Alex Chen

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Alex Chen is a cost-effectiveness analyst with a decade of experience translating rigorous impact evaluations into actionable policy across the World Bank, UN, J-PAL, and U.S. government. He specializes in development economics, gender- and LGBTQ-inclusive policymaking, and scaling economic inclusion programs across Eastern Europe, South and Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. A regional specialist in Russia and Eurasia with a Master’s from Columbia’s Harriman Institute, Alex combines geospatial and econometric research foundations with hands-on RCT and cost-data collection experience. He leads training programs and capacity-building on cost-effectiveness methods for governments and international agencies, and currently heads the World Bank’s Cost Effectiveness Program within DIME Analytics. Fluent in Russian, French, and English and studying Macedonian and Albanian, he blends language-driven fieldwork with quantitative rigor to close the gap between evidence and policy. Outside traditional development roles, he founded an educational nonprofit that scaled math programming and virtual curricula, reflecting a long-standing commitment to mentorship and applied outreach.

10 years of coding experience

14 years of employment as a software developer

High School, High School at Bob Jones High School

Master's degree, Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies, 4.06, Master's degree, Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies, 4.06 at Columbia University in the City of New York

English, French, Russian, bosnian / serbian / croatian, Macedonian

Github Skills (13)

sdk10

artificial-intelligence9

llm8

ai8

openai8

government-data4

data-science2

machine-learning2

oms1

django1

data-sharing1

creative-commons1

health1

Programming languages (3)

C#HTMLPython

Github contributions (5)

ETDAU/fpspu_wiki

Nov 2016 - Aug 2022

Contributions:4 PRs, 38 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 9 months

alexaca79/Cookbook

Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch, 3 issues in 1 year 11 months

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