Mame Mor Anta SYLL

Chercheur en Economie

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Why irrigation infrastructure projects are key to food security and climate resilience

Abdoulaye Cisse @PrincetonDevo, Alain de Janvry @AreBerkeley, @FergJoe @NelsonInstitute, @marcogleznav, Samba Mbaye @UGBSN, Elisabeth Sadoulet & @mamemorantasyll: https://t.co/cZfg75V3Gl

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

Je propose une réforme qui permettra à tout particulier qui a une voiture en règle de faire du covoiturage moyennant un % qui ira dans un fonds pour le renouvellement chaque 10 ans du parc des transports en commun (idée brute à mûrir) #Senegal #SenegalElections @DiomayeFaye

[EGAP @EGAPTweets]

@CeSHHAR @ssrc_org The four country teams discussed the scope of study, site selection, and participant recruitment.
@FortunArty
@CeSHHAR
@cerapabidjan
@paulkawale
@mamemorantasyll
@PASGR_
@cdsamii

[EGAP @EGAPTweets]

That's a wrap. Final day of the Health Ambassadors workshop part 2. A big thank you to our incredible hosts from @CeSHHAR. @ssrc_org
#MercuryProject

[Fortunate Machingura @FortunArty]

Misinformation & disinformation is a social determinant of health, but what does it take to (re)build public trust, to deal with disinformation & build digital authenticity? @ssrc_org #MercuryProject #NobelPrizeSummit @EGAPTweets @PASGR_ @WHO @RockefellerFdn

[Fortunate Machingura @FortunArty]

“If the book has been good why has the internet been bad?” Social media is emotional, algorithms favour fighter-flight reactions & this ecosystem kills people. Invest in dispassionate algorithms to arm officials with accurate data @ssrc_org #MercuryProject #NobelPrizeSummit

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

Happy to take part with the EGAP team to this event his morning in Washington DC.

[Fortunate Machingura @FortunArty]

Honoured to attend the #NobelPrizeSummit at the National Academies of Sciences in Washington. The truth, trust &hope session brilliantly engages discussion on building interdisciplinary collaboration in science to manage misinformation & disinformation. @ssrc_org #MercuryProject

[EGAP @EGAPTweets]

On April 26, EGAP Methods & Training Co-Director @n_ichino & former Fellow @mamemorantasyll are speaking on a panel on local research partnerships for sustainable development. The panel is part of @USAID's Agency Learning & Evidence Month. Register here: https://t.co/joJfDhXKkX

[SSRC @ssrc_org]

The team includes Martin Atela, @amveyange (@PASGR_); @bricebado (CERAP); @mamemorantasyll (Universite Gaston-Berger); @cdsamii (@nyuniversity); Maarten Voors (@WUR); Horace Gninafon (@EGAPTweets)

More team members ⬇️

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

Pour renforcer la confiance aux #vaccins, nous devons aller vers les populations. Je vais coordonner au #Sénégal une recherche qui encouragera les gens à parler de leurs préoccupations sur les vaccins avec des personnes de confiance (@EGAPTweets , @UGBSN , @ssrc_org ).

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

Le projet Mercury vise à augmenter les taux de vaccination contre le #Covid_19 et à lutter contre la mésinformation et la désinformation en matière de santé publique dans 17 pays dont le Sénégal ( @UGBSN, @sambacorsar. (@PASGR_ , @EGAPTweets , @ssrc_org ).

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

https://t.co/P4W9yhP2A7

[EGAP @EGAPTweets]

The Côte d’Ivoire team will be led by @bricebado from @cerapabidjan and Yapo Félix Boa from the Université Félix Houphouët Boigny.

The Senegal team will be led by EGAP’s past global fellow, @mamemorantasyll at @UGBSN, and Samba cor Sarr from Senegal’s Ministry of Health.

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

@JPAL_Africa @esternk @fokodjo_aflagah We get aware of that quite late sometimes. Raising awareness amongst grads could make a significant difference for those who would like to pursue a researcher career.

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

@JPAL_Africa @esternk @fokodjo_aflagah Getting the chance to be involved in field research for the first time. In general, when you have not yet proved what you can provide to senior researchers, it is difficult to get their trust.

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

@JPAL_Africa @esternk @fokodjo_aflagah Language is also a barrier for French-speaking countries. Sisters and brothers from french-speaking countries need to address this challenge very soon. Most undergrad and grads in Senegal have great potential but lack language skills and (software skills also sometimes).

[J-PAL Africa @JPAL_Africa]

Question 7️⃣: What has been most challenging aspect of your research journey? @mamemorantasyll @esternk and @fokodjo_aflagah

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

@JPAL_Africa @esternk @fokodjo_aflagah To have access to good courses, when you are in Senegal and Subsaharan Africa in General, it is important to register to the newsletters or social media pages of organizations that are proposing what you need such as @JPAL_Africa; @EGAPTweets @CEGA_UC @3ieNews etc.

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

@JPAL_Africa @esternk @fokodjo_aflagah Top of my list of strategies now to be successful is to seize every chance I have to be up to date on the new research tools and approaches of analysis existing. Keep learning is important even though access to good training can be challenging!

[Mame Mor Anta SYLL @mamemorantasyll]

@JPAL_Africa @esternk Academics are not well connected to actors in the field in Senegal, especially students. I would recommend not being shy and starting e-mailing and visiting actors in the field. For me, better research ideas came from the exchange I have with them.