CEO & Founder of Essential. Ex Sen Dir of Innovation @RESCUEorg. Time at @UNPeacekeeping, @UNHCR. PhD in politics from @Columbia. Lover of rhumba.
San Francisco & Nairobi
Joined March 2009
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Grant Gordon retweeted
Türkiye's Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) program - the world's largest $ transfer for refugees:
* ⬇️ fraction of children working by 88%
* ⬇️ fraction of children out-of-school by 62%
@aysunhiziroglu @MGKirdar @KoyncuMurat & Stoeffler #EconTwitter
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Delighted that our paper, "Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: Evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program," with A. Aygun, M. Koyuncu, Q. Stoeffler, is now available online in the Journal of Development Economics.
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Excellent, foundation-setting piece on migration from Jason Wendle in @SSIReview: "Betting on Migration for Impact."
It's a must read for donors, policy-makers, service delivery providers, and anybody else who cares about migration.
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Meeting the "targets for good nutrition would cost just $10.8 billion per year—nearly one-fourth of the amount Americans spent on soda last year—and only a fraction of that is what it would take to live in a world where children no longer die of wasting." newsweek.com/wasting-world-p…
Despite humanitarian response being wildly important, most of it lacks an evidence base and where there is evidence, it often suggests that there is little impact.
That's why it's super exciting to see this @JPAL's Humanitarian Action Research Incubator povertyactionlab.org/event/h…
Grant Gordon retweeted
New from in @asteriskmgzn:
Free HIV/AIDS drugs have saved millions of lives.
Why were economists so skeptical?
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Grant Gordon retweeted
LEEP is hiring Program Managers in multiple time zones! Each PM will be responsible for running several of LEEP’s programs as we strengthen our model and scale to new locations. Take a look to find out more and to apply! leadelimination.org/jobs/
Grant Gordon retweeted
.@grantmgordon and @essentialimpact have doing fascinating work. Grant saw the potential of new protein technologies to address malnutrition
It's been an amazing year at @essentialimpact, where we are leveraging advances in the biosciences to tackle malnutrition.
We are so grateful to @tylercowen & Emergent Ventures, @FoundersPledge, UP, @SightandLife, and our other supporters.
Here are some of our wins from 2023:
It's been an amazing year at @essentialimpact, where we are leveraging advances in the biosciences to tackle malnutrition.
We are so grateful to @tylercowen & Emergent Ventures, @FoundersPledge, UP, @SightandLife, and our other supporters.
Here are some of our wins from 2023:
As we look to 2024, we will complete our plant in Nairobi, scale our scientific processes, integrate our proteins into both commercial and institutional products, and begin delivering impact.
We're recruiting a Strategy Lead for @essentialimpact to work closely with our executive team to help us grow and deliver impact at scale.
Spread the word.
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Grant Gordon retweeted
Seven African leaders were toppled by their militaries in the last three years.
In this @ForeignAffairs essay with @mutigam, we outline the deeper context in which these coups are emerging and why they have stirred so much anxiety.
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