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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence. ​

This is what competitive authoritarianism looks like www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

University presidents should be shouting about how Trump is shutting down the research that benefits *all* Americans, whether Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, better road materials, safer cars, more efficient air conditioning, etc etc.

Again, another day has gone by & the presidents of major research universities are deafeningly silent in the face of existential threats because of the potential end of federal funding. It's like watching the failure to stand up to Scott Walker & the Wisconsin GOP for a decade, on a national scale.

"If Trump, Musk and their allies... succeed, then the question of American politics won’t be if they’ll win the next election, but whether the Constitution as we know it is still in effect" - @jamellebouie.net understand the stakes www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

This is what a transition from democracy to electoral authoritarianism looks like. This is not hyperbole. This is regime change.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

If Musk is allowed to just shut down agencies we are -- in effect -- an electoral autocracy.

We elected Congress, and if Congress' law is invalidated by an unelected plutocrat, there is no popular sovereignty/supremacy

muse.jhu.edu/article/17201

The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...

🌍 I'm recruiting for a new (senior) associate on my Research, Education & Training team at J-PAL Global at MIT. Exciting opportunities to contribute at intersection of research & policy, training on generating & using RCT evidence for international development. Learn more & apply: lnkd.in/e_7XdRrU

For too long, #behavioralscience has drawn insights from a narrow pool, leaving out voices from the Global South. I'm super excited to reveal the Missing Majority Dashboard, which
@psforscher.bsky.social and I developed to shine light on this critical gap and track representation in key journals.

The SEAREG pre-dissertation fellowship was also super helpful for preliminary research that informed my prospectus. Strongly encourage Southeast Asia-focused grad students to apply!

J-PAL is partnering with PacDev to cover travel & attendance costs for LMIC-based PIs of accepted papers. All accepted, LMIC-based researchers will be automatically considered for travel/conference funding. Apply here: cega.submittable.com/submit/27734...