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deankarlan.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
More evidence wouldn’t have saved USAID. Read my latest installment, a response to Todd Moss, in the “RCTs Can’t Do Everything” (but they can do a lot) franchise of blog posts and thought pieces. deankarlan.substack.com/p/more-evide...
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More evidence won’t save development, but it will help the poor
Revisiting an old conversation
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Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🆕 Moving billions towards evidence @deankarlan.bsky.social joined me on Ideas in Development to discuss how he and his team moved ~1.7 billion in funding at USAID, the growth of embedded labs and how they work, and the two key gaps between research and policy.
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deankarlan.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
New working paper with Amol Singh Raswan and Chris Udry: "The Sisyphean Pursuit of Evidence for Poverty Traps." A central idea in development economics is that poverty can trap people. We went looking for the cleanest evidence. Here's what we found – and didn't.
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Noam Angrist @noamangrist.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
➡️ Our panel now online: "The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research" @oxfordcsae.bsky.social conference @deankarlan.bsky.social @gamblingondev.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-5H...
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'The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research' at the CSAE Conference 2026
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies
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BSPA @bescipol.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Join us for our annual online conference 5/1-5/2! Learn how to apply behavioral science in your own backyard, explore ways to collaborate, and hear from @nickkristof.bsky.social, Dean Karlan, Kevin Volpp, and many more. Register today! bit.ly/4iWXKoY #behavioralscience #BehSci #BehEcon
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