Renos Vakis

Making sense of human behavior with magic, economics, common sense and hugs

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

#agora2025 starts. Standing room only…strengthening research, policy and private sector co-creation of solutions for growth in Africa

[World Bank Group Publications @WBGPubs]

No more CTRL+F through long PDFs. Our new research tool, AVA, answers your questions with insights from @WorldBank reports, in your language, with citations. Learn more and start exploring: https://t.co/QRYVT4hf67 #Ideas4Impact

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

A useful new AI tool from the @WorldBank's Institute for Economic Development. If you're looking for a quick way to soak up the latest insights from our research, this is it.

[ammb @ammboud]

Information? Norms? Money? Trying to get men to share parental leave in Uruguay. @ailintomio @p_p_ @rvakis @zeina_afif #embed @WBG_Poverty

https://t.co/Rv6NQgrKBQ

[David Malpass @DavidRMalpass]

Interesting piece on @WBG_Education programs — foundational learning & a growth mindset are vital.

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

Want to intern with us? We are hiring #wb_eMBeD Summer Interns 2023 https://t.co/gxG6Gn5Xi6

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

@RIDGE_uy Join us!

[RIDGE @RIDGE_uy]

2022 RIDGE MAY FORUM

You are invited to participate in the upcoming

LACEA BRAIN Workshop

🗓️May 17-18

Check the program here:
https://t.co/J9EU5pKtRr

Join the meeting:
https://t.co/vj661odgiH

[The Economic Journal @EJ_RES]

Recently accepted at EJ: "Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can productive safety nets help households manage climatic variability?" by Karen Macours, Patrick Premand @PatrickPremand & Renos Vakis @rvakis @PSEinfo https://t.co/Pgtz4ar3Nt

[The Economic Journal @EJ_RES]

Combining cash transfers with vocational training or a productive grant protects households against droughts, by facilitating income diversification and migration, smoothing consumption and income.

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

A year later, some reflection of our efforts

Vaccine hesitancy: 10 lessons from chatbotting about COVID-19 in 17 countries https://t.co/JVuH6yJuVO via @worldbank

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

Our short piece on applying behavioral science policy makers is finally out!

Mirror, mirror on the wall: Applying a behavioral science lens to decision-making https://t.co/P5lOBRISRw via @worldbank

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

Share to your networks. Looking forward to your submissions.

Lets BRAIN!

[RIDGE @RIDGE_uy]

CALL FOR PAPERS
XIII RIDGE FORUM
LACEA BRAIN
(Behavioral Insights Network)

Date: September 27, 28 and 29, 2021

To view the Call for Papers, visit:
https://t.co/XAgkRerJ2L

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

Join us tomorrow!

[Florencia Lopez Boo @florlopezboo]

Very happy to announce the fantastic *virtual* program for the 2nd. ⁦@the_IDB @RIDGE_uy⁩ ⁦@voxlacea⁩ Behavioral Economics' conference of LACEA BRAIN on Dec 8 & 9. Keynote by @paul_gertler. If interested, register 👉 https://t.co/s8Xtag8nE1 @BIDgente @IDB_Research

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

On this World Mental Health day, 5 coping tips from Yale’s Laurie Santos: exercise, sleep, gratitude, socialize, acknowledge your emotions https://t.co/LQfp3iYF7D

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

Fresh off the press

[World Bank Poverty @WBG_Poverty]

Organizations around the world are using #data + #behavioral science to create impact. Excited to feature @OECD, @UNICEF, @USAID, @SLRCtweet, @impacteval, @WHO, @UNmigration, @UN_Women and others in a new report from #embed_wb. https://t.co/AToUjccDYZ

[World Bank Poverty @WBG_Poverty]

The power of a Growth Mindset on national TV! @MineduPeru adapts work done with @WBG_Education, @GRADEPeru, @ClassDojo and #embed_WB to bring remote learning content for all 12 and 13-year-olds in Peru https://t.co/9SmkZ0YJtI

[Renos Vakis @rvakis]

@DaveEvansPhD @alan_sanchezj @DaveEvansPhD tx! better than paper summary 😊 growth mindset interventions not panacea...but indeed for toolkit! Much more left to learn!

[Isy Faingold @isyfaingold]

Attention Philippines (@DepEd_PH ): only one third of Philippines students think that their intelligence can change much. The graph below shows a strong correlation between growth mindset and average reading performance
#PISA2018
@unicefphils
@rvakis