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Bindu Ananth retweeted
Because rural migrants are deterred far more by distance than they are drawn by higher pay, nearby towns – despite offering lower earnings than cities – end up absorbing far more migrants and doing more to reduce poverty, making them a decisive channel for inclusive urban growth.
ALT KHDS baseline villages and urban destinations across Tanzania
🆕 Proximity over pay: Why small towns attract migrants
Today on VoxDev, Joachim De Weerdt (@IFPRI), Luc Christiaensen (@WorldBankGroup) & Ravi Kanbur (@CornellEcon) discuss migration flows across cities and towns in Tanzania: voxdev.org/topic/migration-u…
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Announcing a new book (Open Access), Revolution By Stealth: How Women’s Groups Catalyzed a Cultural Transformation in Bihar, Cambridge University Press, 2026 with @shrutimajumdar8 & @SanyalParomita, cambridge.org/core/elements/…. See this substack : bijurao.substack.com/p/new-o…
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In a study of 112,063 Chilean loan seekers, a price comparison tool corrected biased interest rate beliefs, leading to more negotiation and lower rates without more search, from @ErikBerwart, @SeanKHiggins, Sheisha Kulkarni, and @santiagotruffa nber.org/papers/w35605
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Sharing a pre-doc opportunity at Microsoft Research, Bengaluru, with Gareth Nellis + co. On AI, public health + education. Details: docs.google.com/document/d/e….
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While studying women nano entrepreneurs' financial lives, our fieldwork helped in classifying them into three categories: 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐠-𝐇𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫, 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫. We believe that this categorisation most accurately captures the subtle differences in entrepreneurial orientation and provides clearer identification markers for further enquiry into their money management habits.
🤖 Made with AI
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Enrolments are open! Register at livelawacademy.com/courses/6…
Really excited to be taking this six week course on #dataprotection law! Please do register if this is of interest! We will be talking about all things #DPDA, #privacy, #technology, and #AI
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The dual role of households as consumers & borrowers underscore their significance in sustaining aggregate demand + financial system stability. @vidhyasrajan & co-authors analyse patterns in household finance in recent decades
ideasforindia.in/topics/mone…
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I'm hosting an "emergency" faiVLive on the threat to global financial inclusion progress from Mythos-class AI models. I'll be joined by @patio11, Buhle Goslar, Beni Chugh (@dvararesearch), and Andree Simon (@FINCA). Co-hosted w/@FinDevGateway
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Hi friends, would any of you be able to connect me to someone who works for a hearing-aid company (either in India or abroad) like Phonak, Siemens, Starkey, etc or consumer audio companies in the space (Jabra, Apple). This is for a story. Thank you for RT-ing this for max reach!
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New on @dataforin: what do salaried jobs in India look like? Many big surprises for me in @akwaghmare's piece of us including:
- salaried workers are a minority in India
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This panel w/ @nachiketmor, Viren Shetty, Alok Bansal, @sanjaynagral & @binduananth examined how private capacity can advance UHC—through integrated care, outpatient coverage, and accountability that shifts incentives from volume to outcomes.
▶️ Watch: bit.ly/LCClaunch
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I love all our @Equatormag stories but this one is particularly special: an oral history of the workers whose great migration from the countryside to Southern China changed the world, by the poet and factory worker Zheng Xiaoqiong equator.org/articles/the-mak…
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Beautiful piece @GhoshAmitav
“climate solutions that do not make adequate provision for the inherent uncertainties of modelling, or for the wishes, hopes & aspirations of people on the ground, will always run the risk of causing anticipatory ruination.” equator.org/articles/beyond-…
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My goal as a journalist is to report carefully on the best, most practical social policy ideas that can change the world, and this is easily the most exciting one I’ve had the opportunity to cover this year.
I hope you'll read it 🧵↓
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In rural UP & Bihar, newborn mortality is 60% higher in private health facilities than public, even though better off families use pvt care. New research shows that pvt facilities cause worse outcomes for similar patients due to different patterns of care
ideasforindia.in/topics/huma…
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#Opinion | #India’s last-mile credit system has faced shocks in 2010, 2016, 2020, and 2024, cutting off households from formal credit. Harmonising bank-NBFC partnerships, diversifying #NBFC funding, and using income-based borrower assessment are key to steady access, write @binduananth and Samir Shah
mybs.in/2ereMOL
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A must-read!
#AIIMS Delhi is where millions seek hope, but many end up standing for days in lines of suffering.
This firsthand account reveals the human cost of accessing care in India. If freedom means #dignity, our #healthcare system still has a long way to go.
nivarana.org/reality-check/t…
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Serious illnesses like cancer and neurological disorders not only affect the patient, but push the entire families into social and financial vulnerability, said two studies that focused on India’s home-based palliative care and its consequences on families in Kerala and Delhi, two states which are considered to provide better healthcare.
The two studies also found that families providing home-care palliative care often have to make difficult choices between medicines, food and education.
What is shocking is that in the two states, around one in three families were in debt due to illness, making healthcare-related debt a national challenge.
🔗newindianexpress.com/nation/…
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