Senior/Research Associate - J-PAL South Asia

About the Project:

Better Bricks is a multi-country research and implementation program focused on improving the environmental, economic and social performance of informal brick kilns in South Asia. Led by researchers at Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and UC Berkeley, and, in partnership with icddr,b, Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, the program has achieved landmark results in Bangladesh—including a randomized controlled trial demonstrating that a no-capital-cost operational intervention called Zigzag 2.0 reduces CO₂ and PM2.5 emissions by 20%, cuts energy use by 26%, and increases kiln owner profitability.

The Indo-Gangetic region is the most heavily polluted in the world and air pollution presents an enormous social and economic cost. Building on our past success, Better Bricks is now expanding to India, where as many as 50,000 brick kilns present an enormous opport...