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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Great panel at the Fragility Forum at the World Bank earlier this month. Lots of discussion and ideas to integrate into our forthcoming report on this topic. Presentation link below.

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A bilingual storybook. Refugee and host kids. And a friendship that changed everything. PRESTO's Social Cohesion Series starts here. 🔗 www.policyresearchsolutions.com/post/social-... #SocialCohesion #EarlyChildhood #RefugeeInclusion #Bibliotherapy

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

On the buzz word "resilience" in reflections of changing aid landscape: "The language of resilience too often turns structural neglect into a virtue." In podcast, @danbanik.bsky.social highlights panelist in Pretoria, reiterating Tracie Washington in Louisiana in wake of Katrina & BP Oil spill.

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Cash alone won't cut it. The Ujana Salama trial is clear: if programmes aren't designed with young people with disabilities from the start, inclusion is just a talking point. Build it in. Scale it up. Leave no one behind. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

These data shows what is possible and what needs to change in how we design more inclusive programmes. Read the full article below for more insights into the impact of the Ujana Salama Cash Plus program. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2026.01.023 #DisabilityInclusion #SocialProtection

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Evidence-based policy is not just about today. It is about building a future that lasts. Learn more about our approach at www.policyresearchsolutions.com

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

From evidence to impact, we do the research that moves the needle. PRESTO offers a full suite of services to help you design smarter policies, evaluate what works, and communicate it to the people who need to hear it. Let's build something meaningful together. 🔗 www.policyresearchsolutions.com

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New research: A cash plus program in Tanzania increased farm work participation and reduced sexual violence among adolescents with disabilities. Work by PRESTO, LSHTM, and University at Buffalo. Here's the link to the full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

This International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting evidence on advancing gender equality. Cash transfers can help improve women’s and girls’ outcomes, reducing poverty and violence while strengthening mental health, agency, and economic opportunity. Read more: transfer.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This month, PRESTO’s Maja Gavrilovic spoke at the first Gender-Responsive & Inclusive Social Protection Global Symposium in Bangkok (hosted by UNICEF, with DFAT & FCDO support). She led a skills lab on women’s economic empowerment and presented on inclusive, gender-responsive SP training.

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

PRESTO will be represented at the Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Social Protection Symposium in Bangkok February 17-19! Check out some of our latest publications related to the conference’s themes in the comment section below.

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We’re proud to be participating in the 3rd @wfp.org Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2025! Join the live stream tomorrow for a panel session featuring a presentation from our President, @tiapalermo.bsky.social: wfp-org-conference.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Tomorrow I’m participating in the third Global Impact Evaluation Forum hosted by WFP in Rome for a session on Investing in child outcomes. When: 10 December 2025, 14:00 CET Register here to watch the livestream: wfp-org-conference.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Forum info: cdn.wfp.org/2025/impactf...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Evidence brief: transfer.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Have you checked out our new evidence brief on the impact of cash transfers on poverty, productivity, and resilience in Africa? See the full summary here (link below to read the shorter brief): transfer.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/u... @unicef.org

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Overwhelmed by the evidence on the impact of #cashtransfers in Africa? We’ve got you covered! 🆕Transfer Project evidence summaries & briefs, produced by PRESTO w/ @unicef.org, were just released. 🔗 Check out the full list below & click here to find all the PDFs: transfer.cpc.unc.edu/evidence-sum...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

PRESTO was proud to co-develop this newly launched @unicef.org evidence brief on social protection and adolescent girls’ empowerment. Check it out here: www.unicef.org/media/172831...

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Congrats to America’s mayors Michelle Wu and Zohran Mamdani!

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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 15/10/2025

🚨📰 The October edition of our newsletter is here: Designing Social Protection for Food Security y 🔗 Read now: tinyurl.com/October25sporg +

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Check out the new @socialprotection.org podcast episode featuring PRESTO’s @tiapalermo.bsky.social! 🎧 Listen here: socialprotection.org/learn/podcas...

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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 30/09/2025

🎙️ 🎧 New #SPpodcast Episode – Listen now to “Social Protection Myths and Misperceptions Part 1”: tinyurl.com/SPpodcast54 ▶️🎧+

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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 30/09/2025

Meet our guests: 🎙️ Rema Hanna, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of Southeast-Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School 🎙️ Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social, President at @prestopolicy.bsky.social ▶️ Tune in: tinyurl.com/SPpodcast54 📩 Subscribe to stay updated: bit.ly/SPpodcastList

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We had the pleasure of working with an incredible group of researchers at JOOUST and are excited to see how they apply their new skills to advance research in economics, public health, and beyond. #impactevaluation #globalhealth #publichealth #economics #research

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Last month, PRESTO’s Tia Palermo co-facilitated an impact evaluation training at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) in Kenya, as part of American Institutes for Research’s P3-Africa training and mentoring program.

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Would like this on a shirt, please. Applicable in too many situations to count. "Respectfully, he's making up some shit" ~Jolanda Jones, Texas State Representative

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

She presented how adverse childhood events influence program impacts of a cash plus intervention on youth productive outcomes in Tanzania, as part of a study done in collaboration with PRESTO under AIR’s P3 mentoring program. #uniceftanzania #cashplus #TransferProject #Tanzania #ESAAfrica25

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Today Dr. Monica Kauky, University of Dar es Salaam, presented at the 2025 Economic Science Association Africa regional conference in Nairobi.

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Big wins for Working Families Party in New York's 2 biggest cities last night - NYC & #Buffalo!

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This research was conducted jointly with PRESTO researcher @tiapalermo.bsky.social & co-authors at @unicef.org Innocenti, under @airinforms.bsky.social P3 Mentoring program.

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Kicking off an exciting week at the 2025 Africa Evidence Summit! Dr. Dickson Wandeda (University of Nairobi) presented long-term impacts of Ghana’s LEAP 1000 cash transfer on insurance uptake, morbidity & health seeking. #AES2025 #cashtransfers #TransferProject

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The US administration has just demanded that UNICEF “re-focus on its core mandate of assisting children, including those impacted by environmental events such as natural disasters, without using the rigid casting of climate as a root cause” usun.usmission.gov/press-releas...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

(1/2) We’ve enjoyed a productive spring so far! ⭐ A key highlight: Last month Dickson Wandeda and @tiapalermo.bsky.social presented at NYU’s Cash Transfer Lab on the long-term impacts of Ghana’s LEAP 1000 cash transfer program on health and insurance uptake.

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Join me as I busy the myths on gender and cash transfers with a fabulous co-panel.

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Spectrum News in Buffalo, NY featured work by Dr. Sarah Lima @smlima-mph.bsky.social highlighting how redlining policies reduce survival among women with breast cancer. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"as America declines & becomes more...embroiled in authoritarian ideology,...the emerging tool of choice minimizes active and engaged participation in learning...and developing a personal sense of curiosity and critical thinking." - @jysexton.bsky.social on AI open.substack.com/pub/jaredyat...

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Artificial Intelligence and American Decline

Something very disturbing is happening with the proliferation of artificial intelligence

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Lima @smlima-mph.bsky.social for her successful dissertation defense today! Sarah’s dissertation in #Epi at the University at Buffalo used data from the New York State Cancer Registry to examine how historical redlining influences mortality among breast cancer cases.

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Proud to see my Alma mater SUNY Geneseo on this list standing up for academic freedom. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

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A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U

A Call for Constructive Engagement

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on what this admin is doing to the economy: The US is a service economy. Manufacturing is <10% of the US economy. 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAwB...

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

US tells UN's FAO to stop "distracting focus on climate" and instead help farmers adapt to drought & extreme heat. 🤔 usunrome.usmission.gov/u-s-statemen...

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U.S. Statement Delivered at the 177 Session of the FAO Council

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

In a recent review, we examined 27 published studies that estimated the effect of social safety net programs on child maltreatment.16 of the studies found protective effects. Read more on our blog: www.policyresearchsolutions.com/post/social-...

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

PRESTO enjoyed our week in Nairobi collaborating with the @unicef.org Kenya social policy & communications teams! #ForEveryChild

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Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) @prestopolicy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It was an inspiring week in Cotonou, Benin, collaborating with the @unicef.org Bénin team! We had co-creation sessions where UNICEF’s social policy and communications teams demonstrated the value of cross-sector teamwork. #SocialProtection #UNICEF #Benin #ForEveryChild

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

USAID spending was 0.3% of federal spending in 2024. Termination of funding for severe acute malnutrition is expected to cause an extra 163,500 child deaths this year. We can afford the financial cost, but the human cost from CHOOSING not to is unconscionable. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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