Econ doing a PhD in Food and Resource Economics at UBC. MA @ubcVSE, BA @UDEP/ Una mente inquieta y curiosa buscando mejorar el mundo. All opinions are my own.
💡 A look back at this year’s PacDev.
Last weekend, the Pacific Development Conference (PacDev) at @ucdavis gathered researchers and practitioners to share innovative research from across disciplines, including a keynote address from CEGA Faculty Co-Director Edward Miguel.
📉 Más de 9 millones de peruanos sobreviven con menos de 15 soles al día. ¿Avanzamos o retrocedemos? Una radiografía urgente al país que no sale en portada. Por Eliana Rubiano y @hugonopo.
No te lo pierdas: https://t.co/O1Sw30tpQ1
Aside from the general issues about Trump‘s tariff and his economic nationalism strategy, today’s actions against Canada and Mexico are inexplicable and dangerous. 1/8
Varias personas nos han preguntado sobre la presentación del Nobel James Robinson relacionada al Perú en el congreso Sechi 2024. Al respecto, junto con @mcarpio75 , quien estuvo también presente, hemos escrito esta breve nota publicada hoy en El Comercio: https://t.co/gDUM9JdISH
1) La serie “Las Abogadas”, que se estrenó ayer en TVE, acaba con la misma foto que la portada de un libro, A finales de enero.
Acompáñame en esta triste historia.
Risks and hazards are particularly relevant in El Salvador, one of the most risk-exposed countries in the world. Extreme events, such as earthquakes or floods, make the country especially vulnerable, and the people who live in it risk facing poverty.
https://t.co/QBhVxFlms7?
La economía peruana cayó un 0.55% en 2023 📉, marcando uno de sus peores resultados desde 1990 (excluyendo la pandemia), según datos del @INEI_oficial. La contracción se dió por la caída en 6 sectores de nuestra economía. #Macroeconomía
It turns out that the reason for this anomaly is—weirdly—dragonfruits.
Tiền Giang has been using huge incandescent lights and compact fluorescent lights to produce dragonfruits in the off-season.
@iiecasia even did a report on this:
https://t.co/tMQF9s5CcY is insanely powerful for creative visualization of big spatial datasets, and the rdeck #rstats package makes it very accessible to use.
Shown in the video: all 84,414 Census tracts in the United States visualized in 3D, with extruded heights corresponding to household income!
Try it out for yourselves here, it takes less code than you think: https://t.co/M3JZ2Y8YFg
X UDEP Workshop for Young Economists, Lima, Peru. Call for papers! 📊🌎 Seeking submissions from recent PhDs or PhD candidates in Economics. UDEP covers up to $800 in airfare. 🛫 Submissions due by 03/22/2024! Workshop started in 2007, biennial since 2008. #UDEPWorkshop
No es invitado, es juguero fundador. Hoy la caigua la licúa @hugonopo.
"A propósito del nuevo libro de Jaime Saavedra y las nuevas oportunidades que el país necesita."
🧃Tu dosis aquí: https://t.co/1j5fEMzwtD
We all hate switching to "Day Light Savings Time" every year.
So why do so many countries do it?
It's because of "The Great War". Time for a War Economics lesson.
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