Mathematica is evaluating The Power of Nutrition over a period of seven years to measure its impact and influence; provide strategic, real-time feedback and inputs; and extract insights and lessons to expand and replicate this model.
Anu Rangarajan
Senior Vice President; Managing Director of International Research
Expertise
- Evaluation Research and Antipoverty Policies
- Labor Market, Education, Nutrition, and Welfare-to-Work Initiatives
- Programs Designed to Support People with Disabilities in Employment
Focus Areas
- Disability
- International Research
- Food and Agriculture
- Health and Nutrition
- Social Protection
- Water and Sanitation
- Education and Workforce Development
- Human Services
About Anu
Anu is a senior vice president and managing director of Mathematica’s international unit. She coordinates more than 50 researchers conducting research and evaluations in education, agriculture, health and nutrition, and infrastructure in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. She is an expert in experimental and QED evaluations, cost-benefit analyses, and taught program evaluation at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University for several years. Previously, Anu played key roles on evaluations of education, labor market, welfare, nutrition, and disability in the domestic policy context. Rangarajan holds a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University.
Key Publications
Key Projects
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The Evaluation of The Power of Nutrition
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Working with Cities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas EmissionsMathematica is examining how the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gases may be used to help cities reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Technical Assistance for the Impact Evaluation of Social Development Programs in Mexico: Estrategia de Microregiones and HabitatMathematica provided technical assistance for an evaluation of a program that channels government resources to mostly rural areas with high marginalization indices.
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Bihar, India: Measurement Learning and Evaluation for the Family Health InitiativeMathematica is leading the measurement, learning, and evaluation component of the Ananya program, formerly known as the Family Health Initiative, in Bihar, India.
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Indonesia: Evaluating a Nutrition Project Focused on Reducing StuntingThis project in Indonesia seeks to improve a range of maternal and child health outcomes, particularly stunting, with the ultimate goal of reducing poverty.
Latest News
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Mathematica Staff Mark International Women’s Day: March 8Mathematica’s Center for International Policy Research and Evaluation (CIPRE) studies programs and policies intended to improve the lives of women and children throughout the developing world. For International Women’s Day, several CIPRE researchers were asked to reflect on how their work has led to...