Thom Jayne

[Hambulo Ngoma @HambuloN]

How to acquire wisdom #ThinkAgain

[Jeffrey Wooldridge @jmwooldridge]

I didn't know my Poisson post would generate so much interest. It's an illustration of how we need to do a better job of distinguishing a model from an estimation method. Please correct your students early on when they use phrases such as "OLS Model." There's no such thing.

[S Anukriti @s_anukriti]

Flagging the paid 8-month long McNamara Fellowship program at WB for current Ph.D. or recent MA students interested in dev econ. Applications open during March 1 – April 30. Great opportunity to work with DECRG/DIME researchers! #econtwitter https://t.co/kFChagJH5g

[Catherine D. Tan @Catherineoscopy]

Instead of “et al” a student wrote in her paper “[author] and friends,” which is adorable...

And perhaps “et amicis” is what we should all strive for in a healthy research collaboration.

#SocTwitter #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

GDP per person, 1950-2016 (adjusted for price changes):

- 9 countries saw a reduction
- 9 countries saw over 15-fold increase

- DR Congo: fell by half
- World: grew 4.4-fold
- Botswana, Panana, Portugal: 9-fold
- China: 16-fold
- Taiwan, SKorea: >30-fold
https://t.co/PxlDuFyoWY

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

In 1950, the US had the highest GDP per person in the world.

Today, the *worldwide* GDP per person is as high as it was in the US back then (adjusted for changes in prices).

Global living standards have grown tremendously.

Ht @frank_pinter @MaxCRoser

[William Easterly @bill_easterly]

New study finds that Jeff Sachs' Millennium Village in northern Ghana had small or null effects; the Big Push did not appear to break the Poverty Trap HT @m_clem
https://t.co/m9WEpiwIxz

[World Bank Group Tanzania @WBGTanzania]

#Tanzania registered 368,000 more medium-scale farms (2008-2014) which are playing a vital role in the agriculture sector. This trend can be catalyzed w supportive public policies and spending which crowds in more private investments: https://t.co/5JYCLNl2bl
#EconomicUpdateTZ

[Jordan Chamberlin @luckywinner1]

Our work on how smallholders are affected by medium- and large-scale neighboring farms is now out in Food Policy - comments welcome!
https://t.co/dZrFe0fhVY

[CGIAR Digital Transformation @CGIAR_Data]

#Digital ecosystems are rapidly emerging throughout the African agri-food system, offering smallholder #farmers, consumers & businesses #data, tools & services that did not exist a decade ago. Read @Agrilinks on policy, regulation & digital ag in Africa https://t.co/iIvokZRj8X

[Food Security Group @foodsecuritylab]

"Does Farm Structure Affect Rural Household Incomes? Evidence from Tanzania" Read the new journal article in Food Policy by @luckywinner1 and @MSUAFRE and @foodsecuritylab's @jayne_thom to find out.
https://t.co/J40yRVpAyN

[Food Security Group @foodsecuritylab]

New research by @foodsecuritylab and @MSUAFRE's @jayne_thom, @milumuyanga and their colleagues explores the role of medium-scale farms in driving agricultural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more here https://t.co/FELV9i0X6n @IFPRI @IAPRI14

[Thom Jayne @thom_jayne]

Useful piece on how much technical innovation often credited to private entrepreneurs actually comes from publicly funded R&D

[Toun Adereni @TounAdereni]

Delay is not denial! I failed my First JAMB, scored a 279 at second trial & now I'm the Best graduating Student of my department with a total of 7 awards. I am also the only First class student from the department of Geography, University of Ibadan. Hello World!

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

Jim Jordan's constant anger makes him incomprehensible most of the time, so if you replace what he says with Boomhauer dialogue, there really isn't much difference.

[Matin Qaim @MatinQaim]

Agricultural R&D among top-three development investments in Africa with cost-benefit ratio of 1:55.

[Thom Jayne @thom_jayne]

@bill_easterly @nberpubs Though these issues were vociferously debated 25 years ago, the effects of structural adjustment are now easier to see:

[Thom Jayne @thom_jayne]

Useful advice - An Interview with Amitabh Chandra, Editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics �� ASHEcon https://t.co/vo4Epfv7pg

[Thom Jayne @thom_jayne]

Very useful advice — An Interview with Amitabh Chandra, Editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics – ASHEcon https://t.co/vo4Epfv7pg

[Doug Buhler @dougbuhler]

Lisa Tiemann talking soil health at FFAR #FosterOurFuture event.