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Marijo Silva-Vargas @marijosilva.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Reclaiming Narratives: Why I Photograph Stories of Social Change and Research in International Development

Photographing stories of social issues, the research surrounding them, and their impact in international development has always been, for me, an act of change, and perhaps even of resistance. I got my...

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Marijo Silva-Vargas @marijosilva.bsky.social · Jul 2

Photographing stories in research & development has always been, for me, an act of change & resistance.

In the first edition of Reframe Development, I share reflections incl. the #WorldBank development impact photo & a Bolivian girl charging 2 bs for photo consent. Link below! /1

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NPR @npr.org · May 28

A Peruvian farmer has lost a landmark climate case against German energy giant RWE. Saul Luciano Lliuya had argued the company should help fund flood defenses near his Andean home, citing its role in global warming.

Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant

A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company's emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Apr 1

🆕 Development Dialogues: Are vocational training programmes effective? 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks, Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Stefano Caria (University of Warwick) & Munshi Sulaiman (BIGD) examine the real impact of vocational training programmes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

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Marijo Silva-Vargas @marijosilva.bsky.social · Mar 4

How can RCTs help development organizations make better decisions? With @liser.lu and @j-paleurope.bsky.social , we tried to break it down in just 4 minutes

Plus, we walk through a real-world example: a vocational skills training program 🛠️🎓

Check it out 👇
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Impact Evaluation Essential: A Closer Look at Randomised Controlled Trials

YouTube video by Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Mar 3

In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Personal initiative training continues to yield positive benefits after 7 years, but impacts vary with gender

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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · Feb 6

On American aid cuts/disruptions: www.africanistperspective.com/p/american-a...

On American aid cuts/disruptions

When the music stops, those who’ve outsourced their ambitions get exposed

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J-PAL Europe @j-paleurope.bsky.social · Feb 5

📸 We are proud that one of the pictures from our photo documentary project, Yhdessä (Together), was selected for a Foto Futuro Lab online exhibition: www.fotofuturolab.com/visions-of-2...

Check out the full project here:
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Feb 3

While Bolivia has huge lithium resources, it has produced very little so far.

This data comes from the United States Geological Survey.

(This Daily Data Insight was written by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and @pablorosado.com.)

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Feb 3

The world’s lithium is mined in just a handful of countries

Bar chart showing the global lithium production by country in 2023. Australia leads with 48% of global production, followed by Chile at 24% and China at 18%. Argentina contributes 5.3%, Brazil 2.7%, Zimbabwe 1.9%, Canada 1.9%, and Portugal 0.21%. The chart highlights that Australia, China, and the "lithium triangle" (Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia) dominate lithium production.

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Marijo Silva-Vargas @marijosilva.bsky.social · Jan 30

Interestingly, this study finds that regulating child labor doesn't improve conditions and reduces jobs. One key takeaway: 'Neither policy approach (bans or regulation) directly addresses poverty—often considered the root cause of child labor.'

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Fabiola Alba-Vivar @falbav.bsky.social · Jan 29

Sharing the latest article on @voxdev.bsky.social by my brilliant colleague and mentor at @wfueconomics.bsky.social & @wakeforest.bsky.social Leah Lakdwala. Check it out! 📚🔥

VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Jan 29

🆕 Reducing child labour: Lessons from Bolivia’s legalisation experiment

Today on VoxDev, Leah Lakdawala and Diana Martinez Heredia explore the impacts of a Bolivian law that legalised and regulated the work of young children: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

Reducing child labour: Lessons from Bolivia’s legalisation experiment

A unique Bolivian law that legalised and regulated the work of young children led to unexpected declines in child employment without improving working conditions.

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Marijo Silva-Vargas @marijosilva.bsky.social · Dec 3

My first post is a shot that combines some of my obsessions: dogs, working in cool places like Egypt, and shooting with a Rolleiflex from the ’50s - which always makes me feel like an old-fashioned explorer (though I keep burning shots in the airport scanners!!!) #film #photography

A black and white film photograph at Giza pyramids. A dog in the first scene, rests in front of one of the pyramids

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Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social · Dec 3

A paper in which we learn that pollution is about twice as bad for the economy as we previously thought, once you account for skilled workers' differentially larger emigration responses to avoid escalating pollution.
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How does pollution affect the migration and productivity of workers in China?

EGC affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak and coauthors study the migration response to pollution in Chinese cities, identifying the unequal productivity and welfare consequences for skilled and unskilled workers...

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Esteban Ortiz-Ospina @eortizospina.bsky.social · Nov 29

Estamos experimentando con publicar algunas gráficas de OWID en español.

Por ahora iniciamos con esta cuenta de instagram: www.instagram.com/ourworldinda...

La gráfica de hoy: distancia de ingresos entre el 10% más rico y el 10% más pobre (después de impuestos)

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · Nov 28

My new, very brief article is about economic growth — highlighting nine countries in Africa where incomes have more than doubled since 1990.

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Marijo Silva-Vargas @marijosilva.bsky.social · Nov 28

Happy to be added!

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