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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · Dec 5

🦋IFPRI is excited to join @bsky.app! Colleagues, partners, friends @cgiar.org and beyond - who's there? 👋 Welcome to our cloud!

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Apr 5

Bedford MA: resisting tyranny for 250 years!

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Jan 29

I've been here for a while but only as my professional self. Is it ok to come out of my shell?

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Jan 27

You will find a friendly turtle here!

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Dec 13

Introducing my wonderful workplace where I've been for almost (gasp!) 30 years! Follow us for research on #foodpolicy, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · Dec 5

🦋IFPRI is excited to join @bsky.app! Colleagues, partners, friends @cgiar.org and beyond - who's there? 👋 Welcome to our cloud!

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Dec 13

As #climate disasters increase in severity & frequency, there is growing concern about how emergency responses can address gender inequality. But--why not think ahead? #AnticipatoryAction can help mobilize resources before disaster strikes. Check out our blog (and discussion paper)!

International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · Dec 13

🆕 on our #Blog: Emily Myers, Katrina Kosec, @jkyle.bsky.social, @agnesq.bsky.social, Teresa Gonzales, Ana Madero, Caitlin Mittrick & Amica Rapadas on how assistance programs can catalyze improvements in #GenderEquality.

www.ifpri.org/blog/how-ant...

@cgiar.org #SDG5 #Climate #AnticipatoryAction

How anticipatory action can empower women in disaster-prone areas

How assistance programs can catalyze improvements in gender equality.

www.ifpri.org

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · Dec 13

🆕 on our #Blog: Emily Myers, Katrina Kosec, @jkyle.bsky.social, @agnesq.bsky.social, Teresa Gonzales, Ana Madero, Caitlin Mittrick & Amica Rapadas on how assistance programs can catalyze improvements in #GenderEquality.

www.ifpri.org/blog/how-ant...

@cgiar.org #SDG5 #Climate #AnticipatoryAction

How anticipatory action can empower women in disaster-prone areas

How assistance programs can catalyze improvements in gender equality.

www.ifpri.org

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Nov 18

In the Philippines, we start celebrating Christmas during the "ber" months. You will hear this song in malls on September 1!!!

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Nov 18

GAAP2 was my favorite project ever! So glad you were a part of it!

Aine Seitz McCarthy @ainesmccarthy.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thanks to partners: Enabel, Trias, SFTZ, and to support from
@agnesq.bsky.social, IFPRI, Gates Foundation.

The pdf is available to download for FREE EVERYWHERE because the wonderful @melindagates foundation covered our open access fees!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Age and Agency: Evidence from a Women’s Empowerment Program in Tanzania

Understanding the effectiveness of programs designed to empower women is important for development policy, and critically important in places with his…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Sep 10

I should remember to discuss this paper in my class, because we may have an overly rosy view of cash transfers & women's decisionmaking power.

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm following this just for Jeremy. Is he your only tortoise?

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Sep 10

I do find that papers have better grammar, though not necessarily better content. I see lots of citation padding.

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Oct 13

He's very interested in sociology and how institutions & poverty & inequality get in the way of science and innovation.

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Oct 13

Is there a group of #Pinoys and #Fil-Am academics here? Looking for community! Also, my son (college freshman) is interested in finding Fil-Am professors with whom to brainstorm. He's trying to decide between STEM and social sciences (or keeping both!)

Maraming salamat!

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Oct 3

You've just nudged me to take my vitamins ;)

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Sep 27

Enjoy! I hope you scope out the good food in the vicinity (try to go outside Poughkeepsie, which will be very, very crowded).

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Sep 27

Hi back!

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · Sep 27

Just came across this cool paper! "A Signal to End Child Marriage: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh." by Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, and Xiao Yu Wang. 2023. American Economic Review www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... #Econsky 📈📉

Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We experimentally evaluate a financial incentive to delay marriage alongside a girls' empowerment program in Bangladesh. While girls eligible for two years of incentive are 19 percent less likely to marry underage, the empowerment program failed to decrease adolescent marriage. We show that these results are consistent with a signaling model in which bride type is imperfectly observed but preferred types (socially conservative girls) have lower returns to delaying marriage. Consistent with our theoretical prediction, we observe substantial spillovers of the incentive on untreated nonpreferred types.

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