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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Very much looking forward to the @ideadevecon.bsky.social first in-person meetup, at LUMS here in Lahore, Pakistan. Tomorrow Thu, 12:30-2 pm over lunch. Co-hosted with @farahsaid.bsky.social, IDEA Asia Rep! Link to register is on our home page: idea.devecon.org

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International Development Economics Association

IDEA is a global professional association advancing inclusive, rigorous research in development economics.

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International Development Economics Association @ideadevecon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

IDEA is just getting started. Coming up: an inaugural IDEA Research Seminar featuring Dilip Mookherjee and regional listening sessions to hear directly from members. More details and registration at idea.devecon.org 🌍

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Farah Said @farahsaid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

IDEA is truly global 🌍 Development economists across 134 countries and counting. Join us.

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Farah Said @farahsaid.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Development economics deserves a global professional home, and this is it. 15 board members, 6 regions, one answer to "why IDEA?". Join us at idea.devecon.org 🌍 @ideadevecon.bsky.social

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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Why do development economists finally need an association of their own? IDEA Board member Owen Ozier makes the case for @ideadevecon.bsky.social on the World Bank's Development Impact blog — development's most-read blog. Read it, then join us! blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🌍 Announcing IDEA — the International Development Economics Association @ideadevecon.bsky.social The field's first global, open, democratically governed professional association for development economists. Sign up to join the community: idea.devecon.org 🧵

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Farah Said @farahsaid.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thrilled to be a part of IDEA; the first global, open, and democratically governed professional association for development economists. A long time coming. Join us!

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Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty-action.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Pakistan has the infrastructure for digital payments. Mobile wallets are widespread. So why is cash still king at the point of sale? New research has some answers in a new blog by Farah Said and IPA's @laurenperlik.bsky.social: bit.ly/4ueTQNQ #InstantPaymentSystems #DigitalFinance

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Why Pakistan's Shopkeepers and Customers Keep Choosing Cash Over Digital Payments | IPA

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 15/11/2025

Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Ben Weidmann, Joseph Vecci, @farahsaid.bsky.social, Sonia Bhalotra, Achyuta Adhvaryu, Anant Nyshadham, Jorge Tamayo, and David Deming introduce and validate a novel approach to measuring management skills. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 02/11/2025

Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball! This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

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Economics Literature Search

Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

An underrated reason for the persistence of cousin marriages: high fertility maintains a large supply of cousins. Could (help) explain why Pakistan’s first-cousin marriage rate is 50%!!! versus India and Bangladesh <10%.

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Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Back to teaching or studying economics at university this September? @voxdev.bsky.social has tons of useful resources for university economics courses - I have included some examples in this thread. 1/n

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Farah Said @farahsaid.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

BREAD, G²LM|LIC comes to Lahore this Sept in collaboration with Pathways to Development (path2dev.org)! Apply to join us at LUMS to share your work, with dedicated mentoring for PhD students & junior researchers in South Asia, plus sessions with policymakers. Details below. #EconSky #EconConf

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🆕 What type of contracts do microfinance clients prefer? Today on VoxDev, Uzma Afzal (LUMS), Giovanna d’Adda (University of Milan), Marcel Fafchamps (IFS), Simon Quinn (Imperial College) & Farah Said (LUMS) outline their research on Pakistan: voxdev.org/topic/financ...

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What type of contracts do microfinance clients prefer?

Research shows that microfinance clients use credit and savings as commitment devices to accumulate lump sums. Evidence from Pakistan suggests high demand for fixed-repayment contracts, but low demand...

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