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Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon ... Open to every development economist, everywhere.
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Watch @gamblingondev on "Gambling on Development" with @nomhossain and @MasoodCGD in the @gui2de_GU @cgdev series cgdev.org/event/future-devel…
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STARTING NOW:📢 Join @CGDev and @gui2de_GU for a fascinating discussion on @gamblingondev's new book, "Gambling on Development." 📖
ft. @nomhossain @MasoodCGD & @Shanta_WB
Register here: ⬇️
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TOMORROW: For the latest event in the Future of Development series, join @CGDev and @gui2de_GU for a fascinating discussion on @gamblingondev's new book "Gambling on Development." 📖
ft. @nomhossain @MasoodCGD & @Shanta_WB
Register here: ⬇️
bit.ly/3evPmkx
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Join @CGDev & @gui2de_GU for the latest event in the Future of Development series.
@nomhossain & @MasoodCGD join host @Shanta_WB to discuss @gamblingondev's new book "Gambling on Development." 📖
#CGDTalks
Register here: ⬇️
bit.ly/3evPmkx
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Tahir Andrabi, @gui2de_GU's Benjamin Daniels, and Professor Jishnu Das surveyed households 4 years after the “great” earthquake in Northern Pakistan, to learn how the earthquake affected families in the long run, after accounting for the effects of aid.
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Informal public transit is booming in the developing world but so are accidents. Early work by Georgetown's @gui2de_GU has been influential in use of experiments to test options for making it safer. Thread from @davidfromterra reports on new and promising research results.
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Join! This is where I argue that the root of all conflict, underdevelopment, and as policy is overcentralized power. How so much aid and diplomacy makes this worse. And why elections is a naive answer.
🚨 NEW Event!
The Future of Development series continues as @cblatts & @katecronin join Shanta Devarajan at #CGDTalks to discuss Blattman's new book, Why We Fight.
📆 Tomorrow (Tues, May 10)
⏰ 10AM ET / 3PM BST
Register today ⬇️
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Can & Should Teacher Pay-for-Performance Incentives Be Implemented at Scale? On May 5 I'm moderating a lively debate from 1:30-3pm, among very bright people with experience in Brazil, India, Peru, Rwanda, Tanzania, & Uganda! web.cvent.com/event/f91aded1… Come in person or watch online!
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Non-monetary teacher incentives and student learning in Guinea
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@JacobusCilliers @McCourtSchool @gui2de_GU, Felipe Barrera-Osorio @felbarrera @VanderbiltEcon, Marie-Helene Cloutier @WorldBank, Deon Filmer @deon_filmer @wb_research @WorldBankAfrica
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📺 WATCH LIVE!
@CGDev & @gui2de_GU Future of Development series invites @Shanta_WB, @ElizabethLinos, & Karla Hoff to discuss all things behavioral economics ⬇️
#CGDTalks
cgdev.org/event/behavioral-d…
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Important discussion @cgdev on how to accelerate vaccine access in Africa
Register here link.cgdev.org/l/683263/2021…
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Yesterday was the SECOND day of the Research on Improving Systems of Education annual conference (#RISEConf2021)! School management, equity and choice, and what education interventions we should trash!
riseprogramme.org/events/ris…
Did you miss it? Here’s a quick round-up!
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We're hiring again!
DIME is hiring 16 consultants to support our global portfolio of impact evaluations, including research assistants, pre-docs, field coordinators and data scientists.
More details at datanalytics.worldbank.org/d…
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Final day of #RISEConf2021 has started. We are excited to hear presentations on COVID learning loss, Instructional Coherence, and Teachers and Teacher Effectiveness. You can follow the discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=huhG8mjd…
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It was great sharing our research with @fannan2316 on vaccine compliance with scholars @wb_research and @gui2de_GU today- thanks for the great questions and comments and for a fun virtual seminar as well
Today we are pleased to host @belindaarch, who will be presenting "We Are Not Guinea Pigs: The Effects of Negative News on Vaccine Compliance" for our joint development seminar series w/ @wb_research. Join us here: georgetown.zoom.us/j/7115922…
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Thank you @riseprogramme and @gui2de_GU for organizing an excellent conference. And congratulations on pulling off an ambitious multi country hybrid format!
Our affiliate and member of the @riseprogramme Tanzania Country Research Team @JacobusCilliers presents joint research with James Habyarimana on the findings from our evaluation of a quality assurance program in Tanzanian schools at the #RISEConf2021 Washington, DC hub.
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Yesterday was the first day of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) 2021 annual conference! Four hours of presentations and discussion on innovative education research!
riseprogramme.org/events/ris…
Did you miss it? Let me catch you up.
[thread] #RISEConf2021
