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Léa Rouanet

@lea-rouanet.bsky.social
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Senior Economist and Deputy Head at World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab. Views are my own. www.worldbank.org/en/programs/afric…

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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Great blog post by @kbeegle.bsky.social about a brand new #Africa_GIL working paper: “Mitigating the Impact of Household Expropriation on Female Entrepreneurship: Experimental Evidence from Ghana” blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Grants to women-owned businesses
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Join me for this side event at #AFSF2025 in Dakar on young women & entrepreneurship powering Africa’s food systems. All about sharing evidence, models and momentum gained. Curated by #AGRA_Value4Her and #WorldBank_AfricaGIL. #AFSF2025 #WomenInAgriFood
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Hey now, Don't dream it's over - we salute @berkozler12.bsky.social on his last day and the World Bank and highlight a few of his many contributions to the Development Impact blog over the last 14 years blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Hey now, Don’t Dream It’s Over Berk
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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« Les femmes sont sous-représentées dans la recherche économique »
TRIBUNE. L’écart de genre dans le secteur se creuse au fur et à mesure que la carrière avance. Pour y remédier, des comités essaient, dans le monde entier, d’accompagner les femmes dans leur parcours,...
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? I summarize our recent Science paper, &draw out lessons from where we need nuance (not all high-skilled is the same, & most studies lump together), what we don't know (especially how to do better policy) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? A new review highlights what we’ve learned and what we still don’t know
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Six questions with Kelsey Jack: we discuss how to get utilities to share their administrative data with you, whether work on climate economics focuses too much on the individual, the laugh test with your results, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Six Questions with Kelsey Jack
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Goldlilocks state capacity, why we can't get good stuff done. My blog today draws together some lessons from @karthik-econ.bsky.social 's book, @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social 's Abundance, and @noamangrist.bsky.social & @economeager.bsky.social 's work on ITT vs TOT. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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How matters as much as What: Why policy doesn’t get enough good things done and Goldilocks state capacity
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This week's links are up a day early - including @owenozier.bsky.social & co on software usage, me on the backstory podcast, funding for research on women-led businesses in LAC, several studies of unanticipated consequences of policies, and more ... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Weekly links April 10: trends in software use, unexpected consequences of policies, problem selection in research, and more…
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Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A text-message outreach campaign in Côte d’Ivoire had no impact on enrollment in a youth employment programme custom.cvent.com/4E741122FD8B...
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
📽️Watch #OxCSAE2025 Closing Panel live at 16:30 GMT today Evidence-based Policy: Towards an Improved Research-policy Equilibrium in Africa @scepticalranil.bsky.social, Miriam Laker, Justice Tei Mensah, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, @olihanney.bsky.social ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
csae conference 2025 closing panel graphic with photographs of Ranil Dissanayake, Miriam Laker, Justice Tei Mensah, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, and Oliver Hanney
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
📽️Watch the CSAE Conference 2025 Keynote live at 11:30 GMT today! Nobel Prize winner James Robinson will present 'Wealth in People' at #OxCSAE2025 with @gamblingondev.bsky.social as moderator. ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
CSAE Conference 2025 keynote graphic with photo of James Robinson
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Excited to be back at #OxCSAE2025 to present results from a take-up experiment in Côte d’Ivoire with @daveevansphd.bsky.social @claradelav.bsky.social Jeannie Annan, Estelle Koussoubé and Josephine Tassy
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I promise I will consider this when drafting my next household survey questionnaire @kbeegle.bsky.social
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This week's links include interviews with Nathan Nunn & Megan Lang, whether college grads are hurt or helped by taking low-skilled jobs while they wait for work, reducing attrition in a panel, when AI is the non-data-hungry solution, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Weekly links March 14: an overview of research on refugees, the grad school vs professor working day, AI vs online search for teachers in Sierra Leone, and more…
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Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Looking forward to being part of this UN CSW panel bringing together governments, researchers, and civil society on how social protection can advance gender equality across a woman’s life course This Thursday... Join us! #AfricaGIL #EconSky @unicef.org
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Check out the long-term impact of the Personal Initiative Training program in Togo, in this latest blog by @dmckenzie.bsky.social #worldbank #AfricaGIL
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Today's links include the role of multinationals in development, if you are publishing anything you're doing well, bluesky research is important, the economics of conflict and fragile settings, why do we care about your association, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Weekly links February 28: basic science is valuable, learn about the economics of conflict settings, FDI, does your advisor matter, and more….
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Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
More details in our working paper just out, co-authored with Jeannie Annan, @daveevansphd.bsky.social, Estelle Koussoube, @lea-rouanet.bsky.social and Josephine Tassy
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Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Does free sound too cheap? Here's new evidence on something that did not work to get young people enrolled in vocational training programs in Côte d’Ivoire: sending text messages highlighting that the program is free... #AfricaGIL #EconSky
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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 07/02/2025
Around the world, UNICEF-trained social workers stand up for vulnerable girls who are in danger of being subjected to female genital mutilation. Progress is being made in the fight to #EndFGM. A look at how we can break the cycle of violence:
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5 Things You Should Know About FGM
Over 230 million girls and women worldwide are living with the pain and trauma of female genital mutilation. Most girls are harmed before the age of 15. FGM ...
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
An important #AfricaGIL IE on IPV prevention in Rwanda is out, and @kbeegle.bsky.social wrote a great blog about it!
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 04/02/2025
#Gender gaps remain on journal editorial boards, especially in #finance & economics. In finance, women make up 20% of editors on average. Affiliations are mainly in the UK and US, mirroring academic hierarchies. Będowska-Sójka, @alessia-paccagnini.bsky.social et al. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky
Journal editors influence scientific knowledge and research dissemination. But despite work to resolve inequalities and encourage diversity, gender gaps remain on journal editorial boards, especially in finance and economics. This column examines diversity and inclusion on academic editorial boards, focusing on finance journals. Women make up 20% of editors on average, with substantial variance across countries. Editorial affiliations are mainly in the UK and US, mirroring academic hierarchies. Men outweigh women in substructures with central editors or several boards, highlighting the gender disparity in the field.
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Climent Quintana-Domeque @climent.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Post by @berkozler12.bsky.social "Mean Reversion in RCTs" on a very interesting paper by @marcellaalsan.bsky.social @johncawley.bsky.social Joseph J. Doyle Jr. & Nicholas Skelley. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva... #MeanReversion #RCTs #heterogeneity #targeting
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Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting…
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This week's links include the problems with the use of the terms developing country and Global South, how Vietnam escaped the pollution haven problem when trade rose, what happens to kids in Uganda 3 years after getting pre-school, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Weekly links January 24: averting pollution havens with clean energy, Global South is a silly term, production subsidies, Indian governance, and more…
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today's article presents the child penalty in employment – i.e. how much the birth of a first child impacts the employment of mothers relative to fathers - for 134 countries around the world ⤵️
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Check this Nigeria evaluation from WB colleagues, demonstrating the transformative potential of generative AI in classrooms, especially in developing contexts: blogs.worldbank.org/en/education...
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From chalkboards to chatbots: Transforming learning in Nigeria, one prompt at a time
"AI helps us to learn, it can serve as a tutor, it can be anything you want it to be, depending on the prompt you write," says Omorogbe Uyiosa, known as "Uyi" by his friends, a student from the Edo Bo...
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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Martin Ravallion on multidimensional poverty indices documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/4...
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"Option C Thinking: creating evidence that provides greater scaling confidence in the original design alongside the efficacy test"
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
#AfricaGIL cited under point #4: "Other evidence from Africa, pooling data from six experimental evaluations in Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda and Togo, finds that development programmes which increase women’s earnings and household wealth increase fertility (Donald et al. 2024)".
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Study of Australian income data (2001-2013) finds longer parental leave is associated with lower post-leave income for women in men-dominated occupations but not in women-dominated or gender-neutral fields. theconversation.com/parental-lea...
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Parental leave paradox: Why women who take longer leaves face career penalties in men-dominated fields
Women who take longer parental leaves in men-dominated industries may face penalties, including lower pay and limited promotion opportunities.
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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Most countries don't have the data they need to know if they're succeeding in eliminating school violence. Currently correcting proofs! Read the working paper www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The expansion of India’s food transfer programme prevented approximately 1.8 million children from being stunted, while also raising wage incomes and improving dietary diversity ⤵️
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Stefanie Stantcheva @s-stantcheva.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Something crucial missing in the inflation debate? The deep sense of inequity & injustice it creates. Lower-income households report making more costly adjustments to cope & many believe higher-income wages keep up with prices easily. For people, it’s about more than prices: it’s also about fairness
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Why do We Dislike Inflation? - Social Economics Lab
This paper provides new evidence on a long-standing question asked by Shiller (1997): Why do we dislike inflation? I conducted two surveys on representative samples of the US population to elicit peop...
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This year we posted 26 #econjmp posts by PhD students on the market. Here is the list of all of them in case you missed any, plus a link to the @econthatmatters.bsky.social series which has some more - great to see all the exciting work in development blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Job market series 2024 Wrap-up
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🆕 Improving hygiene, reducing menstrual stigma, and boosting learning in schools Today, Julieta Vera Rueda @WorldBank, Karen Macours @PSE & Duncan Webb @PrincetonEcon outline their study of a hygiene- & menstruation-focused intervention in Madagascar: voxdev.org/topic/health...
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Improving hygiene, reducing menstrual stigma, and boosting learning in schools
A hygiene- and menstruation-focused intervention in Madagascan schools boosted learning, while also reducing stress and improving the psychosocial climate of schools.
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 17/12/2024
How can African countries ensure adolescent girls thrive? 🌍 Kehinde Ajayi and Estelle Koussoubé introduce the Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa report, which finds that investing in girls can yield a tenfold economic return ⬇ www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa
Drawing on extensive research and consultations with adolescent girls, policy makers, and practitioners, this report reveals that investing in adolescent girls can yield a tenfold return in economic i...
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 16/12/2024
School meal programs are expanding globally, but what's the impact? 🍽️ Reviewing 15 years of evidence, Amina Mendez Acosta and Biniam Bedasso provide five key insights—from effects on school access to benefits in low-income countries, explore the findings ⬇ bit.ly/4gvMwqq
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Do School Meals Boost Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A 15-Year Review
As school meal programmes continue to expand globally, so too is the body of evidence from impact evaluations. Given the multiplicity of objectives and the diversity of contexts in which school meals ...
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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Come work with me on poverty measurement at the Inter-American Development Bank! (Applications due this Wednesday) iadbcareers.taleo.net/careersectio... Does *not* have to be based in DC or USA.
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
JOIN US for The World Bank Geneva 4th impact series event focusing on ”Accelerating Gender Equality in Developing Countries” co-organised with the Geneva-based offices of the UN Women, World Trade Organization, and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Respondents who received evening surveys (4pm-8pm) were 2.8 percentage points less likely than respondents who received morning surveys (6am-12pm) to self-report IPV - today's #econjmp by Katherine Theiss (Fordham) on how survey methods affect IPV estimates blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Uncounted: how survey implementation methods miss 3 million annual cases of intimate partner violence worldwide. Guest post by Katherine Theiss
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🆕 Why more flexible grants worked better for small firms in Burkina Faso Today on VoxDev, Michael Grimm, Sidiki Soubeiga & Michael Weber (@UniPassau, @WorldBank) outline their latest research from Burkina Faso: voxdev.org/topic/firms/...
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Why more flexible grants worked better for small firms in Burkina Faso
Are flexible cash grants or earmarked grants for technical training and consulting services more suitable to boost profits, employment and survival of small firms? New evidence from Burkina Faso that ...
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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Papers authored by Black, Hispanic or Asian economists receive 5.1% to 9.6% fewer citations than those by White scholars. The citation gap is largely driven by homophily in citation patterns and racial clusters in networks (i.e., cite authors from own racial group). www.nber.org/papers/w33150
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
What drives Gender-Based Violence and what are the main risk factors? How can we effectively address and prevent it? Today's blog shares evidence on VoxDev that shines a light on these questions ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/unders...
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Understanding the causes and impacts of Gender-Based Violence to shed light on policy solutions
Around one in three women suffers Gender-Based Violence at least once in their lifetime. What drives this pervasive issue and what are the main risk factors? How can we effectively address and prevent...
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
In today's #econjmp, @iedamatavelli.bsky.social of UBC/post-doc at UNSW shows boys in Brazil overestimate how peers view masculinity norms, and in 2 RCTs, fostering discussions around masculinity reduces these misperceptions blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
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School discussions reshape perceptions of masculinity norms. Guest Post by Ieda Matavelli
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
🆕 Training teachers on gender-based violence helps keep girls safe in school To mark the start of 16-Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, today's article outlines new research on an intervention in schools in Mozambique to combat GBV: voxdev.org/topic/health...
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Training teachers on gender-based violence helps keep girls safe in school
Can targeted interventions reduce school-based gender-based violence? Teacher and student training on gender-based violence in Mozambique leads to a reduction in teacher-led violence and greater schoo...
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Tune in NOW for online live streaming: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa Report Launch
Africa is home to 145 million adolescent girls today - a number projected to represent one-third of the world’s adolescent girls by 2050. Investing in the potential of adolescent girls is crucial for ...
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
- Ratio of 1 🟰 gender parity in likelihood a woman is employed as a worker/manager - Women-owned businesses are 1.5x more likely to employ women as workers & around 6-8x more likely to have another woman as a manager ⤵️ female entrepreneurship ➡️ important implications for women’s employment patterns
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Today's #econjmp is Casemiro Campos of Goethe U, who uses a differences-in-discontinuities (combining RDD & DiD) to look at the impacts of "the oscars for education", a prize competition for school improvement in Ceará, Brazil. Eligibility improves test scores blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
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Motivating Schools to Succeed: Insights from the Oscars of Education. Guest post by Casemiro Campos.
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Léa Rouanet @lea-rouanet.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The official launch of our new report on adolescent girls in Africa is tomorrow, 12:30pm ET: register here to join in person or virtually: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20... #EconSky #AfricaGIL (1/N)
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Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa Report Launch
Africa is home to 145 million adolescent girls today - a number projected to represent one-third of the world’s adolescent girls by 2050. Investing in the potential of adolescent girls is crucial for ...
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 18/11/2024
Mark your calendars! On Nov 21, the Population Council, CGD & the World Bank launch “Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa.” Don’t miss insights from thought leaders on transforming Africa’s future ⬇ buff.ly/40ORWZ9 #InvestInGirls
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Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa Report Launch
Africa is home to 145 million adolescent girls today - a number projected to represent one-third of the world’s adolescent girls by 2050. Investing in the potential of adolescent girls is crucial for…
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