Tavneet Suri
@SuriTavneet
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Development economist @MITSloan studying the impacts of technology on poverty & the role of UBI in poverty alleviation. Co-editor @restatjournal 🇰🇪
Joined May 2017
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RT @vox_dev: Today's column outlines how spillovers undermined an agronomy training programme in Rwanda. Yields decreased for farmers who….
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RT @vox_dev: 🆕 The apparent positive impact of training coffee farmers in Rwanda was driven by negative spillovers on farmers who weren't t….
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The apparent positive impact of training coffee farmers in Rwanda was driven by negative spillover effects on farmers who did not receive training
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Excited that we finally have a draft of our paper on a Rwanda agronomy training program for coffee farmers. It's been a long time in the making! But such fun working with @celine_zipfel @handels_sse #EstherDuflo @MITEcon & #DanielKeniston @LSUOursoCollege.
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The apparent positive impact of training coffee farmers in Rwanda was driven by negative spillover effects on farmers who did not receive training
Today's column outlines how spillovers undermined an agronomy training programme in Rwanda. Yields decreased for farmers who did not receive training, with these negative externalities likely due to the crowding out of key inputs which were in limited supply. Read more here:
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Another opportunity for economists to write a paper on canals. .
Over 200 vessels 🚢 are stranded on both sides of the Panama Canal as an unprecedented drought and low water levels have prevented crossings. The canal handles about 40% of US container traffic. #SupplyChains #ClimateCrisis
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I am going to be in #London for a month starting Monday visiting @imperialcollege @ImperialBiz . Super excited! It will be lovely to be back in the UK. Looking forward to seeing family, friends, development economists I know & importantly those I don't know. Please come say hey!
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A new @vox_dev Lit is launching this week! This one is titled "Bureaucracy". Senior Editor: @guoxu_econ. Co-editors:.@DeserrannoErika.@dianamoreira_sb.@edoardoteso . Launch event is tomorrow! It will be great!. Please register to join here:
We are excited to announce that on Thursday September 7th, we will release our new #VoxDevLit on Bureaucracy. This will synthesise the latest research on the building blocks needed to strengthen the administrative capacity of the state.
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Cool technology. It has been studied by #JennyAker & #KelseyJack in Niger. Paper is forthcoming @restatjournal . Training increases adoption, which then has effects on agricultural production & wealth. Read the @vox_dev blog here:
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A simple training increased adoption of an agricultural technology by over 90%, with persistent improvements in agricultural production and land use
In the West Sahel, farmers recover degraded land and prevent desertification by digging half-moon holes. Also called “zai pits”, the ditches capture scarce rainwater and direct it toward growing plants, helping reforest the edges of the southern Sahara.
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My @MITSloanFellows always ask me what class I would take @MIT if I could take any class I wanted. this class would be close to the top of my list!!!. Maybe next year @juskhoo will let me sit in on the class. .
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RT @KimFeCramer: Very excited for the new WEFIDEV season! Submit your (early-stage) work on #Finance and #Development here. Deadline is thi….
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This form collects interest for presentations in the fall season of the Webinar series in Finance and Development (WEFIDEV) for junior scholars working on finance topics in developing countries. We...
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Super cool research!! I wonder how long this would take (if ever) to put into a practical solution for malaria. .
Researchers have identified a bacterium that stops the malaria parasite from growing inside mosquitoes. @NewsfromScience.
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One thing I really miss about being Editor in Chief at @vox_dev is reading & talking about cool papers every week. Can you help me fill that gap??. What are a few cool papers in development that you have read or seen presented this year? . Please include paper links if you can!.
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Amazing job opportunity!!!. @JPAL_Africa is looking for an Executive Director. You will be working with an absolutely fantastic team (that much I can guarantee), building out @JPAL's research and policy work on the continent. Job posting here:
.@JPAL_Africa is hiring an Executive Director to advance key policy & research priorities in the region on topics such as: .➡️ Girls’ education & empowerment.➡️ Digital identification.➡️ Support to African scholars .Apply here and help shape our strategy:
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RT @PEDL_CEPR: Read the 2nd issue of the @vox_dev #Lit on #Mobile #Money! Senior editor @SuriTavneet & co-authors review recent research st….
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RT @mosenkis: Very nice @dmckenzie001 "Six Questions" interview w/@SuriTavneet, including what's it like to teach development economics in….
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MIT Sloan Professor Tavneet Suri tell us her path to becoming a development economist, early findings from a large UBI experiment in Kenya, thoughts on researching an evolving technology, and more...
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RT @dmckenzie001: Six Questions with Tavneet Suri @SuriTavneet - including lessons from mobile money research for working on AI and green….
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MIT Sloan Professor Tavneet Suri tell us her path to becoming a development economist, early findings from a large UBI experiment in Kenya, thoughts on researching an evolving technology, and more...
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Thanks to @dmckenzie001 for asking me to contribute to his "Six Questions with. " series. Fun (& useful!) to reflect on research, how I ended up working on stuff, our #UBI project (I am writing a will for it now. ), and more!. It did remind me how much I love what I do!!!.
Six Questions with Tavneet Suri @SuriTavneet - including lessons from mobile money research for working on AI and green growth, the surprising mobility of Kenyans in a UBI trial, and a new high risk project with a biological engineer and bacteria
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RT @JPAL: Learn more about our African Scholars Program and see how we are aiming to provide more opportunities for African researchers: ht….
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J-PAL is invested in creating more opportunities for African researchers to develop and drive the research agenda on the African continent through the use of randomized evaluations.Â
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RT @Diop_IFC: The #VoxDevLit review on @climate adaptation in developing countries. Fascinating insights on the impacts of climate change,….
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RT @vox_dev: For those who missed our #VoxDevLit launch event earlier, you can catch up on Senior Editor Namrata Kala's presentation of the….
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