Health and Development in Indonesia: The Effect of the 2004 Tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
(Pacific)
Daniel and Nancy Okimoto Conference Room
Speaker: 
  • Elizabeth Frankenberg

The talk will look at the short and longer-term implications of the tsunami for mortality and several other social and economic outcomes in Aceh and North Sumatra using data from the Study of the Tsunami Aftermath and Recovery.

Elizabeth Frankenberg is Professor of Public Policy, Director of Graduate Studies, MPP Program at Duke University. She earned her PhD in Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1992
M.P.A. Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, NJ, 1989
BA with highest honors and distinction in Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1986.