Kartini Shastry

Associate Professor of Economics at Wellesley College

Gauri Kartini Shastry is an Associate Professor of Economics at Wellesley College. She is a development economist with research interests in education, health, and financial decision-making. Much of her research examines policies intended to improve child nutrition in South Asia. Kartini holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Brown University.

Recent work by Kartini Shastry

The hidden costs of layered school-based interventions: Evidence from India

Governments commonly use school infrastructure to implement programmes targeting child health, but additional programmes can overwhelm administrative capacity and crowd out the delivery of existing programmes.

Education

James Berry Saurabh Mehta Priya Mukherjee Hannah Ruebeck Kartini Shastry

Published 14.02.23

Kartini Shastry

Recent work by Kartini Shastry

The hidden costs of layered school-based interventions: Evidence from India