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Hey now, Don’t Dream It’s Over Berk

Hey now, Don't dream it's over - we salute @berkozler12.bsky.social on his last day and the World Bank and highlight a few of his many contributions to the Development Impact blog over the last 14 years blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

« Les femmes sont sous-représentées dans la recherche économique » TRIBUNE. L’écart de genre dans le secteur se creuse au fur et à mesure que la carrière avance. Pour y remédier, des comités essaient, dans le monde entier, d’accompagner les femmes dans leur parcours,...

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How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? A new review highlights what we’ve learned and what we still don’t know

How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? I summarize our recent Science paper, &draw out lessons from where we need nuance (not all high-skilled is the same, & most studies lump together), what we don't know (especially how to do better policy) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Six Questions with Kelsey Jack

Six questions with Kelsey Jack: we discuss how to get utilities to share their administrative data with you, whether work on climate economics focuses too much on the individual, the laugh test with your results, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

How matters as much as What: Why policy doesn’t get enough good things done and Goldilocks state capacity

Goldlilocks state capacity, why we can't get good stuff done. My blog today draws together some lessons from @karthik-econ.bsky.social 's book, @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social 's Abundance, and @noamangrist.bsky.social & @economeager.bsky.social 's work on ITT vs TOT.
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Weekly links April 10: trends in software use, unexpected consequences of policies, problem selection in research, and more…

This week's links are up a day early - including @owenozier.bsky.social & co on software usage, me on the backstory podcast, funding for research on women-led businesses in LAC, several studies of unanticipated consequences of policies, and more ... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

A text-message outreach campaign in Côte d’Ivoire had no impact on enrollment in a youth employment programme

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csae conference 2025 closing panel graphic with photographs of Ranil Dissanayake, Miriam Laker, Justice Tei Mensah, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, and Oliver Hanney

📽️Watch #OxCSAE2025 Closing Panel live at 16:30 GMT today

Evidence-based Policy: Towards an Improved Research-policy Equilibrium in Africa

@scepticalranil.bsky.social, Miriam Laker, Justice Tei Mensah, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, @olihanney.bsky.social

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CSAE Conference 2025 keynote graphic with photo of James Robinson

📽️Watch the CSAE Conference 2025 Keynote live at 11:30 GMT today!

Nobel Prize winner James Robinson will present 'Wealth in People' at #OxCSAE2025 with @gamblingondev.bsky.social as moderator.

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@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social

Outreach strategies of TVET programs should account for the fact that social networks matter a lot in youth enrollment decisions, and that trust in the program is a key determinant. #AfricaGIL #WorldBank

Excited to be back at #OxCSAE2025 to present results from a take-up experiment in Côte d’Ivoire with @daveevansphd.bsky.social @claradelav.bsky.social Jeannie Annan, Estelle Koussoubé and Josephine Tassy

I promise I will consider this when drafting my next household survey questionnaire @kbeegle.bsky.social

Weekly links March 14: an overview of research on refugees, the grad school vs professor working day, AI vs online search for teachers in Sierra Leone, and more…

This week's links include interviews with Nathan Nunn & Megan Lang, whether college grads are hurt or helped by taking low-skilled jobs while they wait for work, reducing attrition in a panel, when AI is the non-data-hungry solution, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Looking forward to being part of this UN CSW panel bringing together governments, researchers, and civil society on how social protection can advance gender equality across a woman’s life course
This Thursday... Join us!
#AfricaGIL #EconSky
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Check out the long-term impact of the Personal Initiative Training program in Togo, in this latest blog by @dmckenzie.bsky.social #worldbank #AfricaGIL

Weekly links February 28: basic science is valuable, learn about the economics of conflict settings, FDI, does your advisor matter, and more….

Today's links include the role of multinationals in development, if you are publishing anything you're doing well, bluesky research is important, the economics of conflict and fragile settings, why do we care about your association, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

More details in our working paper just out, co-authored with Jeannie Annan, @daveevansphd.bsky.social, Estelle Koussoube, @lea-rouanet.bsky.social and Josephine Tassy

Does free sound too cheap? Here's new evidence on something that did not work to get young people enrolled in vocational training programs in Côte d’Ivoire: sending text messages highlighting that the program is free...
#AfricaGIL #EconSky

Over 230 million girls and women worldwide are living with the pain and trauma of female genital mutilation. Most girls are harmed before the age of 15. FGM ... 5 Things You Should Know About FGM

Around the world, UNICEF-trained social workers stand up for vulnerable girls who are in danger of being subjected to female genital mutilation.

Progress is being made in the fight to #EndFGM. A look at how we can break the cycle of violence:

An important #AfricaGIL IE on IPV prevention in Rwanda is out, and @kbeegle.bsky.social wrote a great blog about it!

Journal editors influence scientific knowledge and research dissemination. But despite work to resolve inequalities and encourage diversity, gender gaps remain on journal editorial boards, especially in finance and economics. This column examines diversity and inclusion on academic editorial boards, focusing on finance journals. Women make up 20% of editors on average, with substantial variance across countries. Editorial affiliations are mainly in the UK and US, mirroring academic hierarchies. Men outweigh women in substructures with central editors or several boards, highlighting the gender disparity in the field.

#Gender gaps remain on journal editorial boards, especially in #finance & economics. In finance, women make up 20% of editors on average. Affiliations are mainly in the UK and US, mirroring academic hierarchies.
Będowska-Sójka, @alessia-paccagnini.bsky.social et al.
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#EconSky

Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting…

Post by @berkozler12.bsky.social "Mean Reversion in RCTs" on a very interesting paper by @marcellaalsan.bsky.social @johncawley.bsky.social Joseph J. Doyle Jr. & Nicholas Skelley.

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#MeanReversion #RCTs #heterogeneity #targeting

Weekly links January 24: averting pollution havens with clean energy, Global South is a silly term, production subsidies, Indian governance, and more…

This week's links include the problems with the use of the terms developing country and Global South, how Vietnam escaped the pollution haven problem when trade rose, what happens to kids in Uganda 3 years after getting pre-school, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Today's article presents the child penalty in employment – i.e. how much the birth of a first child impacts the employment of mothers relative to fathers - for 134 countries around the world ⤵️

From chalkboards to chatbots: Transforming learning in Nigeria, one prompt at a time "AI helps us to learn, it can serve as a tutor, it can be anything you want it to be, depending on the prompt you write," says Omorogbe Uyiosa, known as "Uyi" by his friends, a student from the Edo Bo...

Check this Nigeria evaluation from WB colleagues, demonstrating the transformative potential of generative AI in classrooms, especially in developing contexts: blogs.worldbank.org/en/education...

Martin Ravallion on multidimensional poverty indices documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/4...

"Option C Thinking: creating evidence that provides greater scaling confidence in the original design alongside the efficacy test"

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#AfricaGIL cited under point #4: "Other evidence from Africa, pooling data from six experimental evaluations in Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda and Togo, finds that development programmes which increase women’s earnings and household wealth increase fertility (Donald et al. 2024)".

Parental leave paradox: Why women who take longer leaves face career penalties in men-dominated fields Women who take longer parental leaves in men-dominated industries may face penalties, including lower pay and limited promotion opportunities.

Study of Australian income data (2001-2013) finds longer parental leave is associated with lower post-leave income for women in men-dominated occupations but not in women-dominated or gender-neutral fields.
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