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Join us on March 14 at @ucdavis.bsky.social for PacDev, the West Coast’s largest annual conference on development economics.

Learn more and register here: go.cega.org/pacdev-2026

Punjab rolls out drug prevention curriculum for Classes IX to XII from Aug 1 | Chandigarh News - Times of India Chandigarh: The Punjab govt is all set to roll out a drug prevention curriculum for students of Classes IX to XII in all govt schools as part of the t.

📚 An evidence-based drug prevention curriculum is combating addiction in India.

A new article by The Times of India features research by CEGA and @j-pal.bsky.social South Asia on a drug prevention program in Punjab reaching 3,000+ schools and 800,000+ students.

Learn more: go.cega.org/timesofindia

🔍 What happens when participants drop out of a study?

A new #CEGAWorkingPaper examines attrition in field experiments, finding that the most common test of attrition bias is not a test of internal validity in general.

📖 Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS-113

MeasureDev 2026: Open Science in the Age of AI: Balancing Privacy and Transparency Over the past decade, social scientists and technologists have made significant advancements in transparency and reproducibility: from data and code sharing to pre-analysis plans and replication...

Don’t miss MeasureDev 2026!

📊 Join CEGA and The World Bank for the 2026 Measuring Development Conference to explore how to advance research transparency and data privacy in light of rapid changes in technology and data access.

🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/measuredev-2026

BITSS Annual Meeting 2026 The BITSS Annual Meeting brings together actors from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to share novel research and discuss efforts to improve the credibility of social science by...

Register for the BITSS Annual Meeting!

Join @ucbitss.bsky.social on April 16 for the BITSS Annual Meeting, gathering actors from academia, publishing, and policy to share innovative research and explore how to improve research transparency.

🔗 Register here: go.cega.org/BITSSmeeting-2026

2026 Africa Evidence Summit CEGA and NIERA will co-host the 14th annual Africa Evidence Summit on July 23-24, 2026.

🌟 Join us for the Africa Evidence Summit!

Cohosted with @nieraglobal.bsky.social, the Summit will gather experts from around the globe to highlight innovative, policy-relevant research.

📅 Jul 23-24 | 📍Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Express your interest in attending: go.cega.org/AES-2026

Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) 2026 About the Conference The Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) is the West Coast's largest annual conference on development. The event brings together researchers and...

Don’t forget to register for PacDev!

The West Coast’s largest annual development conference, the Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev), will gather experts at UC Davis to share innovative research and advance policy.

Register by Feb 28: go.cega.org/pacdev-2026

CEGA recently gathered leaders for the 2026 Data Infrastructure for Development Summit in Togo, exploring how geodata innovations can improve public decision making in low- and middle-income countries.

🎥Learn more in a Togolese national media feature: go.cega.org/DID2026-coverage

How Much Does it Cost to End Global Poverty with Joshua Blumenstock Podcast Episode · The Borgen Project Podcast · December 21, 2025 · 18m

🎧 Listen to the podcast: go.cega.org/EOP-podcast

A bold calculation: What would it cost to end extreme poverty worldwide? - Berkeley News Using detailed surveys and machine learning computation, new research co-authored at UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action finds that eradicating extreme poverty would be surprisingly…

📊 Read more here: go.cega.org/calnews-EOP

New CEGA research shows how closing the poverty gap may be surprisingly affordable.

A new article by @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social News and a new episode of The Borgen Project Podcast feature Josh Blumenstock’s research on the cost of ending poverty & how AI can help policymakers target aid.

📊 CEGA’s Kenya Life Panel Survey has tracked over 7,000 individuals for nearly three decades, providing rich insight into the long-term effects of childhood deworming.

📖 Learn more about the study in a new #CEGAWorkingPaper: go.cega.org/WPS-258

How will we ever learn? Towards a sustainable evidence infrastructure BITSS at CEGA and 3ie share the lessons they have learned when it comes to synthesizing evidence.

🚀 CEGA is proud to launch the Sustainable Evidence Infrastructure Commitment (SEIC) with 3ie!

In a new #CEGABlog, Executive Director Carson Christiano and BITSS Program Manager Jo Weech outline how SEIC will strengthen the global evidence pipeline.

Learn more and join here: go.cega.org/seic

🔍 Does economic hardship increase cheating?

In a new #CEGAWorkingPaper, CEGA Faculty Co-Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social and colleagues find that people are more likely to cheat when facing economic hardship or large financial incentives to cheat.

📖 Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS256

2026 Africa Evidence Summit CEGA and NIERA will co-host the 14th annual Africa Evidence Summit on July 23-24, 2026.

📣 Call for speakers!

The 2026 Africa Evidence Summit, cohosted by CEGA and @nieraglobal.bsky.social, welcomes applications for speakers and poster presenters on research with the potential to advance policymaking.

🔗 Learn more and apply by Feb 23: go.cega.org/AES-2026

Announcement and Call for Papers for UC Berkeley conference and JDE special issue in honor of Professor Elisabeth “Betty” Sadoulet | Agricultural & Resource Economics

In honor of the late Betty Sadoulet, a conference is being held on the UC Berkeley campus. The conference invites submissions for papers by graduate students or early-career researchers on all topics in development economics.

Submit a paper by March 15: go.cega.org/are-CFP

💰 Do tall people make more money?

A new #CEGAWorkingPaper presents some of the first evidence of this phenomenon in Africa, finding that monthly earnings increase with height—an effect likely driven by differences in cognition.

📖 Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS-257

Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) 2026 About the Conference The Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) is the West Coast's largest annual conference on development. The event brings together researchers and...

Are you a West Coast-based development economics researcher?

🌍 Don’t miss PacDev 2026, the West Coast’s largest annual development conference, gathering researchers and practitioners to share research that improves development policy.

Register now: go.cega.org/pacdev-2026

Punjab Reinforces Drug Education To Prevent Youth Drug Use in India - TalkingDrugs A new drug education programme in Punjab hopes to address growing youth drug use in the Northern state.

Opioid addiction is a major public health challenge in Punjab, India.

A new @Talkingdrugs article featuring CEGA Associate Director of Research and Policy Maddie Duhon highlights the impact of CEGA’s school-based drug prevention curriculum in Punjab.

🔗: go.cega.org/talking-drugs

Are you passionate about the intersection of data & policymaking? Don’t miss DID 2026!

Join CEGA and the Togo Data Lab on Feb 19 in Lomé, Togo to explore how geodata innovations can support policymaking in low- and middle-income countries.

Learn more: go.cega.org/DID-2026

A bold calculation: What would it cost to end extreme poverty worldwide? - Berkeley News Using detailed surveys and machine learning computation, new research co-authored at UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action finds that eradicating extreme poverty would be surprisingly…

Prof. Josh Blumenstock's research with @cega-uc.bsky.social was featured in a Berkeley News article.

Using machine learning, he found that it would only take $318 billion per year (0.3% of the global GDP) to bring millions of people out of extreme poverty.

New evidence from Rwanda highlights the socioeconomic cost of malaria.

📚 A new paper by 2022 CEGA Fellow Aimable Nsabimana and colleagues finds that malaria is associated with lower student performance, especially for female students.

🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/malaria-rwanda

Recalibrating After a Bumpy Ride for Global Development A year in review and CEGA’s 2026 strategic priorities

Over the past year, the global development landscape has undergone significant change, including the dismantling of #USAID.

In a new #CEGABlog, Director of Operations Lauren Russell reflects on the last year and introduces CEGA’s strategic priorities for 2026.

go.cega.org/2026-strategicpriorities

How does pollution affect cognitive activity?

In a new #CEGAWorkingPaper, researchers explore the short-term cognitive effects of air pollution in Kenya, finding that higher levels of pollution are associated with lower cognitive performance.

Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS255

BITSS Annual Meeting 2026 The BITSS Annual Meeting brings together actors from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to share novel research and discuss efforts to improve the credibility of social science by...

Are you interested in advancing transparency in research?

Join @ucbitss.bsky.social and the Institute for Business and Social Impact for the 2026 BITSS Annual Meeting to share new research and explore how to improve research reproducibility.

🔗 Register here: go.cega.org/BITSSmeeting-2026

🌾 How can machine learning predict agricultural yields?

CEGA researchers find that imagery-based monitoring effectively predicts maize yields in Zambia, offering governments a low-cost way to better target agricultural interventions.

Learn more: go.cega.org/cropyieldprediction

Intimate partner violence: Causes, costs and prevention What have we learned about the causes, consequences, and policy responses to intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries?

What works to prevent intimate partner violence?

In a new episode of @voxdev.bsky.social Talks, CEGA faculty affiliate Manisha Shah shares insights on the causes of intimate partner violence and the most effective interventions to reduce it.

Listen to the podcast: go.cega.org/VoxDevIPV

2026 Africa Evidence Summit CEGA and NIERA will co-host the 14th annual Africa Evidence Summit on July 23-24, 2026.

📅 Participate in the AES!

CEGA is excited to host the 2026 Africa Evidence Summit with @nieraglobal.bsky.social on July 23-24 in Addis Ababa. CEGA invites speakers to present early-stage & completed research on any topic related to development economics.

Apply here: go.cega.org/AES-2026

Does resting improve productivity?

In a new #CEGAWorking Paper, CEGA postdoctoral scholar @schubertlexi.bsky.social & colleagues find that periods of rest improve worker productivity and earnings, but that only 19% of workers voluntarily choose to rest.

Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS254

New evidence shows how greater entrepreneurial aspirations can improve financial outcomes.

A new #CEGAWorkingPaper assesses the impact of financial literacy and aspirational interventions in Uganda, India, and Peru.

Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS251