Sarah Vincent

Happy to have this out (joint with @paolosantini.bsky.social & Ellora Derenoncourt). Stay tuned for more!

In 1994 Rwanda faced one of the worst genocides in recorded history. As part of our new school video series with @discoverecon.bsky.social and @cephie.bsky.social, economist Arthur Blouin examines whether government attempts at reconciliation have really healed a divided society.▶️
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Très contente d'avoir l'opportunité de présenter mes recherches sur les stérilisations masculines coercitives et la violence en Inde à @ined.bsky.social le 19 mai!
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Looking forward!

It’s that time of year!

If you’re in DC for the WB/IMF Spring Meetings, don’t miss this event TOMORROW apr. 21st 3PM

W/ fresh papers that address the impact of debt on development prospects in Africa + more

Not in DC? Join us online! t.co/mLoTlbc68i
@gdp-center.bsky.social

Attending the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women #CSW69 at the UN Women

Such inspiring talks and exchanges, lots of discussion to follow on the future of women empowerment!

If you are attending and would like to connect: my DM are open!

Happening now @bostonu.bsky.social, @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social offers opening remarks at an expert panel on green industrial policy in the Global South, co-sponsored with the BU Pardee School and ft'ing speakers from 🇿🇦South Africa, 🇧🇷Brazil + 🇮🇩Indonesia.

Daniel Titelman, head of Economic Development division @eclac.bsky.social and @bualumni.bsky.social sharing roots of Latin America’s structural growth problems

Colombia juggles closer China ties and Trump tensions Country looks set to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a possible boost for trade, investment and energy – but likely a source of frictions with its traditional US ally

Will Colombia become the next Latin American country to join the BRI? Or is it a question of not if but when? New @dialogueearth.bsky.social article explores ~ dialogue.earth/en/business/...

BU Professor Tracks the Many US Pregnancy-Related Deaths Mortality is about “the way we treat women in healthcare,” Eugene Declercq says

Why does the United States have the highest rate of maternal deaths among industrialized nations? SPH Professor Eugene Declercq created the website Birth by the Numbers to better understand what’s behind the numbers. The website also tracks other pregnancy-related data.

PSA to fellow economists- if African countries are the preferred sites for randomized experiments to place papers in top 5 economics journals, then the history, institutions, and people/scholars of African countries are more than good enough to study as "general interest" and co-authors 1/n #Econsky

Such a travesty that the Demographic and Health Survey program was terminated this week.

I realize the Gates Foundation can't pick up all the pieces, but this one seems like a natural one for them to pick up given that the DHS is the go-to data source for many of their focus areas.

Opinion | It’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.

In Nigeria toddlers are starving because emergency feeding centers have run out of nutrient-rich paste used to save lives of severely malnourished children
Ebola outbreak in Uganda has spread to 3 cities.
@nickkristof.bsky.social on consequences of USAID chaos so far www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

If you're trying to keep up with the flurry of USAID lawsuit news, there are now three.

Here's an overview from my Substack post yesterday
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/foreign-ai...

USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...

BREAKING: A federal judge has determined that the Trump administration is violating his order lifting the blanket spending freeze on federal grant programs.

He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Chatted with a friend today who wanted to call her reps but had never done it before. I forget, lots of people are new to this.

This app is a fantastic tool - it makes things so easy.
5calls.org

😍🥲 thank you

This is indeed very illegal - but as of yet, there haven't really been any lawsuits.

There should be, and there are options! I wrote about them here timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/yes-what-m...

Pepfarimpact.vercel.app

Aux Etats-Unis, 8 000 pages internet publiques supprimées au nom de la croisade idéologique de Donald Trump Les agences fédérales états-uniennes ont pris des mesures pour répondre à la volonté du président américain de supprimer les programmes qui promeuvent «l’idéologie de genre». De précieuses données officielles sont introuvables.

Aux Etats-Unis, 8 000 pages internet publiques supprimées au nom de la croisade idéologique de Donald Trump

De précieuses données officielles, notamment de santé publique, sont désormais introuvables

Apply to this nice conference and enjoy the ☀️ and 🏖️ in Marseille
🤫 we are organizing nice social events
🏃‍♀️ stay until Sunday and run the trail of Mimet
🧑‍🎓we offer some financial support for PhD students
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At @politicsoxford.bsky.social we are launching the Centre for Democratic Resilience. Building on our expertise, we do not only want to produce cutting-edge research but we also want to connect research to important stakeholders. Democracy is under threat. We want to work together to protect it.

A close-up of Gisèle Pelicot shows her smiling. She has short light brown hair and wears a black zip-front jacket with a white scarf. Text reads: "Gisèle Pelicot: The Face of Courage." Photo credit: Clement Mahoudeau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Gisèle Pelicot stood with her head held high in a courtroom in Avignon, France, on Thursday as the verdicts in the four-month rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men were read. Her image has become a symbol of female strength around the world, our critic writes.

Read more: nyti.ms/41Ju7lP

Merci!

Bonjour Pedro, je veux bien être ajoutée merci!

Really interesting blog on Aditi Singh's job market paper on how the green revolution in India led to a lack of diversity in crops cultivation and then to malnutrition, against the intended goal!

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Amazing JMP by an amazing economist! Check it out

Hi #EconSky,

Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄
It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open!
Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social!

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Un antivax à la Santé, un climatosceptique à l’Énergie, une ex-patronne du catch à l'Éducation... le gouvernement Trump ressemble à un casting de série… mais personne ne rit. Analyse
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