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šŸ“¢ Our new VoxDevLit on Sanitation Infrastructure is out now!. Senior Editors @AugsburgBritta @TheIFS, @MollyMLipscomb @UVABatten & @afosterri @Brown_Economics systematically review economic research on sanitation infrastructure. Read and download here:
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Childhood vaccinations have transformative lifelong benefits. Last month on VoxDev w/ Richard Daramola (@SCFnow), Md Shahadath Hossain (@UH_Econ), Harounan Kazianga (@SpearsBusiness) & Karim Nchare (@VanderbiltEcon):
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Demand for ā€˜safe space’: How women-only transit cars reduced harassment while reinforcing harmful gender norms in Brazil. Last week on VoxDev w/ @FKondylis (@WorldBank @wb_research), @alegovini, @KateVyborny, Astrid Zwager & @AndradeLuizaC (@DILatUChicago):
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Five things to know about critical minerals. Last month, @ShahrukhWani outlined what you need to know about critical minerals & why there is a narrow, but open, window for developing countries to translate mineral wealth into economic development:
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RT @vox_dev: A cost-effective at-scale preschool construction programme in Mozambique improved development outcomes of primary-school age c….
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RT @vox_dev: šŸ†• Preschools as a pathway out of poverty: Evidence from Mozambique. Today on VoxDev, Marina Bassi (@wb_research), Bruno Besbas….
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RT @ile_din: Proud to share our work showing how targeted preschool investments can expand opportunity for the most vulnerable. From 3% pre….
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RT @oliverhanney: Evidence gaps: Key unanswered questions across 16 topics in development economics | @vox_dev. We now haveĀ 16 VoxDevLits!….
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Additionality: What it means & why it matters by @oliverhanney. Before taking credit for reducing emissions, organisations need to ask: Would this have happened anyway?. Non-additional projects are common, but economists have offered solutions ā¤µļø
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A cost-effective at-scale preschool construction programme in Mozambique improved development outcomes of primary-school age children living in extreme deprivation. Read today's article to learn more:
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šŸ†• Preschools as a pathway out of poverty: Evidence from Mozambique. Today on VoxDev, Marina Bassi (@wb_research), Bruno Besbas, @ile_din (@wb_research), @saravana_econ (@LKYSch) & Ana Reynoso (@umichECON) discuss a preschool construction programme:
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RT @vox_dev: Industrial policy is often discussed through high-level narratives and flagship initiatives, yet its implementation—particular….
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šŸ†• Preschools as a pathway out of poverty: Evidence from Mozambique. Today on VoxDev, Marina Bassi (@wb_research), Bruno Besbas, @ile_din (@wb_research), @saravana_econ (@LKYSch) & Ana Reynoso (@umichECON) discuss a preschool construction programme:
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Boosting women’s labour force participation in China: Current state & challenges. Last month on VoxDev w/ @iea_we, Xianghong Wang explored the challenges women face in the Chinese labour market and the role policy can play in alleviating these barriers:
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How do labour market fears shape attitudes toward refugees?. Last month on VoxDev, @Julie2Bousquet (@Refugees), Anna Gasten (@uniGoettingen), @Mark_Marvin_K (@UAntwerpen), @jfmaystadt & Colette Salemi (@uvic) outlined research on Ethiopia and Uganda:
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As climate change stretches Nigeria’s dry seasons and disrupts traditional grazing patterns, tensions between nomadic herders and settled farmers fuel violent conflict—most intensely just before the planting season. Read this week's article to learn more:
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New research on Brazil's disability employment quotas reveals how strategic enforcement can create powerful ripple effects that multiply policy impact beyond directly targeted firms. Read this week's article to learn more:
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The gaps in sanitation coverage are especially large between rural and urban areas. While this gap partly reflects the heightened risk of disease transmission in densely populated urban settings, coverage rates in both remain far from adequate:
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Industrial policy is often discussed through high-level narratives and flagship initiatives, yet its implementation—particularly at the subnational level—remains opaque. Read this week's article on industrial policy in China to learn more:
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"These returnees bring back ideas, they bring back insights, they bring back practices from abroad that can just broadly enhance this knowledge base." @ctheoharides (@AmherstCollege) on #VoxDevTalks this week:
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šŸ†• Why ā€˜Brain Drain’ is an incomplete story of migration šŸ“¢. Today on #VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @cbatista_econ (@NovaSBE) & @ctheoharides (@AmherstCollege) discuss the channels through which emigration can benefit origin countries:
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"More than necessarily trying to attract people back home is to make sure that there are good conditions at home, so that the country can benefit from those that decide to emigrate." @cbatista_econ (@NovaSBE) on #VoxDevTalks this week:
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šŸ†• Why ā€˜Brain Drain’ is an incomplete story of migration šŸ“¢. Today on #VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @cbatista_econ (@NovaSBE) & @ctheoharides (@AmherstCollege) discuss the channels through which emigration can benefit origin countries:
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Evidence from Ethiopia reveals that typical survey methods are significantly undercounting actual livestock numbers. Read this week's article to learn more:
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