David Evans
@daveevansphd.bsky.social
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.
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David Evans
@daveevansphd.bsky.social
· Nov 18
"Ten Findings about Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean" economia.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.... Now out in Economía (the LACEA journal)
First ten movies watched in 2026 letterboxd.com/daveevans/di...
January 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
First ten movies watched in 2026 letterboxd.com/daveevans/di...
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Aid cuts in the UK signals a move from "grants to expertise"—meaning a shift to low-cost technical assistance.
Through his work with African governments, @leecrawfurd.bsky.social shares examples of both good and bad models of technical assistance:
https://go.cgdev.org/45atSBo
Through his work with African governments, @leecrawfurd.bsky.social shares examples of both good and bad models of technical assistance:
https://go.cgdev.org/45atSBo
How to Do Technical Assistance (Well)
Declining aid budgets are changing how major donors operate. The UK’s Minister for International Development Jenny Chapman has said that UK aid will shift “from grants to expertise” and “from service ...
www.cgdev.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Aid cuts in the UK signals a move from "grants to expertise"—meaning a shift to low-cost technical assistance.
Through his work with African governments, @leecrawfurd.bsky.social shares examples of both good and bad models of technical assistance:
https://go.cgdev.org/45atSBo
Through his work with African governments, @leecrawfurd.bsky.social shares examples of both good and bad models of technical assistance:
https://go.cgdev.org/45atSBo
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The complicated impacts of maternity leave garimasharma.com/files/matben...
January 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The complicated impacts of maternity leave garimasharma.com/files/matben...
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The Weiss Fund has a great new initiative for development economists on the PhD job market to support those taking up research positions in LMICs, offering supplementary income + research funds. Please share!
Weiss Fellowship for Junior Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Weiss Fund
The Weiss Fund Fellowship provides supplementary financial support for exceptional job market PhD candidates accepting positions in Weiss Fund-eligible countries and doing work aligned with the Weiss ...
weissfund.uchicago.edu
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The Weiss Fund has a great new initiative for development economists on the PhD job market to support those taking up research positions in LMICs, offering supplementary income + research funds. Please share!
New in Global Policy from @rorytodd98.bsky.social @leecrawfurd.bsky.social @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @cgdev.org onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 15, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Go along with the crowd and read the highlighted papers that everyone else is reading... academic.oup.com/wbro
January 15, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Go along with the crowd and read the highlighted papers that everyone else is reading... academic.oup.com/wbro
Is anyone aware of a review of best practices (or just a survey of actual practices) on people for participating in a survey? Or studies of how compensation affects participation or accuracy?
(I'm interested in studies from anywhere: high-, middle-, and low-income countries.)
(I'm interested in studies from anywhere: high-, middle-, and low-income countries.)
January 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Is anyone aware of a review of best practices (or just a survey of actual practices) on people for participating in a survey? Or studies of how compensation affects participation or accuracy?
(I'm interested in studies from anywhere: high-, middle-, and low-income countries.)
(I'm interested in studies from anywhere: high-, middle-, and low-income countries.)
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January 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Here's the blog, for interested readers: www.cgdev.org/blog/us-stay...
The US Is Staying in Most International Organizations, but Slashing Support
In February last year, the White House issued an Executive Order for a State Department review of international organizations, conventions, and treaties to which the United States was a party, in orde...
www.cgdev.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Here's the blog, for interested readers: www.cgdev.org/blog/us-stay...
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Full awards here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJU...
2026 ECON5k AWARDS CEREMONY
YouTube video by Daniel Bergstresser
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Full awards here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJU...
Great to see my friend @owenozier.bsky.social capturing a prize in this year's @econ5k.bsky.social!
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Great to see my friend @owenozier.bsky.social capturing a prize in this year's @econ5k.bsky.social!
Paper submitted! #GetYourManuscriptOut
a woman from schitt 's creek says she will not take no for an answer
ALT: a woman from schitt 's creek says she will not take no for an answer
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Paper submitted! #GetYourManuscriptOut
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An entire social science paper, synthesized from nothing in one hour.
I see academic researchers very excited about this.
It seems to me catastrophic. “Flooding the zone“ will break our strained systems to distinguish between good and bad research.
I hope you’ll explain why I’m wrong. (Really)
I see academic researchers very excited about this.
It seems to me catastrophic. “Flooding the zone“ will break our strained systems to distinguish between good and bad research.
I hope you’ll explain why I’m wrong. (Really)
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
An entire social science paper, synthesized from nothing in one hour.
I see academic researchers very excited about this.
It seems to me catastrophic. “Flooding the zone“ will break our strained systems to distinguish between good and bad research.
I hope you’ll explain why I’m wrong. (Really)
I see academic researchers very excited about this.
It seems to me catastrophic. “Flooding the zone“ will break our strained systems to distinguish between good and bad research.
I hope you’ll explain why I’m wrong. (Really)
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"The huge economic and educational benefits of gaining early access to lifesaving vaccines and therapeutics make them high-return investments, despite the risk that they may not work." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m... by Crystallin & @rglenner.bsky.social (@cgdev.org)
January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"The huge economic and educational benefits of gaining early access to lifesaving vaccines and therapeutics make them high-return investments, despite the risk that they may not work." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m... by Crystallin & @rglenner.bsky.social (@cgdev.org)
A thoughtful piece on Venezuela from my colleague Dany Bahar: "After all the destruction, repression and displacement, anything less than a full transition to democracy would mean failing Venezuelans once again." thehill.com/opinion/inte...
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A thoughtful piece on Venezuela from my colleague Dany Bahar: "After all the destruction, repression and displacement, anything less than a full transition to democracy would mean failing Venezuelans once again." thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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Most read articles of 2025 in the #JournalofAfricanEconomies
1️⃣ Education in Africa: What Are We Learning?
✒️ @daveevansphd.bsky.social & Amina Mendez Acosta
Volume 30, Issue 01, January 2021 #openaccess
doi.org/10.1093/jae/...
🧐The list: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/article/most...
1️⃣ Education in Africa: What Are We Learning?
✒️ @daveevansphd.bsky.social & Amina Mendez Acosta
Volume 30, Issue 01, January 2021 #openaccess
doi.org/10.1093/jae/...
🧐The list: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/article/most...
Education in Africa: What Are We Learning?
Abstract. Countries across Africa continue to face major challenges in education. In this review, we examine 145 recent empirical studies (from 2014 onward
doi.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Most read articles of 2025 in the #JournalofAfricanEconomies
1️⃣ Education in Africa: What Are We Learning?
✒️ @daveevansphd.bsky.social & Amina Mendez Acosta
Volume 30, Issue 01, January 2021 #openaccess
doi.org/10.1093/jae/...
🧐The list: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/article/most...
1️⃣ Education in Africa: What Are We Learning?
✒️ @daveevansphd.bsky.social & Amina Mendez Acosta
Volume 30, Issue 01, January 2021 #openaccess
doi.org/10.1093/jae/...
🧐The list: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/article/most...
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There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
Medical breakthroughs in 2025
... and a happy new year.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Bullying in Italian primary schools: "Boys are more likely than girls to report both perpetrating and experiencing bullying" BUT "girls are significantly more likely to report victimization in response to an increased share of male peers."
www.iza.org/publications...
www.iza.org/publications...
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Bullying in Italian primary schools: "Boys are more likely than girls to report both perpetrating and experiencing bullying" BUT "girls are significantly more likely to report victimization in response to an increased share of male peers."
www.iza.org/publications...
www.iza.org/publications...
What do economists do?
abdouecon.github.io/research/pub...
6 career types and how to enter them, from Abdoulaye Ndiaye
abdouecon.github.io/research/pub...
6 career types and how to enter them, from Abdoulaye Ndiaye
January 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
What do economists do?
abdouecon.github.io/research/pub...
6 career types and how to enter them, from Abdoulaye Ndiaye
abdouecon.github.io/research/pub...
6 career types and how to enter them, from Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Where do we find the earliest national estimates of child poverty? www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b... UK, late 1600s.
(from David Gordon's history of child poverty measurement)
(from David Gordon's history of child poverty measurement)
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Where do we find the earliest national estimates of child poverty? www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b... UK, late 1600s.
(from David Gordon's history of child poverty measurement)
(from David Gordon's history of child poverty measurement)
Paradox of measurement www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... "This is the paradox of measurement: to make something known it must be countable, but if it has not already been translated into commensurable and quantifiable terms, it is difficult to count and may remain unnoticed and uncounted."
January 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Paradox of measurement www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... "This is the paradox of measurement: to make something known it must be countable, but if it has not already been translated into commensurable and quantifiable terms, it is difficult to count and may remain unnoticed and uncounted."
We found similar challenges in Bangladesh. openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub... "Few students (21 percent) have access to government provided online learning programs."
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We found similar challenges in Bangladesh. openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub... "Few students (21 percent) have access to government provided online learning programs."