Jeff McManus is a Senior Economist on the Technical Team at IDinsight, based in Lusaka, Zambia. Jeff oversees the technical design and analysis of impact evaluations, process evaluations, and machine learning applications at IDinsight. His sectoral areas of focus include education and child nutrition, and his past projects have included the RCT for the world’s first development impact bond. Jeff co-founded the Technical Team at IDinsight and served as its Director for 3 years, during which he set the organizational strategy for the technical rigor of the company’s portfolio. He continues to mentor and manage evaluation specialists on the Technical Team. He has designed many of IDinsight’s internal quality control processes, including a suite of templates and checklists that are used by project teams to improve the quality and efficient production of technical deliverables. Jeff oversees technical training, and he designed and delivers the curriculum for the semi-annual technical ‘bootcamp’ for new staff. Prior to joining IDinsight, Jeff was a Research Manager at MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in India and the US, where he managed data collection and analysis for large-scale impact evaluations of voter education campaigns, and a Research Fellow at Harvard’s Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Swarthmore College and an MPA in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard Kennedy School. At Harvard Jeff won the annual award for the top thesis in the graduating class and a fellowship for graduate students committed to working in public service careers.