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Layna Lowe

@lslowe5

Research Associate for @tedmiguel at @CEGA_UC

 Oakland, CA
Joined September 2014
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Togo has developed a new, high-tech way to get money to the poorest people affected by the pandemic Download the #peoplefixingtheworld podcast for more: bbc.in/3mbjf9v
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Read the 20-year follow-up study to @tedmiguel & Michael Kremer's landmark school-based deworming evaluation, published today in @PNASNews w/ coauthors Joan Hamory Hicks, @mwwalkerecon, and Sarah Baird: pnas.org/content/pnas/118/14…
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🚨 Important new paper just out in Science Advances: What were the effects of 2020 COVID lockdowns and disruptions on households in lower income countries? (From 26 co-authors on 3 continents!) Summary/brief: poverty-action.org/publicati… Full Paper: advances.sciencemag.org/cont…
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New preprint out from a project I have been working on, showing very limited mask use in Kenya (via observations) despite self-reports that masks are almost always used (via phone surveys).
Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) (@CEGA_UC) profile pictureCenter for Effective Global Action (CEGA)@CEGA_UC3 Feb 2021
1/ Are mask mandates followed in Kenya? Research by CEGA postdoc @AEJakubowski, @EggerDennis, Carolyne Nekesa, CEGA RA @lslowe5, CEGA postdoc @mwwalkerecon, & CEGA faculty dir @tedmiguel, found that it depends on how you measure compliance.
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Great effort by our team that acted swiftly to collect data on the COVID-19 experiences of households and businesses in rural Kenya
Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) (@CEGA_UC) profile pictureCenter for Effective Global Action (CEGA)@CEGA_UC15 Jul 2020
We’ve launched kenyacovidtracker.org/, a one-stop-shop for data on economic impacts of #COVID in Kenya! We’ll share weekly research updates from @tedmiguel, @EggerDennis, @mwwalkerecon, @jhaushofer, @CarolNekesa5, @AndyWabwire, @mlarreboure, @lslowe5, @WorldBank, & @BusaraCenter
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