Alexandra Reed – Population Reference Bureau

Alexandra Reed

Program Coordinator

Alex Reed joined PRB in 2019. Reed previously worked at the Society for International Development, Washington Chapter (SID-W), as a program associate. She also has interned at the International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville, Virginia, working with refugees and special immigrant visa holders to help them obtain employment. Reed holds a bachelor s degree in political and social thought and economics from the University of Virginia.

Recent Publications

By Christine Power, Alexandra Reed and Marlene A. Lee

Delaying Marriage and Childbearing Can Improve Educational Outcomes in Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region

In Burkina Faso s Sahel Region, an administrative region in the northeastern part of the country, girls are more likely to drop out of primary and lower secondary school than girls nationally, resulting in lower girls educational attainment in the Sahel Region compared to the rest of the country. Sa…

December 2, 2020

By Christine Power, Alexandra Reed and Marlene A. Lee

Education Matters: Keeping Girls in School Can Improve Economic Development in Burkina Faso s Sahel Region

Girls educational attainment affects the human capital of Burkina Faso s future labor force, shaping their economic opportunities and their country s economic growth.

October 7, 2019