<< Back to Faculty Jeanine Braithwaite Professor of Public Policy Education & Training PhD (economics), Duke University, 1988 MA, Georgetown University BA, University of Virginia (with High Distinction) 434-243-1127 jeaninebraithwaite@virginia.edu Curriculum Vitae Courses taught International Development Policy Development Policy Nudges International Financial Institutions Applied Policy Project Policy Analysis Household Data Analysis Macroeconomic Policy Areas of focus Development Jeanine Braithwaite is Professor of Public Policy, General Faculty, at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Prior to joining the Batten School in 2009, she was a Senior Economist at the World Bank, most recently in the Social Protection Group, Human Development Network. Preceding her World Bank service, she worked at the International Monetary Fund and the US Census Bureau, on technical assistance to the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union (IMF) and to the USSR (Census Bureau). Braithwaite has also taught at Georgetown, George Mason, American, Maryland, and Kalamazoo College. At the World Bank, Braithwaite worked on social protection policy and poverty analysis. She specializes in the study of medium-income Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland), Turkey, and the former Soviet Union countries, and has provided policy advice to governments while on negotiating missions and staff visits. She has written many World Bank reports, including poverty assessments for Turkey, Russia, Armenia, Moldova, Hungary, and Ukraine, as well as social protection and labor reviews for Botswana, Kosovo, and Swaziland. In addition, she has operational experience in Cambodia, Colombia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Jamaica, Jordan, Georgia, Mauritius, Kosovo, Bosnia, Romania, and Turkmenistan. Braithwaite has conducted a program of joint research with the University of Venda and the University of Limpopo, South Africa, on poverty, social welfare, and traditional healing in Limpopo Province. She recently completed a project on female-headed household poverty in Senegal. Braithwaite is working with the Université Cheikh Anta Diop, as well as with Prof. Sally Pusede (Environmental Sciences UVa), on research on air pollution and poverty in Dakar. Her collaborator Kamwoo Lee (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences UVa) and she are working to produce poverty maps for Sub-Saharan African countries. An alumna of the University of Virginia, Braithwaite served as a Resident Assistant and was an Echols Scholar and a member of the Raven, Jefferson Literary and Debating, and Omicron Delta Kappa Societies. She went on to earn her master’s degree in Russian Area Studies from Georgetown and her doctorate in economics at Duke University. Related Content Meet the 2021 Batten Finalists for the Presidential Management Fellows Program News One of the most prestigious programs for graduate students and alumni interested in public service, the fellowship affords recipients two years of experience and training at a federal agency. A New Aid Program in Sudan Sheds Light on a Popular Policy Debate News In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, professor Jeanine Braithwaite discussed the Sudan Family Support Project, which will offer quasi-universal basic income to citizens of the African nation. Batten Expert Chats: "Supporting Inclusive and Equitable Growth in Sudan" with Jeanine Braithwaite Event After a long period of fragility and conflict, the African nation of Sudan is moving toward a stable democracy. For the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Batten professor Jeanine Braitwaithe will discuss the Sudan Family Support Project, a joint initiative between the World Bank and the government of Sudan. Respiratory Illness and Poverty in Senegal: A Conversation with Professor Braithwaite News Batten Professor of Public Policy Jeanine Braithwaite and PhD candidate Kamwoo Lee discuss poverty and upper respiratory infections in Senegal for the Center for Global Health's Global COVIDiaries. Batten's Poverty Simulation Encourages Empathy News Last Saturday, Oct. 21, as many hit snooze on the alarm, students gathered at the University’s Slaughter Recreation Center to experience what it might be like to live in poverty. Child and Orphan Poverty in Swaziland Research This report quantifies child and orphan poverty in the Kingdom of Swaziland during 2001 and 2010. Poverty is understood as consumption (monetary) poverty and not as multidimensional deprivation. Learning from Each Other: Social Protection and Labor and the Global South. Research Swaziland: Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty Research World Bank Botswana: Challenges to the Safety Net Preparing for the Next Crisis Research View All
Meet the 2021 Batten Finalists for the Presidential Management Fellows Program News One of the most prestigious programs for graduate students and alumni interested in public service, the fellowship affords recipients two years of experience and training at a federal agency.
A New Aid Program in Sudan Sheds Light on a Popular Policy Debate News In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, professor Jeanine Braithwaite discussed the Sudan Family Support Project, which will offer quasi-universal basic income to citizens of the African nation.
Batten Expert Chats: "Supporting Inclusive and Equitable Growth in Sudan" with Jeanine Braithwaite Event After a long period of fragility and conflict, the African nation of Sudan is moving toward a stable democracy. For the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Batten professor Jeanine Braitwaithe will discuss the Sudan Family Support Project, a joint initiative between the World Bank and the government of Sudan.
Respiratory Illness and Poverty in Senegal: A Conversation with Professor Braithwaite News Batten Professor of Public Policy Jeanine Braithwaite and PhD candidate Kamwoo Lee discuss poverty and upper respiratory infections in Senegal for the Center for Global Health's Global COVIDiaries.
Batten's Poverty Simulation Encourages Empathy News Last Saturday, Oct. 21, as many hit snooze on the alarm, students gathered at the University’s Slaughter Recreation Center to experience what it might be like to live in poverty.
Child and Orphan Poverty in Swaziland Research This report quantifies child and orphan poverty in the Kingdom of Swaziland during 2001 and 2010. Poverty is understood as consumption (monetary) poverty and not as multidimensional deprivation.