FCDO Next Generation Economics competition 2022 winner announced
Tasha Vagadia is the winner of the 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Next Generation Economics competition.
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Competition winner Tasha Vagadia meets FCDO Chief Economist Adnan Khan at the FCDO in London.
Student Tasha Vagadia has been named the winner of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Next Generation Economics 2022 competition.
Tasha’s essay argued for providing subsidies for reusable sanitary products and for campaigns to increase the number of women in male-dominated industries. She made effective use of economic concepts and evidence to lay out strong arguments for these policy ideas.
Two competition runners up have also been announced: Misha Sinev and Blake Merriman.
Tasha, Misha and Blake visited the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in King Charles Street, London during August 2022. They met Professor Adnan Khan, FCDO Chief Economist, to discuss the ideas they presented in their essays and learn more about being an economist in government. They also received a tour of the historic FCDO building.
The competition invited UK students to write a letter to the FCDO Chief Economist on the biggest economic challenges facing their generation, including:
- what economic policies should governments around the world use to economically empower women and girls?
- what economic policies should the UK government use to facilitate a fair transition away from fossil fuels globally?
The Next Generation Economics competition will return in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
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