Simran Kalkat

bio image

MRR Solutions Writing Intern

Simran Kaur Kalkat is an undergraduate student at UC Davis studying economics and history. She is a member of the UC Davis Undergraduate Womxn in Economics Society and an opinion writer for The California Aggie, the UC Davis campus newspaper, covering public transportation and transportation policy. In 2020 she completed the MRR Solutions Writing Internship for Agricultural Development.

Articles by Simran Kalkat

Nepal rural community

Empowering Women in Nepal with Goats, Training and Community

Posted by Simran Kalkat on June 24, 2020
Focusing development programs on women can have impacts that go beyond income and poverty. In Nepal, a Feed the Future research team found that a prominent asset transfer and training program had important impacts on women's empowerment.