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@daveevansphd.bsky.social

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Economist at the Center for Global Development. Formerly: Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, RAND Corporation, & my local movie theater. I mostly share about international development research plus books and movies. Views mine, not my employer's. .. more

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · Jan 15

Violence against students in schools is a major problem around the world. We have the data to show that.

But most education systems don't have the data to see if they're making progress in reducing violence, nor to pinpoint who is perpetrating violence. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 9h

I recently saw *Herod's Law*, Luis Estrada's first (of four!) satires of Mexican politics (from 1999). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod's...

This local politician retains an uninformed view of the drivers of poverty.

Good film!

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 10h

How can we make sure every child is safe at school?

Don't miss the chance to submit your research to our upcoming workshop on school-related violence prevention and response. www.cgdev.org/event/call-p... Submission deadline is coming up (Wednesday, October 15).

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 12h

For Clean, Crooked Plow, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Still Born, I listened to them once in English and once in Spanish or Portuguese, whatever the original language was.

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 12h

I recently finished my 52nd book in 2025. (I read a few but mostly listened.)

These six were my favorites.

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I jogged 5+ miles during a staff meeting while colleagues explained bold proposals to reform the global health architecture. @cgdev.org is the best!

www.cgdev.org/tags/tough-t...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 1d

www.cgdev.org/blog/cholera...

Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 1d

Blog with CGD colleagues: Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid.

Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 1d

We have a lot of studies of cash transfers on education. What do they tell us about impacts for specific vulnerable groups? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 1d

If you have children or youth who enjoy graphic novels and you want to expand their horizons, I highly recommend Marguerite Abouet's work (with different illustrators).

The Akissi stories are laugh-out-loud funny, and the Aya stories are wonderfully engaging.

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 1d

What education technology intervention would you say has had the greatest impact for good?

(I don't mean a promising, well-evaluated pilot. I mean something scaled, even if the impact evidence is weaker.)

My guess is probably Education Management Information Systems (EMIS).

Reposted by David K. Evans

Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 1d

Blog with CGD colleagues: Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid.

Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 2d

Evidence shows allowing pregnant girls to stay in school doesn’t raise teen pregnancy rates. Yet Catholic schools in the Congo have imposed a ban—threatening girls’ education & futures, warn @daveevansphd.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/3Kq77lm

Catholic Schools in the Congo Ban Pregnant Girls

Almost everywhere, girls who get pregnant in school are allowed to finish their education. Only five countries still have explicit bans or restrictions: Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Kuwait, a...

www.cgdev.org

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 2d

How big are the returns to early investments in literacy and numeracy?📚

📅 During the #AnnualMeetings, join us
for a timely discussion on the economic and policy case for prioritizing foundational skills.

RSVP to join us in person or online:
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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 2d

PS While I read the book as a kid, this time I listened to an audiobook version narrated by actor Justin Long. He was great!

a man is making a thank you cameo gesture while standing in front of a window .

ALT: a man is making a thank you cameo gesture while standing in front of a window .

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 2d

I loved Judy Blume's writing when I was an adolescent. She captured the complexity of that time of life fabulously. I revisited her book about a 13-year-old boy hitting puberty, *Then Again, Maybe I Won't* & had forgotten how hard it hits on class issues. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then_Ag...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 2d

Famously, one of the characteristics of Singapore's initial teacher education is high selectivity: only the best are admitted!

documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...

Bahrain sought to adapt Singapore's model and in 2024 had 7,000 applicants for just 330 spots in its national teacher college.

Reposted by Todd Pugatch

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 3d

Is there a tool to assess risk of bias that economists commonly use or like?

Most tools I've seen seem to be built around medical studies (whether experimental or quasi-experimental). Some elements seem relevant but many others less so.

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 3d

In my time in the social sector of @the_IDB, I was consistently impressed with the research and analysis produced by operational teams to highlight key issues and inform decisions by country clients.

Check out their research: publications.iadb.org/en?f%5B0%5D=...

Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 3d

From new ODI multilateral bank client survey.

IADB Research Department: take a bow.

media.odi.org/documents/Ar...

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 3d

My feelings exactly

Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 4d

If it doesn’t survive the washing machine or the dish washer, maybe it was never meant to be part of your household in the first place.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 7d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

Reposted by David K. Evans

Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 3d

From new ODI multilateral bank client survey.

IADB Research Department: take a bow.

media.odi.org/documents/Ar...

Reposted by David K. Evans

Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 4d

If it doesn’t survive the washing machine or the dish washer, maybe it was never meant to be part of your household in the first place.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 7d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Reposted by Diane Coyle, David K. Evans, Georg Weizsäcker

Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 5d

Does anyone have slides that lend themselves for undergraduate teaching, which go step by step through a behavioral lab experiment, and would be willing to share them with me?

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 7d

One of Ceará's (Brazil) big innovations was creating sizeable incentives for mayors to boost learning *together* with informed technical support for how to do that. openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 7d

In Pakistan, providing a technological tool to teachers but framing its use as optional delivered bigger impacts than either an analog tool or a mandatory tool. tahir-andrabi.sites.pomona.edu/wp-content/u...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 7d

PSA: The Chatham House Rule *doesn't* mean the things are to be kept in confidence, but rather than they are to remain unattributed. www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/cha...

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 7d

How did Brazil's state of Ceará achieve massive learning gains? documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/2...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 7d

In Chile, "a robust...relationship between pre-college academic achievement and several short and long run measures of teacher productivity." humcap.uchicago.edu/RePEc/hka/wp...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 7d

How to get high performing students into teacher college christopherneilson.github.io/work/better-... Evidence from Chile

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 8d

La foto proviene de la película Le ley de Heródes de 1999, dirigida por Luis Estrada. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_ley_...

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 8d

Este alcalde tiene razón, pero esperen a ver el presupuesto local.

¡La financiación de la educación es importante!

Pero ¿cómo utilizar estos recursos eficazmente? El BID ofrece ejemplos concretos en su nuevo informe: «Gasto inteligente en educación...» publications.iadb.org/es/gasto-int...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 8d

I've really valued and learned from @drodrik.bsky.social's thinking in the past. Excited for this one! Audiobook book out on November 4!

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 9d

Kirkus Reviews praises @drodrik.bsky.social’s Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: “A thoughtful consideration of how to promote democracy, sustainability, and prosperity in a world riven by dislocation . . . A closely reasoned—and pragmatic—call for remaking the world’s economy.” buff.ly/rN9RmbE

SHARED PROSPERITY IN A FRACTURED WORLD | Kirkus Reviews

A thoughtful consideration of how to promote democracy, sustainability, and prosperity in a world riven by dislocation and conflict.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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