Quite a week for LMIC ed research: a @voxdev.bsky.social lit on EdTech & a @geeap.bsky.social report on literacy interventions!
The fun continues next wk w/ a UNESCO mtg on the Science of Learning & our monthly @aefpweb.bsky.social EdDev mtg (more on this next week). www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
📢 Revolutions in computing have led to the rapid development and deployment of a new set of programmes to support student learning.
At our VoxDevLit launch event on December 4, @singhabhi.bsky.social will summarise evidence on education technology.
Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. "
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
CGD is hiring! We're searching for a Research Analyst for the Education and Child Well-being program.
The Research Analyst will perform a range of project research, data analysis, and more related to the various workstreams of the program,
Apply here!
https://go.cgdev.org/47sQbUp
As the world seeks to integrate AI into teacher professional development, let's not forget lessons from previous ed-tech experiments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Teachers used the tablets (for virtual coaching) less and less over time.
by @jacobuscilliers.bsky.social et al
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Male internal migration in India expands women’s roles and increases their political engagement by easing day-to-day restrictions even in the absence of their financial empowerment.
Read today's article to learn more:
📆 As stakeholders gather for this year's IMF and World Bank #AnnualMeetings, CGD is hosting crucial discussions with leading global development experts, policymakers, and more.
Starting Oct. 14. Learn more about the events and sign up ⬇️
bit.ly/48rfver
We're hiring a research associate or research manager for a project in the DRC! This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in gaining very hands-on research and work experience in a low-income country in partnership with the local government. Also a great preparation for a PhD.
Restricting visas doesn’t lead to hiring non-immigrants—it leads to hiring foreigners. For every H-1B visa rejection, multinationals add ~0.4–0.9 foreign employees, especially in R&D hubs like India, China, and Canada.
via @florianederer.bsky.social
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
🔔 DIME is hiring 🔔
Our fall recruitment drive is now live until October 2. Looking for RAs and Field Coordinators - 16 positions open.
Apply here: datanalytics.worldbank.org/dime-recruit...
I can’t provide individual guidance to applicants, all the info is available in the link.
The proposed FY26 budget for the State Dept’s Contributions to International Organizations leaves only seven out of 46 organizations for funding.💰📉
@charlesjkenny.bsky.social discusses what the cuts mean for US engagement in the UN, WTO, OECD, and more:
https://bit.ly/3VN9dhs
When children age out of childcare in Peru, their mothers' mental health declines. repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/server/api/c...
Extreme weather and the green transition are reshaping global conflict. Evidence on this trend explores how policy can respond.
Read today's article to learn more:
Reviewing interventions to prevent school violence against children w/ disabilities, @daveevansphd.bsky.social & @gsmarrelli.bsky.social find:
1️⃣ Most evidence is on peer violence
2️⃣ Children w/ disabilities face much higher risk
3️⃣ Few studies track impact for them
More:
https://bit.ly/3Jwxiq5
Higher education played a key role in Southeast Asia’s long-run development – much earlier than most policy accounts and research suggest.
Read today's article to learn more:
Really useful resource for RAs and others interested in doing field work in international settings, or any rigorous empirical work in social sciences
@poverty-action.bsky.social just launched the IPA Knowledge Hub
data.poverty-action.org
🆕 How serfdom hardwired extractive institutions into the Russian economy
Today on VoxDev w/ @andreamatranga.bsky.social (University of Turin) & @timurnatkhov.bsky.social (Higher School of Economics): voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
This is very important work. More and more studies are showing the lifetime benefits of foundational literacy and numeracy skills.
🆕 Strengthening bureaucrat incentives can curb crop burning and save lives in India and Pakistan
Today on VoxDev w/ @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) & @saadgulzar.bsky.social (@notredame.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/energy...
How can the CSAE Visiting Fellowship scheme help you with your research?
We asked Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Researcher at the Department for Basic Education in South Africa, to tell us about how her time as a CSAE Fellow helped with her work for the Ministry.
Watch👇
Blog: Thinking Through Waste, Fraud and Corruption in US Foreign Assistance.
▪️No evidence of widespread fraud or corruption
▪️Inefficiencies mainly driven by domestic politics
▪️Some programs do fail to deliver hoped for outcomes but most are awesomely successful.
www.cgdev.org/blog/thinkin...
“Georgetown University, where Mr. Suri was a postdoctoral fellow, said in a statement that it was not aware of Mr. Suri ‘engaging in any illegal activity, and we have not received a reason for his detention’.”
Joint with Jonathan Stern, Matthew Jukes, Brahm Fleisch, Stephen Taylor and Nompumelelo Mohohlwane
Link to blog and working paper: tinyurl.com/2vx3kc2h
Academic paper (50 free downloads!): www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HWAW5...
Delighted to announce that we have a new paper published in JREE on the sustainability of early investments in foundational literacy. tl;dr Fade-out in some skills, but emergence of new skills (English literacy). Supports "skills beget skills" hypothesis of Heckman
