Jill Shirey

Prior to joining the International Growth Centre as IGC Fellow, Jill undertook both research and programme development work in several different countries. For example, she received a Fulbright Fellowship to Sri Lanka, where she designed and implemented research on the garment industry. Jill later worked for the Sri Lanka/India office of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity on anti-human trafficking programs. She has also done research on the microfinance sector in India for the Centre for Microfinance (Chennai). Jill has undertaken programmatic work on educational issues in Cambodia and has also worked in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme run by the Government of Japan. She holds a Master of Public Administration degree in Public and Economic Policy from the London School of Economics and Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College, USA.