Reflecting on the end of USAID
Over the past two decades, J-PAL and members of our research network worked closely with USAID on many projects to design, pilot, and evaluate innovative solutions; scale up those found to be effectiv...
Over the past 20 years, J-PAL & members of our research network have worked with USAID to design, pilot, evaluate, & scale programs that maximize the impact of development. Iqbal Dhaliwal shares what we've learned & how those lessons shaped policy decisions. www.povertyactionlab.org/blog/2-28-25...
05.03.2025 22:05
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π Hi! J-PAL is now on Bluesky!
π Weβre looking forward to bringing conversations on evidence-informed policy to this new space. Follow us for updates on the latest research, policy insights, and how rigorous evidence is helping shape a better world.
19.02.2025 18:19
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Left @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social's Nobel lecture w more clarity on Qs I have as a Filipino who experiences the impacts of colonialism. Curious about their views of American imperialism and its role in mitigating/exacerbating path dependency post colonial rule.
20.02.2025 20:42
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Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits, for this generation and the next
As countries in Sub-Saharan Africa debate the costs and benefits of subsidising secondary education, a 15-year RCT in Ghana finds large multi-generation impacts.
π Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits
Today on VoxDev, Esther Duflo (MIT), Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University), Michael Kremer (University of Chicago), Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard University) & Mark Walsh (GiveWell) outline their research on Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
17.02.2025 09:13
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Not sure what "getting tested for HIV" has to do with "gender ideology" but thank you for confirming that this administration is full of idiots.
15.02.2025 22:11
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FANTASTIC
ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)
You can upload data you have & search for data you donβt have
www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
14.02.2025 16:52
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