New paper out at Journal of Public Economics with Astrid v Muiswinkel Matteo Ruzzante 🦕 Rafael Dantas & André Loureiro! The paper discusses the results of an RCT that assessed the impacts of an education program in RN, Brazil. Check it out authors.elsevier.com/a/1izmHAlw9w%7…! The first 50 downloads are free!

.Arianna Legovini Director of DIME World Bank speaks on the need of more robust fact checking and accountability on social media: I would like to say nothing is black or white. Despite best intentions, people may not do the right thing.

🇸🇻 In El Salvador, only 45.4% of women participate in the labour market, compared to 74.4% of men

👭 What happens when women are encouraged to work outside the home and get 💵?

➡️ World Food Programme asked, using a randomized evaluation and share our findings here: bit.ly/3TvZJG0

Two of my teams are hiring! Come work with me, Pierre Bachas, Kieran Byrne, and Florence Kondylis on the micro and macro impacts of electronic tax invoices in Rwanda OR join me and Ana Fernandes to examine how quality regulation in international markets affect exporters from LICs.

Please send us your papers on 'Public Finance and Structural Transformation' and join us at the conference on Sept 26-27th in Washington, DC!!

Deadline for submissions is April 15.

We welcomed our partners from BMZ and GIZ to discuss adaptive social protection in fragile contexts. In an increasingly fragmented & polarized world, strong & forward-looking partnerships that we have, like with BMZ,  is so critical #foreverychild esp. the most vulnerable.

One week left to apply! Send us your paper and join us in Naples next spring ☀️

Thank you, Anna Bjerde and Bård Vegar Solhjell! Excited about the collaboration on knowledge and impact evaluation. Looking forward to enhancing our team's impact and contributing to the shared goals with Norad håvard mokleiv nygård

Great to meet Director General Bård Vegar Solhjell and discuss our partnership on critical issues from delivering greater development impact through knowledge & impact evaluation to the need to scale up action.

Looking forward to working more closely together!

Three themes in school-based programmes to keep an eye on in 2024 link.medium.com/rAgEJqKxCGb with Jonas Heirman, DPhil, Florence Kondylis, Niamh O'Grady, Astrid Zwager WFP Evaluation

I am so proud of my team Patrick Premand, Dahyeon Jeong and so many others who devote their lives to reimagine our future. It is easy to predict doom. It is much harder to have the courage and creativity to envision and find ways for us to secure a brighter future.

Excited to share my research on the Development Impact Blog World Bank. Thanks to Florence Kondylis, David McKenzie, and the DIME team for featuring my #JMP , which studies the impact of innovation frictions on the adoption of agricultural technology

My paper shows that: 1/4

Last but not least! New seeds, better seeds? Guest Post by Sergio Puerto -- our last post in this year's series by students on the job market
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🆕 Empowering women in Tunisia through cash grants and financial training.

Today on VoxDev, Jules Gazeaud J-PAL J-PAL_MENA AUC, Nausheen Khan World Bank Research, Eric Mvukiyehe DukePoliticalScience & Olivier Sterck ODID Refugee Economies Programme outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…

Inequality in Beliefs: Today[s job market post by Maddie Duhon shows how socioeconomic status shapes parental beliefs about child academic achievement blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

Affordable Skylines: Unpacking the Impact of Zoning Relaxation in India. Guest post by Geetika Nagpal -- our 25th in this year's series of posts by students on the job market. blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

Can government restrictions on rural land markets benefit landless workers? Guest post by Julian Arteaga -- the 21st in our job market series blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

Join the closing of the World Food Programme Impact Evaluation Forum at ⏰ 4pm CET today for a wrap-up on partnership, evidence & the road ahead

Online link here ➡️bit.ly/IE-Forum-Closi…

World Bank Research Norad MGN EvalForward PRESTO Jonas Heirman, DPhil USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

#Evidence4Impact