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India's ICDS is the world's largest early-childhood development program. In a new @nberpubs WP bit.ly/2QYgTjl, @aganimian @c_r_walt & I show with a large-scale RCT that adding a worker to ICDS centers improved education, and nutrition, and was highly cost effective 🧵1/
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
This underscores the need for policy to be based on evidence (Yay, RCT's!) and not just hunches.
Govts around the world are trying school management reforms. In a new paper using a large-scale RCT in India (bit.ly/35WHq50) @singhabhi & I find no evidence of impact from several "best practices"
Yet, the program was scaled up to >600,000 schools (w/ no effect)! 1/
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
What are the reasons for mistrust of western medicine in Africa? @UCSDEcon's Sara Lowes examines this in a paper published in the American Economic Review. More information at go.ucsd.edu/3wAH8fu
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
Excited to support the @actgrants initiative to deploy philanthropic capital to encourage ed-tech innovation to facilitate improving education quality for all and not just for those who can pay; register for the program starting at 5pm IST today
Tune in to the #ACTSummit2021 tomorrow to listen in as @karthik_econ walks us through how we can solve the foundational learning crisis through #edtech. #cofounderofsocialchange
Register at ys-events.yourstory.com/act-…
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
may I draw your attention to the interdisciplinary keynote session at this year's PacDev, featuring anthropologist James Ferguson and economists @SuriTavneet and @lwantchekon
(the anthropologist is not on twitter, holding out for >280 chars)
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
.@UCSDEcon prof, @ESoConflict director, and IGCC Research Director for International Security Studies Eli Berman @clubmodel reflects on his academic career and what keeps him motivated in our most recent Why We Research posts. Check them out here: tinyurl.com/y43vanef
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
In a new @nberpubs WP, with @renata__lemos & @danielascur, we show that the quality of school management (esp. people management) in Indian schools is strongly correlated with both teaching activity & school effectiveness at improving student learning: bit.ly/3sfuEI0 1/n
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
PacDev 2021 is being hosted (virtually) by @UCSDDevEcon & @CEGA_UC; we welcome paper submissions on all topics in development economics from anywhere in the world. Submission deadline is today (Dec 31, 11:59pm)!
Submission portal: bit.ly/3pPV4ih
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UCSD Development Economics retweeted
Pleased to announce multiple post-doctoral positions @UCSDEcon for policy-relevant research on the Indian economy; we're building on our broad strength in @UCSDDevEcon with a deep focus on India.
Apply by 4 January 2021 at: econjobmarket.org/positions/…
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Excellent thread on Bihar's development successes in the last 15 years, and the challenges ahead. Much of the low-hanging fruit has been harvested, but the path ahead requires a focus on boosting investments, productivity, skills, and jobs.
Thread:
Here's one reading of the development story of Bihar in the recent Nitish years, told through the lens of local government and politics.
We begin (see image) with Mr Kamal Manjhi of Darbhanga, an elected rural ward member: blogs.worldbank.org/impactev…
See link for more:
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
a warm welcome to @SamuelBazzi who is joining us here @UCSDEcon and @GPS_UCSD. Sam does great work at the intersection of development and political economy. He is rugged but not at all individualistic.
sites.google.com/site/samuel…
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Proud to announce that Karthik Muralidharan has been added to the World Bank's Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel. This is a bridge between academia and policy making in Education. Academics making things happen! bit.ly/3jzMksk @karthik_econ
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
So proud of everyone involved in this study, 2nd of the @USAID #cashbenchmarking initiative. @AndrewZeitlin and Craig McIntosh, @EDCtweets, @GiveDirectly, @USAIDRwanda, @poverty_action, @CEGA_UC , @LizBrow29385570 and the incomparable @DanielHandel17
BIG REFLECTIONS THREAD
New study out!: Many countries w/large unemployed youth populations use employment training programs to improve skills of the potential workforce.
@AndrewZeitlin & Craig McIntosh w/IPA Rwanda, ran a head-to-head comparison between one such program and cash
poverty-action.org/study/ben…
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
how is Universal Basic Income affecting lives during the pandemic? some early results. w Abhijit Banerjee, @MichaelLFaye, Alan Krueger, and @SuriTavneet
econweb.ucsd.edu/~pniehaus/p…
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How does the use of #education technology impact students in the developing world? In this VoxDev video, @karthik_econ @UCSDEcon discusses research in urban areas of #Delhi, #India on using #technology to personalise instructions to individual students: ow.ly/4i7V50B8knY
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
Welcome (virtually) to @UCSDEcon's new first year graduate students, who start math camp today. We look forward to seeing you in person, but are excited to begin the graduate student journey with you and make it a successful one regardless of the obstacles.
ALT Photo credit: Erik Jepsen
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
I greatly enjoyed this conversation with @amitvarma on making sense of the Indian education system
It is over 3 hours long, but you get a distilled summary of 2 decades of research, policy ideas, NEP, politics, philosophy, federalism, and much more!
seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/…
Indian education has been broken for 73 years.
The humanitarian cost of this is incalculable.
What are the root causes of this failure? How can we fix it?
@karthik_econ joins me in episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights: seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/…
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Webinar with @karthik_econ, @ashokkmeena & @ShagunSabarwal: August 6 at 7 PM IST.
Speakers will discuss lessons from rigorous #evaluations in India on the design, coverage & scope of unconditional cash transfers in addressing poverty in #India. Register: j-p.al/ct2
UCSD Development Economics retweeted
A modest universal income transfer (of 1% of GDP) offers a fiscally-feasible way to deliver social protection & alleviate several micro-constraints to growth & development. Paper (with @maitreesh): bit.ly/2MXeHm1; Op-ed: bit.ly/3f7DArr; @vox_dev interview below:
Could a universal supplemental income transfer, pegged at 1% of GDP, transform India’s anti-poverty strategy? In a VoxDev talk @karthik_econ (@UCSanDiego) argues it would have huge positive impacts on key development indicators, especially during #COVID19: ow.ly/QY3Q50AzJO9
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Congratulations Prashant! For his brilliant work at the nexus of early childhood health, economic development and gender, Prashant Bharadwaj has been promoted to full professor. He also serves as the director of our graduate program. See his work here: prbharadwaj.wordpress.com/
