Aisha Ali

Tweets my own. Many things but always learning. alum: Global Education @CGDev, @JPAL, @Mineducacion/@atlascorps, & @UCSDEcon

[Aisha Ali @aishadanali]

long shot: anyone have leads on formal language programs or very well organized tutoring in certain East African languages (specifically Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo, Swahili, Somali, Kinyarwanda, Kikuyu, Dholuo, and Sudanese Arabic)?

Could be online or within the DMV/DC area!

[Asjad Naqvi @AsjadNaqvi]

Stata's schemepack is updated with four new schemes:

https://t.co/Ef8pAWHY44

The main one is cblind1, a colorblind-friendly scheme. And three new ones tab1, tab2, tab3 which are also easy on the eyes especially when using categorical variables. Several bug fixes as well.

[Susannah Hares @susannahhares]

Make Schools Cool

Last week Europe baked. As temperatures rise, education policymakers need to react to keep kids safe in school. In this @CGDev blog @mouna_akelbulan & I review the evidence & suggest some options to mitigate the effects of extreme heat

https://t.co/VcHBRpWdGY

[Susannah Hares @susannahhares]

Great to see this important research on private schools in Kenya by @APHRC & @CGDev shared with partners in Nairobi today.

Excellent work by @aishadanali, Olivier Habimana, @DrJohnMuchira, @mngware and @ritaperakis

[Nelson A. Ruiz @nelson_ruizg]

RA Job: @saadgulzar and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project on the effects of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on political candidacy and donating to political campaings in Colombia. (Please retweet)

[Arthur Baker @AW_Baker]

📢 This week we are launching the Development Innovation Lab at UChicago (@DIL_UChi) with a week of excellent events.

https://t.co/4TdIzAFdKP

[Elaine Liu @ElaineLiuEcon]

#econtwitter Would like to compile a list of summer internship opportunities for econ PhD students. Let me start here: Microsoft, Amazon, various regional Fed. Please reply to expand the list! Thanks.

[Eva Grant @evatgrant]

If the administration lives up to this promise, it will add $3.42 billion to the US economy in 5 years, according to @m_clem new research.

And it's also the right thing to do.

https://t.co/FIzO4Z5I7s h/t @CGDev

[Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo @CKyobutungi]

This is one of those #PinchMe moments in life.
I cannot even begin to explain what this means for the Center.
Truly grateful for every single person that has made this possible. It's taken a village of staff, funders, partners, alumni to get #APHRC to what it is today.

[Vijayendra Rao @bijurao]

RA position with @siddyg88 @sharanidli and me working on decentralization projects with primary survey data, text data, satellite data, and massive admin data.Send CV to: [email protected] Details here: https://t.co/DGYkGlbdKe @econ_ra

[Verso Books @VersoBooks]

Happy Birthday to Walter Rodney, who would have been 80 years old today. He was one of the 20th century's most significant Marxists, a political border-crosser who helped translate between distinct struggles, and a militant organizer who always spoke in 'the idiom of his people.'

[John Walker @jwalker_econ]

Is crop diversification a useful tool for improving nutrition outcomes? Using IVs, Wondimagegn Tesfaye finds that diversification increases diet diversity/quality and child growth in Ethiopia. These effects are larger in areas with limited market access.

#OxCSAE2022 @Oxford_CSAE

[Nanjala Nyabola @Nanjala1]

You can read more about Oxfam's work to keep hawalas running here (there's obviously lots more material out there but this press release covers the issue broadly).
https://t.co/sVoZ8KlYjB

[Nanjala Nyabola @Nanjala1]

Somali people invented a system of money transfer (hawala) in part to evade the punitive fees Western Union levies in African countries. They are the major way of sending money in war affected societies - like Somalia. Western governments have repeatedly tried to shut them down.

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

It’s been more than 2 years since schools began shutting down due to COVID! In a new review, @LHMosco and I look at actual estimates (not projections) of learning loss and/or dropout rates from 27 countries.

Paper https://t.co/mA4aFnhOQY

Blog https://t.co/XXyD0i4jTq

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[kemi @kemimarie]

everyone experiences their disease differently but many of us get flare ups where inflammation is at it’s height. it’s like an itch you can’t scratch. it’s not like a cut or even a broken bone. the pain isn’t surface level. it can be on and off or persistent & continuous.

[kemi @kemimarie]

-raynauds
-neurological struggles
-anxiety & overactive nervous system
-fatigue
-numbness/tingling in hands

chronic inflammation in your body feels more subtle and many times aching pain. if it’s stomach then it’s felt more intensely. joint pain is really a common marker tho.

[kemi @kemimarie]

some general symptoms
-joint stiffness/pain/swelling, especially when waking up.
-serious sensitivity to temperature, especially cold weather (will explain further down)
-persistent dry eyes, mouth, genitals
-digestive issues/sensitive stomach

[kemi @kemimarie]

autoimmune diseases target women the most as they make up 75% of the cases. autoimmune diseases are also one of the top k*llers amongst young women. yet under 20% of ppl know about these diseases. some consider it a silent epidemic. in general, they aren’t curable but manageable.

[kemi @kemimarie]

an autoimmune disease is when the body’s immune system attacks healthy cells, essentially attacks itself. autoimmune diseases often go unnoticed and are “invisible.” many doctors don’t test for them unless asked but imo, many ppl live with these diseases without knowing.