Ranjeeta Thomas is a Research Associate at the Imperial College Business School. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of York. She previously worked as a Researcher at the Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford. Ranjeeta’s research interests are in Health Economics relating to developing countries and Applied Microeconometrics. She is particularly interested in impact evaluations of social programs. Her previous work focused on studying inequalities and distributional consequences of conditional cash transfer programs and child health outcomes. Prior to her academic career she was an Economist at the Global Development Network with responsibility for a 20 country impact evaluation research program on maternal and child health.