Wonderful news! Excited about CGD's next chapter!

Extremely excited to launch our new Center for Global Development / Refugees International research looking into how multilateral development banks support improved outcomes for economic migrants and refugees.

✍️ Blog (cgdev.org/blog/improving…) + Paper 👇

cgdev.org/publication/wh…

Can “redistributing the gains” build support for policies that raise aggregate welfare?

We find that, indeed, Ugandans increase support for hosting refugees when they see some of the benefits directly

Check out our piece in VoxDev!👇

Paper: tinyurl.com/mw9y3dmr

Come work with us, part 2!👇

🌟Happy International Women’s Day!

Today, we’re showcasing research and commentary from Center for Global Development experts to improve women's social and economic empowerment and close global gender gaps.

From analysis on gender equality at the IFIs to sexism in school textbooks, read on for

Come join our team! Applications due March 16

18 months ago, I heard Anthony McDonnell🇺🇦 and Katherine Klemperer 🇺🇦 talk about antibiotic resistance. A huge problem: ~9m people each year die of bacterial infections; half resistant. As we talked, it became clear this was at heart an economic problem. New blog + paper!
cgdev.org/blog/litany-ma…

I am really excited to moderate this conversation and learn from the amazing (!!) Rachel Kyte, Minouche Shafik, and Caroline Leclerc about inclusivity in the workplace.

While refugees' impact on labor markets has been well documented, effects on public services like education receive less attention.

To that end, Thomas Ginn Ragui Assaad & Mohamed Saleh review the impact of Syrian refugees on edu outcomes of Jordanians 👇
bit.ly/3OB3vMq

Our green-skilled migration event, feat. a stellar line-up of speakers, is happening tomorrow!

If you're at #GFMD , do join us at 12.30pm in the Geneva Room, CCV, next to the CICG. Otherwise, join us online 👇

cgdev.org/event/gfmd-sum…

Fantastic mentoring program for African students interested in graduate school in social sciences! Apply now!

If you’re not reading Ranil Dissanayake’s Economics and Marginalia every week, what are you even doing?

Always an honor to get a shoutout!

On #internationalmigrantday :

we present some novel research connecting two seemingly distant areas of #migration policy – asylum regimes and naturalization laws – both central to the ongoing political discourse in #EU .

#EconTwitter #Refugees #Citizenship

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It's been a phenomenal year for cool young researcher! Excited to share the work of *40* great development economists based all around the world, here's a recap 🧵. . .follow them, read + cite their papers, look out for them!

If you’re at the #GlobalRefugeeForum , come say hi and hear my quick pitch on evidence around refugees’ labor market access!

Speakers’ Corner on Friday at 2:30!