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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Happening now! Here in person. Join virtually! 👇

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 17/03/2026

Why do households often prefer men—not women—to take paid jobs, even when women could earn more? A new paper by James Allen & colleagues uses experimental survey evidence to measure gendered work norms in #Egypt. 📄 hdl.handle.net/10568/178587 #IWD2026 #ForAllWomenAndGirls @cgiar.org

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

From yesterday's 84°F and balmy to today's 30°F and snowy, DC weather is really putting the CHANGE in climate change. 😩

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 15/02/2026

🔍 How do community health workers (CHW) caseloads influence children’s health, and how do different approaches—home health visits vs. CHWs stationed at clinics or other fixed sites—affect those results? Learn more in this blog by @jealleniv.bsky.social: on.cgiar.org/4r2alvD @cgiar.org

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When caseloads matter: Community health workers, home visits, and child survival in Mali

What works best when resources are stretched?

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Because of me, a journal submission page now says "Selected submissions are currently experiencing intermittent issues on the services page. If you encounter an error, please wait for a short period before trying to proceed." So this is what it feels like to make a difference. 🦸 #EconSky

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

In today's JMP blog, how does social media affect political conflict? Alexander Fertig uses an event study in Myanmar to show when internet freedoms were eroded, the relationship between access & political protest disappeared. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?

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Technology of liberation or control? The political impacts of social media. Guest post by Alexander Fertig

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Today's @ifpri.org Applied Micro & Development speaker is Baafra Abeberese (Wellesley College) on “Court Efficiency, Contract Enforcement and Informality" w/ Ritam Chaurey 🧑‍⚖️ Find in India that inefficient courts -> weak contract enforcement -> less incentive to formalize. Great talk!

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 25/11/2025

Poverty increases the risk of IPV. Cash transfers can help change that. For #IDEVAW, we’re spotlighting IFPRI’s research on leveraging cash transfers to reduce violence against women — part of our #IFPRI50Innovations series. 🔗 www.cash-ipv.org @cgiar.org @lshtm.bsky.social @unicef.org

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🆕 paper & blog joint w/ @nkarachiwalla.bsky.social & @meanregressive.bsky.social! 🤝When asked to support a school meals program, many households reduced contributions as others gave more—opposite of findings from high-income labs. WP: hdl.handle.net/10568/176850 Blog: www.ifpri.org/blog/all-in-...

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All in together? How communities contribute to school meals programs

The dynamics of cooperation.

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 24/11/2025

🆕 #Blog All in together? How communities contribute to school meals programs 🖋️ By James Allen IV, Naureen Karachiwalla, and Deboleena Rakshit. 🖱️ Read more: on.cgiar.org/3XKyEBg @cgiar.org

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All in together? How communities contribute to school meals programs

The dynamics of cooperation.

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Wow, several incredible Econ Job Market Papers presented at NEUDC 2025! Here are few that stood out (in the order I saw them). Quick summaries below with websites/JMP links. 🧵👇

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Has anyone been ghosted by a journal help desk? We were corresponding after I faced three technical errors during submission, but I haven't heard back in 2 weeks. It's a Taylor & Francis non-predatory journal, I'm quite surprised. Just trying to #GetYourManuscriptOut!

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 14/11/2025

💡50 Years of Innovation to Support Evolving Food Systems🌱 Today, on #WorldDiabetesDay, we feature our research which introduced the notion of the double burden of malnutrition 🌱🤝📢 🔗Learn more: hdl.handle.net/10568/174305 @cgiar.org @adb.org @thelancet.com @who.int #IFPRI50 #IFPRI50Innovations

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Great paper! Measuring literal spillovers... diverted floodwater from treated firms building concrete flood barriers to others nearby downhill. But these negative spillovers can be addressed by community meetings to enable collective action.

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Good morning #NEUDC2025! Looking forward to learning a lot today!

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Wishing everyone safe (un-cancelled) flights to #NEUDC2025! If you make it, check out Block 4, Session 19: "Information, Governance and Public Service Delivery" w/ myself, @wsandholtz.bsky.social @AditiSingh095 @saritaoreq #NEUDC

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Today's @ifpri.org Applied Micro & Dev speaker is @eduardomontero.bsky.social (U Chicago) on “Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights" Communal land rights were more common where fallow needs are greater, affecting life today.👇 w/ @elerossignol.bsky.social & @saralowes.bsky.social

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Just got back from fieldwork & here's what I love about working in Senegal: 🙂 Amazing people: Smart, hospitable & love to laugh. 🍛 Yummy food: Fresh seafood, chicken yassa & thiebou rice 🏝️ Moving history: Ancient African kingdoms, slavery, colonization & a vibrant modern era.

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Do cash transfers (CTs) cause price inflation? 💸➡️📈 Excited to share a new Evidence Brief joint with @ugentilini.bsky.social reviewing 12 studies of CTs on price changes in LMICs that offer practical insights for researchers and policymakers. Check it out: hdl.handle.net/10568/177175

Link to paper: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177175

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

What are the chances!?! @wsandholtz.bsky.social was selected to by my #NEUDC discussant AGAIN! Double lucky for me! Double sorry for him. :)

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Drones are now pervasive in💥warfare &🎆lightshows, but what about🌾agriculture? In just the last 5 years, millions of farmers—mostly in Asia—have started using drones for farming. New Science commentary discusses the rapid early rise and possible implications of drone farming: (links below)

Figure from Belton, B., Baldiga, L., Justice, S., Minten, B., Narayanan, S., & Reardon, T. (2025). Can the global drone revolution make agriculture more sustainable?. Science, 389(6764), 972-976.

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🖼️ Wall Art at International Food Policy Research Institute (@ifpri.org) (c. 2013) 🎨 😙🤌

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 10/09/2025

📢TMRW @ 10:00 AM EDT 📌 The Economy-wide Impacts of School Meal Programs: Generating evidence on return on investment 💬 Speakers include IFPRI’s Aulo Gelli and Harold Alderman and GCNF’s Arlene Mitchell 🎫 Register to attend 👉 bit.ly/SchoolMeals- @gcnf.org @cgiar.org

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

"What is the most important metric to judge whether a cash transfer program is successful?" 🆕 paper asks high-level policymakers to rank 7 outcomes and their answer: food security! And... 87% (accurately) believe that CTs increase #foodsecurity. Paper: lnkd.in/emVXx72i

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Today's @ifpri.org Applied Micro & Development speaker is Douglas Gollin (Tufts University)! w/ @jwolfersberger.bsky.social studies impact of new roads on #deforestation in #Brazil via spatial GE model. Falling transport costs since 1995 --> 7% of total forest loss Great seminar!

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Does #inequality affect what poor households consider "necessities"? Yes, a 🆕 study finds, with implications for understanding the decline in caloric consumption over time in #India. Very insightful! Paper: doi.org/10.1093/jeea... Authors: @clement-s-bellet.bsky.social @eve-colsonsihra.bsky.social

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Does Inequality Affect the Needs of the Poor?

Abstract. We investigate how inequality affects what is considered most necessary to purchase. Combining detailed consumption surveys in India with an inst

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Sad news that @poverty-action.bsky.social is closing its #Mali office after 15 years but admirable that they remained long after others left. As a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, I say to the IPA Mali staff: I ni baara! Ala ka baara numan soro i fe! poverty-action.org/mali-office-...

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IPA Mali Office: A Legacy of Innovation and Impact

While closing our Mali country office, IPA carries forward innovations and lessons from more than 15 years of influential research in agriculture and other sectors.

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Colombian pink dolphins 🐬 and Malawian hippos 🦛 are other likely casualties of USAID's dismantling. That, and locals' trust that ecotourism might drive economic growth better than poaching, deforestation or conflict. Good article in @cntraveler.com.web.brid.gy: www.cntraveler.com/story/withou...

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Without USAID, Conservation and Tourism Projects Have Ground to a Halt

From the Colombian Amazon to Malawi's Kusango National Park, grants from the US government have been ended leaving local development projects in the lurch.

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 28/08/2025

IFPRI’s @jo-swinnen.bsky.social and @pmenon1.bsky.social were featured this new episode of VoxDevTalks, where they discuss the landmark 2025 Global Food Policy Report, which reviews 50 years of progress and setbacks in global food systems. 🎧 voxdev.org/topic/health... @voxdev.bsky.social

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Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world

What can 50 years of policy research tell us about the future of food (in)security?

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

⭕ "Development economics is economics that takes place developing countries." First definition that I was taught and, IMO, the de facto definition in economics. I love it for its inclusivity within the field but hate it for how it excludes from other fields. Others agree?

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🎶 To go with the first day of fall classes, what song(s) got (or are getting) you through grad school? Mine was "Keep Moving" by Jungle: open.spotify.com/track/4rf0IV.... Just keep moving. And if you keep moving long enough, you get your PhD, and then get to keep moving some more. 🫠

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Keep Moving

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🆕 paper gives hopeful evidence that rebuilding agricultural infrastructure can restore farming in post-conflict settings, evaluating large-scale #irrigation rehabilitation in #Afghanistan 2010-2016. Paper in EDCC: doi.org/10.1086/733269 Striking parallels to #Gaza...

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

📣 Attn PhD students: 🆓 virtual PhD-level non-credit course on #socialprotection! I did the 2022 course & found it very beneficial. Instructors are experts & many are editors at top economic journals. So their perspective is informative & helpful for generating research ideas. Highly recommend!

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 08/08/2025

🚨New on our blog: #Gaza's catastrophe will have long-lasting impacts on lives and livelihoods. @cgiar.org www.ifpri.org/blog/gazas-c...

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Gaza's catastrophe will have long-lasting impacts on lives and livelihoods

A looming famine and ruined livelihoods.

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

How do get the world (e.g., my children) to eat more fruits 🍎 and vegetables 🥦 (F&V)? A 🆕 scoping review of 223 studies published between 2012-2022: doi.org/10.1177/0379... My takeaway: More evidence is needed on #socialprotection impact on F&V consumption in LMICs!

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Today, the The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issued an "Alert" for famine risk in #Gaza. This "does not constitute a Famine classification" but says "a new IPC analysis is to be conducted without delay." So what would classify it as a #famine? See 👇

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

“Global demand for food commodities is expected to grow faster than population between 2020 & 2050, with a more rapid increase in LMICs compared to HICs." From Ch. 36 on 🆕 @IFPRI book on “Future of Food Systems”. Motivation for #UNFFS2025 & #FoodSystems research. Links 👇

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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 23/07/2025

🍽️ 🌍🌐This new book, edited by Keith Wiebe and Elisabetta Gotor, presents a collection of short chapters on the current state of knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems: 📘 www.ifpri.org/ifpri-book/w... 📹 www.ifpri.org/event/what-d... @cgiar.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

😷 Ugh, I have Covid, but at least no big decision to make like last time. For my first Covid, I got symptoms the night of my job offer from IFPRI! No 🍾, straight to 🛏️. Woke up with brain fog & a life-changing decision... accept or not? Thankfully I made the right decision!

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Last week, @ugentilini.bsky.social visited to talk about his 🆕 book "Timely Cash: Lessons From 2,500 Years of Giving People Money". My takeaways 👇 📕🔗: academic.oup.com/book/58850 🎧🔗: open.spotify.com/show/5n20asB... 📸 w/ @jo-swinnen.bsky.social, D Gilligan & H Alderman at @ifpri.org

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

My first RA job in my PhD was working with the incredible @DavidLam_UMich on the demography of the labor force in #SSA. I learned that #SSA is the only major region with a growing youth and working-age population thru 2050! Paper: g2lm-lic.iza.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/glmlic_sp010.pdf

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

👩‍🌾 A 12-question List of Activities (LOA) module improves measurement of women’s labor with negligible cost "Exposure to the LOA module reduces the work gap between women and men by 8.2 pp... [and] increases the probability of women reporting to be employed and working.” 📑🔗👇

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

How do you prefer your aid: in-kind🌾, in cash💵, or digital📲? In #Sudan today, most urban respondents prefer digital, esp. among those exposed to theft/violence. Policy brief: hdl.handle.net/10568/175477 More of IFPRI-Sudan's incredible ongoing work: sudan.ifpri.info @ifpri.org @cgiar.org

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🖥️ Can #AI help predict #food crises? 🌽 Early signs point to yes! 🆕 AI-informed model trained to predict the % of people in food crisis. 🔵 Sensitivity: 94% of food crises identified 🟢 Precision: 78% of cases experience food crisis within 12 months Presented @ifpri.org @cgiar.org. Links below!

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