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Sam Jones
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Development economist. UNU-WIDER Research Fellow based at Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mozambique. On leave from Uni. of Copenhagen.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Jun 25
The witches’ broom disease in Brazil decimated cocoa plantations, resulting in disrupted livelihoods, altered labour contracts, and reduced educational and earnings outcomes in the long term 🌱

Read today's article to learn more:
Long-run consequences of witches’ broom outbreak on education and earnings
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 11
My final mini-🧵 of recaps about the UNU-WIDER conference, including a panel in which I participated about the welfare and livelihoods of IDPs @unu-wider.bsky.social @unu_wider
An amazing conference - many thanks to the organizers!
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 9
@esamjones presented evidence that institutional preconditions for anticipatory cash transfer programs in Mozambique may be limited; current social protection programs achieve adequate coverage of eligible but characterized by late + incomplete payments
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The Agency Fund @theagencyfund.bsky.social · May 28
As we invest more in AI, we’re seeing new opportunities and new questions about how to evaluate AI products effectively. We recently shared a 4-level framework for this: tinyurl.com/29k6yu2a

Join us on June 12 to discuss it with @hanshengchia.bsky.social @samicart.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social
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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · May 14
🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨

What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?

We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.

Two main contributions...

🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc
good_description/good_description_ddk_agb.pdf at main · ddekadt/good_description
Homepage of "Good Description" by Daniel de Kadt & Anna Grzymala-Busse - ddekadt/good_description
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Gonçalo Pina @alvespina.bsky.social · May 10
This is a great article in the latest issue of the JEP for anyone teaching panel methods (any level). Love this history of economic terms and ideas feature. #Econsky

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · Oct 8
Five million documents from the Dutch East India Company will be searchable starting on Wednesday, with an improved version of the database expected next year #archives
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Millions of archived VOC documents now searchable online, including slavery records
From Wednesday, five million scanned documents from the archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) will be digitally searchable at the click of a button thanks to a text recognition project by the...
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