Luis Crouch, PhD, is a vice president in RTI’s International Development Group (IDG). He supervises IDG programs in education, public finance and economic development, and information and communications technology. His areas of specialization include social sector finance, policy reform, and the political economy of social sector development, with a particular, current focus on education. He also has experience in demographic and agricultural policy analysis. He has worked on all aspects of policy analysis research and implementation -- from field surveys to quantitative and qualitative analysis to policy dialogue presentations at the Cabinet level in various countries. His interests include educational economics and planning, educational statistics, research and information use, and the presentation of research results for policy debate. He has experience in more than fifteen countries in all areas of the developing world, with a special focus on Latin America, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. |