Thread: After more than a year of work, we have now launched dataforindia.com, a public platform that seeks to expand access to Indian data for everyone, and deepen the understanding of the country that can come from this data

We are thrilled to announce the distinguished Plenary Speakers for #ADE2024

Adrienne Lucas (Adrienne Lucas)- Professor of Economics, University of Delaware

Jonathan Morduch (@JMorduch)- Professor of Public Policy and Economics, New York University

After reading ~5 drafts, and seeing 50 iterations of the cover via frantic WhatsApp messages, delighted to finally have Karthik Muralidharan's phenomenal book on India's development in hand! (thanks Burak Eskici!) Here's why it was worth the wait, and why you should get yours ASAP ... 1/n

Super interesting:

The way we measure global poverty focuses -- inadvertently, but perhaps usefully -- pretty heavily on households' ability to cope with shocks, rather than their average income over the year.

joshmerfeld.github.io/assets/papers/… Josh Merfeld Jonathan Morduch

Jonathan Morduch and I have a brand new draft of our poverty paper.

TLDR: Poverty rates in developing countries are generally not the proportion of households that are poor for the year. Instead, they are the proportion of the year households are poor.

joshmerfeld.github.io/assets/papers/…

I'm excited to organize the health policy program for the fall APPAM conference with Sebastian Tello-Trillo Alex Hollingsworth and Sandy Decker this year - pls submit papers and panels! It's my fave conference & a great place to meet other health policy folks - come hang out with us! 😊

'I am anxious that the book's ideas will only lead to dead ends'

John Rawls to Partha Dasgupta, 1973, on the Theory of Justice

📢 Hiring for two positions (Project Manager & Senior Research Associate) to work on a 'Mobile money and migrants project' with Abu Syeid Shonchoy Jonathan Morduch Jean Lee Saravana Ravindran & me based in Karachi CERP:

Apply by 31st March: app.myhcm.pk/CareerPortal/C…

From all of us at NYU Wagner, we wish you a joyful holiday season and a happy New Year!
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Access to mobile banking can have a profound impact on people in developing economies. In this podcast, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy's Assistant Professor Saravana Ravindran joins us to explore the socio-economic impact of mobile banking on communities. 🎧 Tune in here: lkyspp.sg/3FZ2glw

It's a been a few years since a politician has advocated for UBI, but Matt & Jadrian decided to talk about it anyway.

Thanks Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸, Investopedia & Jonathan Morduch for provding some inspiration for today's chat.

Subscribe now for all future episodes: econhappyhour.substack.com/p/what-is-univ…

The #smallfirmdiaries followed 100+ businesses in each of 7 countries for a full year to understand their financial lives and the barriers they face. Here are some key data points from our analysis of the first 4 countries we studied: Colombia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Indonesia.🧵

#TheInjusticeOfPlace is out TODAY!

Luke Shaefer Tim Nelson and I are grateful to share this book with the world. harpercollins.com/products/the-i…

Even more VoxDev Lits!!!

Here you can watch the launch of the Microfinance Lit, also on v2!

Awesome senior editors:
#JingCai
Muhammad Meki
Simon Quinn

Accompanied by amazing co-editors:
#EricaField
Cynthia Kinnan
Jonathan Morduch
Jon de Quidt
Farah Said

Bill Spriggs spent four decades trying to root out racial injustice in society and in his own profession. He was, as Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. put it, 'deeply committed to the idea that we do economics because we have a social purpose.'
My obituary:
nytimes.com/2023/06/09/bus…

AFL-CIO ✊ William E. Spriggs a tremendous loss. Here's some initial thoughts.

SHED release day! So much interesting info in the report about how households are doing financially. It’s been exciting to see the survey grow and evolve over the 10 years that we’ve been fielding it.

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Excited to share new findings from the #SmallFirmDiariesKe in Kwale this morning
FSD Kenya Financial Access Initiative at NYU Wagner Timothy Ogden Amrik Heyer Jonathan Morduch
Watch the Kenya launch with us tomorrow: fsdkenya.org/news/kenya-sma…

For more great reporting on the for-profit companies that run many welfare-to-work programs across the U.S., check out this eye-opening article by Tracie McMillan

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It's been 11 years since I founded Busara Center, and it's time to say goodbye! I want to focus on Malengo Inc., and I also think governance change is healthy. So I'll step down as Scientific Director in 2024. Here are some memories, and a call to nominate yourself as my replacement!