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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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Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty-action.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Great to see IPA Founder Dean Karlan featured in @vox.com's Future Perfect 25. A powerful reminder that evidence, cost-effectiveness, and impact must stay at the center of development efforts. Read the full feature: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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The 6 big thinkers reshaping foreign aid, masculinity, and development

Meet the Future Perfect 25: The Thinkers

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Global Poverty Research Lab @nu-gprl.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

One year of global education funding cuts will forgo over $100B in lifetime earnings. Remaining assistance should prioritize foundational learning, with evidence-based solutions and partnering with national governments for inclusive growth that reduces future aid dependency.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🆕 Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Today on VoxDev w/ Emily Aiken (@cmu.edu), Suzanne Bellue (ENSAE), Joshua Blumenstock (@berkeleyischool.bsky.social), Dean Karlan (Northwestern) & @christopher-udry.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/method...

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Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation

In settings where reliable data on poverty is difficult to come by, non-traditional data sources such as mobile phone metadata has the potential to fill data gaps. New research on a cash transfer prog...

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