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In the latest #VoxDevLit on #microfinance and accompanying #VoxDevTalk, ODID’s @MuhammadMeki and fellow Senior Editors Jing Cai and Simon Quinn review the state of knowledge on microfinance.
What have we learned about microfinance?
#VoxDevLit Issue 3 summarises the latest research w/ Jing Cai @MuhammadMeki @simonrquinn Erica Field @JMorduch @_farahsaid @cynthia_kinnan & @jondequidt: https://t.co/y5XZbNvQh4
Podcast that covers this review: https://t.co/9QxtXoyzms
In a recent #VoxDevTalk interview, @AllanHsiao unpacks his research on the impact of democracy on investment misallocation in healthcare infrastructure. Tune in for more: https://t.co/LtgR0JuegR
🚨New on #VoxDevTalk!
Do meritocratic promotions increase worker productivity in the public sector? @DeserrannoErika shares key takeaways from research with IDinsight’s @PKastrau and @Gianmarco_LeonC based on a field experiment in Sierra Leone. https://t.co/hELmmb8I6T
Listen: Our newest faculty member @AllanHsiao joins #VoxDevTalk to discuss his research on democratization and healthcare infrastructure investment in Indonesia. Stream the episode here: https://t.co/LtgR0JuegR
Do meritocratic promotions increase worker productivity?
In this #VoxDevTalk, @DeserrannoErika @NUEconomics outlines the key takeaways from research w/ @PKastrau @IDinsight & @Gianmarco_LeonC @econ_empresaUPF, based on a field experiment in Sierra Leone: https://t.co/QNOn97tDTE
How does privatisation impact workers? Evidence from Brazil
This week #VoxDevTalk, David Arnold @UCSDEcon joined @timsvengali to discuss evidence on the impacts of privatisation on workers, by studying #Brazil’s 1990s privatisation program.
Listen here: https://t.co/YXSZaS1oKB
How does privatisation impact workers? Evidence from Brazil
On today's #VoxDevTalk, David Arnold @UCSDEcon
joins @timsvengali to discuss his work which provides evidence on the impacts of privatisation on workers, by studying #Brazil’s 1990s privatisation program.
Link below:
The impact of privatisation https://t.co/YXSZaS0QV3 via @Audioboom
Resource constraints due to climate change are increasing conflicts between herders and farmers trying to make a living.
@dominic_rohner @heclausanne discusses work w/ @UlrichJEberle @CrisisGroup & Mathias Thoenig in this #VoxDevTalk: https://t.co/GP7yaUNNEV
Anticipatory cash transfers in climate disaster response ➡️ https://t.co/rHiGHSdv3r.
In this #VoxDevTalk, @ashley_pople @UNOCHA, @ruthvargashill @WorldBank discuss their work, w/ Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev & Ben Brunckhorst, evaluating the effectiveness of this policy.
On days with extreme pollution, the average worker in Mexico City experiences a 7.5% fall in working hours.
In this #VoxDevTalk, Bridget Hoffmann @the_IDB and @juanpablorud @RHULECON @TheIFS join @timsvengali to discuss their new work, listen here: https://t.co/L7CKh9H5MY
WEBINAR on International Trade & Development
TOMORROW 11AM-12:15PM ET
Join @akhandelwal8 of EGC @JacksonYale @YaleEconomics, David Atkin (@MIT/@MITEcon) discussing & #VoxDevTalk editors in a @vox_dev @cepr_org event.
Register:
https://t.co/u9uJKGlN6i
WEBINAR on International Trade & Development.
11AM-12:15PM ET, Thu Oct 27.
Join @akhandelwal8 of EGC @JacksonYale @YaleEconomics, David Atkin (@MIT/@MITEcon) discussing & #VoxDevTalk editors in a @vox_dev @cepr_org event.
https://t.co/u9uJKG4bHI
WEBINAR on International Trade & Development.
11AM-12:15PM ET, Thu Oct 27.
Join @akhandelwal8 of EGC @JacksonYale @YaleEconomics, David Atkin (@MIT/@MITEcon) discussing & #VoxDevTalk editors in a @Voxdev @cepr_org event.
Register: https://t.co/u9uJKG4bHI
What are the labor market effect of providing seasonal loans to low-income households during “hungry season”?
🎙️ Listen to this #VoxDevTalk where @guenther_fink and Kelsey Jack (@emLabUCSB) talk about an experiment in rural Zambia:
https://t.co/je70hr0NIr
In this #VoxDevTalk, Anupama Dathan @JPAL discusses how evidence from 13 low- and middle-income countries shows that conditional cash transfers improve #child #health outcomes in the short term and can improve #education outcomes in the longer term: https://t.co/b1bCB5pK2D
Jeannie Annan and @caitlin_tulloch sat down with @timsvengali in a recent #VoxDevTalk to discuss how @RESCUEOrg thinks about designing, testing, and implementing interventions that achieve large-scale, cost-effective impact. https://t.co/RkqFqnnl0B
In a new @vox_dev #VoxDevTalk, affiliated prof. @paul_gertler, Rosangela Bando of @the_IDB, and @SFGaliani discuss their research showing that a non-contributory pension scheme in #Paraguay substantially improved consumption and wellbeing.
https://t.co/okF6XTEtNG
🎙️ In this #VoxDevTalk, @Ben_Olken discusses his recent work with Clare Balboni & Robin Burgess, that finds firms overuse fires if risks are not internalised & greater sanctions could significantly reduce #forestfire spread.
Listen now ➡️
@MIT @The_IGC https://t.co/ddZSIHqLOy
How do poor #mentalhealth and #poverty interact? How can we ensure access to mental #health services? In this #VoxDevTalk, Vikram Patel @harvardmed notes how poor mental health can cause poverty, something often overlooked by policymakers: https://t.co/xi1YpZg65F
How do poor #mentalhealth and #poverty interact? How can we ensure access to mental #health services? In this #VoxDevTalk, Vikram Patel @harvardmed notes how poor mental health can cause poverty, something often overlooked by policymakers: https://t.co/YpmYrs3nmX
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