@AidGrade

Improving the effectiveness of international development efforts by understanding and encouraging what works.

 Washington, DC
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Joined February 2012
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Reminder: RA deadline Feb. 24: aidgrade.org/uncategorized/r… @AidGrade #development #economics #research
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A new answer to one of the biggest mysteries of development economics: theguardian.com/global-devel…

Dodgy fertiliser is keeping Uganda hungry

A new study suggests that good quality fertiliser is more important than agricultural education or micro credit for improving food security in Uganda

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Check existing work, writes @timharford on #WormWars, "but more useful still is to run more trials" timharford.com/2015/08/wormi…
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Glad #EAglobal welcomes critical views - speaking for @AidGrade on "everything you know is wrong and what to do about it".
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Mapping the #WormWars: What should you take away from the recent debate on mass deworming? cgdev.org/blog/mapping-worm-… by @JustinSandefur & me
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The case for the need for better data in order to address poverty, in the @monkeycageblog wapo.st/1IK9RDj

Data poverty makes it harder to fix real poverty. That’s why the UN should push countries to gather...

If the UN wants the new Sustainable Development Goals to help lift nations out of poverty, it needs to ensure they're measuring the problem.

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Ikea’s Newly Designed Refugee Shelters Are a Game Changer tak.pt/i/mIDcc5cE via @TakePart @sida @ikea
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Worm Wars: @BerkOzler12 referees a replication dispute and sides with the original blogs.worldbank.org/impactev…
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Conversation with @bengoldacre, @JustinSandefur, @dinapomeranz and @m_clem on the #worms paper storify.com/FranciscoMejia/c… via @franciscome
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AidGrade retweeted
Good Authority@goodauth20 Jul 2015
Data poverty makes it harder to fix real poverty. That’s why the UN should push countries to gather and share data. ift.tt/1GvVBWW
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Why too much evidence-based policy is a problem, and why I only WISH we had that problem chrisblattman.com/2015/07/20…
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'How best to measure #childpoverty?' @KeetieRoelen debates the issue in today's @guardian theguardian.com/global-devel…

How best to measure child poverty? | Keetie Roelen

The UK has moved from measuring child poverty by family income to focusing instead on ‘root causes’ – yet global evidence shows this leads to a blame game

theguardian.com
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Correct link: A Dutch city is giving money away to test the “basic income” theory buff.ly/1HMi2bj
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How Inequality Explains Learning Outcomes around the World cgdev.org/blog/great-gatsby-…
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In defense of effective altruism: j.mp/1MfaqCg.
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The UN's MDG Report: taking far more credit than is due cgdev.org/blog/mdg-report-ta…
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"When it comes to saving and improving lives, investing in health provides an amazing return." gates.ly/1HzCJNZ
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"What is the state of evidence on the impacts of cash transfers on poverty, as compared to remittances?" odi.org/publications/8339-ca… by @ODIdev
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Devex
@devex30 Jun 2015
Is America's hold on the World Bank at an end? ow.ly/OZ0ub via @jtyson21 #AIIB #BRICS
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New Blog: What can the world do to lower #trade costs so the poor can benefit? wrld.bg/OUwiR #TradeandPoverty #AidforTrade
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