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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 21d

Great blog post by @kbeegle.bsky.social about a brand new #Africa_GIL working paper: “Mitigating the Impact of Household Expropriation on Female Entrepreneurship: Experimental Evidence from Ghana” blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Grants to women-owned businesses

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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join me for this side event at #AFSF2025 in Dakar on young women & entrepreneurship
powering Africa’s food systems. All about sharing evidence, models and momentum gained.
Curated by #AGRA_Value4Her and #WorldBank_AfricaGIL.
#AFSF2025 #WomenInAgriFood

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hey now, Don't dream it's over - we salute @berkozler12.bsky.social on his last day and the World Bank and highlight a few of his many contributions to the Development Impact blog over the last 14 years blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Hey now, Don’t Dream It’s Over Berk

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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · Jun 6

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« Les femmes sont sous-représentées dans la recherche économique »

TRIBUNE. L’écart de genre dans le secteur se creuse au fur et à mesure que la carrière avance. Pour y remédier, des comités essaient, dans le monde entier, d’accompagner les femmes dans leur parcours,...

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · May 27

How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? I summarize our recent Science paper, &draw out lessons from where we need nuance (not all high-skilled is the same, & most studies lump together), what we don't know (especially how to do better policy) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? A new review highlights what we’ve learned and what we still don’t know

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · May 19

Six questions with Kelsey Jack: we discuss how to get utilities to share their administrative data with you, whether work on climate economics focuses too much on the individual, the laugh test with your results, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Six Questions with Kelsey Jack

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Apr 15

Goldlilocks state capacity, why we can't get good stuff done. My blog today draws together some lessons from @karthik-econ.bsky.social 's book, @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social 's Abundance, and @noamangrist.bsky.social & @economeager.bsky.social 's work on ITT vs TOT.
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How matters as much as What: Why policy doesn’t get enough good things done and Goldilocks state capacity

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Apr 10

This week's links are up a day early - including @owenozier.bsky.social & co on software usage, me on the backstory podcast, funding for research on women-led businesses in LAC, several studies of unanticipated consequences of policies, and more ... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Weekly links April 10: trends in software use, unexpected consequences of policies, problem selection in research, and more…

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Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · Apr 1

A text-message outreach campaign in Côte d’Ivoire had no impact on enrollment in a youth employment programme

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Mar 25

📽️Watch #OxCSAE2025 Closing Panel live at 16:30 GMT today

Evidence-based Policy: Towards an Improved Research-policy Equilibrium in Africa

@scepticalranil.bsky.social, Miriam Laker, Justice Tei Mensah, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, @olihanney.bsky.social

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csae conference 2025 closing panel graphic with photographs of Ranil Dissanayake, Miriam Laker, Justice Tei Mensah, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, and Oliver Hanney

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Mar 24

📽️Watch the CSAE Conference 2025 Keynote live at 11:30 GMT today!

Nobel Prize winner James Robinson will present 'Wealth in People' at #OxCSAE2025 with @gamblingondev.bsky.social as moderator.

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CSAE Conference 2025 keynote graphic with photo of James Robinson

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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · Mar 23

Outreach strategies of TVET programs should account for the fact that social networks matter a lot in youth enrollment decisions, and that trust in the program is a key determinant. #AfricaGIL #WorldBank

Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · Mar 23

Excited to be back at #OxCSAE2025 to present results from a take-up experiment in Côte d’Ivoire with @daveevansphd.bsky.social @claradelav.bsky.social Jeannie Annan, Estelle Koussoubé and Josephine Tassy

CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Mar 22

Join in with the CSAE Conference 2025 with us here on BlueSky!

Presenting a paper? Amazed by the research? Looking forward to the keynote? Mention us & #OxCSAE2025

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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · Mar 20

I promise I will consider this when drafting my next household survey questionnaire @kbeegle.bsky.social

David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Mar 19

On the blog today, @kbeegle.bsky.social on why it is time to stop asking "who is the household head?" in surveys in developing countries. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

It is time to stop asking who is the household head

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Mar 14

This week's links include interviews with Nathan Nunn & Megan Lang, whether college grads are hurt or helped by taking low-skilled jobs while they wait for work, reducing attrition in a panel, when AI is the non-data-hungry solution, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Weekly links March 14: an overview of research on refugees, the grad school vs professor working day, AI vs online search for teachers in Sierra Leone, and more…

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Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · Mar 10

Looking forward to being part of this UN CSW panel bringing together governments, researchers, and civil society on how social protection can advance gender equality across a woman’s life course
This Thursday... Join us!
#AfricaGIL #EconSky
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · Mar 3

Check out the long-term impact of the Personal Initiative Training program in Togo, in this latest blog by @dmckenzie.bsky.social #worldbank #AfricaGIL

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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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Feb 28

Today's links include the role of multinationals in development, if you are publishing anything you're doing well, bluesky research is important, the economics of conflict and fragile settings, why do we care about your association, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Weekly links February 28: basic science is valuable, learn about the economics of conflict settings, FDI, does your advisor matter, and more….

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Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · Feb 14

More details in our working paper just out, co-authored with Jeannie Annan, @daveevansphd.bsky.social, Estelle Koussoube, @lea-rouanet.bsky.social and Josephine Tassy

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Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · Feb 14

Does free sound too cheap? Here's new evidence on something that did not work to get young people enrolled in vocational training programs in Côte d’Ivoire: sending text messages highlighting that the program is free...
#AfricaGIL #EconSky

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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · Feb 7

Around the world, UNICEF-trained social workers stand up for vulnerable girls who are in danger of being subjected to female genital mutilation.

Progress is being made in the fight to #EndFGM. A look at how we can break the cycle of violence:

5 Things You Should Know About FGM

Over 230 million girls and women worldwide are living with the pain and trauma of female genital mutilation. Most girls are harmed before the age of 15. FGM ...

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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · Feb 7

An important #AfricaGIL IE on IPV prevention in Rwanda is out, and @kbeegle.bsky.social wrote a great blog about it!

Kathleen Beegle @kbeegle.bsky.social · Feb 6

Read up on work that finds significant backlash from couple intervention to reduce IPV… scaling up and spillovers matter!

Yikes! Backlash from an IPV intervention

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Feb 4

#Gender gaps remain on journal editorial boards, especially in #finance & economics. In finance, women make up 20% of editors on average. Affiliations are mainly in the UK and US, mirroring academic hierarchies.
Będowska-Sójka, @alessia-paccagnini.bsky.social et al.
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Journal editors influence scientific knowledge and research dissemination. But despite work to resolve inequalities and encourage diversity, gender gaps remain on journal editorial boards, especially in finance and economics. This column examines diversity and inclusion on academic editorial boards, focusing on finance journals. Women make up 20% of editors on average, with substantial variance across countries. Editorial affiliations are mainly in the UK and US, mirroring academic hierarchies. Men outweigh women in substructures with central editors or several boards, highlighting the gender disparity in the field.

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Climent Quintana-Domeque @climent.bsky.social · Jan 27

Post by @berkozler12.bsky.social "Mean Reversion in RCTs" on a very interesting paper by @marcellaalsan.bsky.social @johncawley.bsky.social Joseph J. Doyle Jr. & Nicholas Skelley.

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#MeanReversion #RCTs #heterogeneity #targeting

Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting…

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Jan 24

This week's links include the problems with the use of the terms developing country and Global South, how Vietnam escaped the pollution haven problem when trade rose, what happens to kids in Uganda 3 years after getting pre-school, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Weekly links January 24: averting pollution havens with clean energy, Global South is a silly term, production subsidies, Indian governance, and more…

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