Konstantinos "Costas" Meghir (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Κώστας) Εκτώρ Δημήτριος Μεγήρ, transcr.
[2] Following his Ph.D. he was appointed at University College London, where he was promoted to professor in 1993 and was head of the department of economics from 2005-2008.
He has been involved in the evaluation of numerous public policy programs in the UK and developing countries, including Colombia, Chile and Senegal.
He has been involved in designing scalable Early Childhood interventions based on both home visiting and village playgroups in deprived communities.
These have been implemented in Colombia and India (Odisha), and evaluated by Randomised Control Trials (RCTs).