and Locality: How Marital Traditions Affect Violence in Southern rural Malawi
- Joint Accounts in the Fintech Era: How Labelling, Transparency and Approval Rules Affect Spousal Financial Decision Making in Kolkata, India
- The Impact of the 2019 Malawi Floods on Poverty, Gender Roles and Psychosocial Outcomes
- Gender Social Norms and the Mauritania Social Transfer Program
Her primary recognition is the competitive Marie Curie (CAROLINE) Irish Research Council Research Fellowship.
Prior to Trinity, Bedi led policy research at Trócaire (including Leading Edge 2020) and contributed to World Bank poverty monitoring systems and impact evaluations. Her current research is funded through her Marie Curie fellowship and Irish Research Council grants, focusing on extreme poverty graduation pathways and gender norm interventions across multiple African nations.
