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Professor Panle Jia of MIT presented the 2008 Tufts Graduate and Undergraduate Economics Society Alumni Achievement Award
After the presentation of the award, Professor Jia gave an insightful seminar on "Tracing the Woes: An Empirical Analysis of the Airline Industry."  Panle Jia received her M.A. in Economics from Tufts in 1999. Click here to learn more about her research.

Professors Edward Kutsoati and Margaret McMillan launch pilot phase of microfinance research in Ghana
In June, Professors McMillan and Kutsoati met with farmers in the Osino region to talk about their credit needs. Kutsoati and McMillan, along with Mumuadu Bank, worked to design a loan product that included price crop insurance. The pilot phase of the project was launched on August 1 and includes 200 farmers. So far, almost 70% of the farmers to whom the product was offered have taken a loan.

Gilbert Metcalf and Jay Shimshack featured on Tufts website
Professors Gilbert Metcalf and Jay Shimshack are featured on the Tufts website in Profile: Climate Change "What Are We Missing?"

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