With Asad Islam from Monash CDES and Dr. Tetsushi Sonobe from Asian Development Bank Institute
during Japanese Association for Development Economics Conference ジェトロ（日本貿易振興機構）. Prof. Asad gave a keynote speech on Social Networks in Development Programme Intervention.

Great to see Asad Islam from Monash CDES in Tokyo for the JADE conference. He gave a very insightful keynote lecture on Social Networks in Development Progam Evaluation.

Looking forward to my keynote talk at the Japanese Association for Development Economics (JADE) today. Will talk on how insights into social networks can help design low-cost programs, optimize intervention outcomes, and deepen our understanding of the effects of programs.

📱APL Seminar with Asad Islam🇧🇩

Professor Asad Islam discussed his study on remote #learning in #Bangladesh employing a randomized control trial ( #RCT ) at our lunch seminar. Thank you for sharing your insightful research outcome!
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Get-out-the-vote campaigns may decrease voter turnout in opposition strongholds.
Fascinating new paper from Bangladesh. Congrats Asad Islam, Firoz Ahmed, Roland Hodler

Very happy to see this paper out now. We show that non-partisan information campaigns aimed at raising voting participation can have unintended consequences in non-democratic settings.

Wonderful meeting so many colleagues at IDE-JETRO working in development. Enjoyed my visit today, the seminar, and great hospitality. Discussed with the leadership at IDE-JETRO about collaboration with Monash CDES Monash Business School.

Enjoyed wonderful food and engaging conversations following the seminar at Kyoto University.

🌸 Had an amazing time at U of Osaka! The seminar audience was incredibly engaging, and dinner at an authentic Japanese restaurant was a delight! The cherry blossom season is truly breathtaking, and we hit the timing just right. 🌸

In Tokyo, gave two talks at ADBI and GRIPS on learning loss recovery. Off to Osaka and Kyoto for talks, then back to Tokyo for the keynote @ JADE annual conference, and seminars at the UTokyo and IDE-JETRO. Really inspiring to see the dev econ community in Japan thriving so well.

Teleoperadores para salud mental.
2400 mujeres que enfrentaron shock negativo. Las llamaron x teléfono,charlaron sobre temas de salud mental 2 horas
Bajó 30% depresión y costó solo 14 USD
Michael Vlassopoulos Abu Siddique Tabassum Rahman, PhD Deb Pakrashi Asad Islam Firoz Ahmed
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Last week, Asad Islam and I met with key partners in Vietnam to discuss our potential projects. I learned a lot from him.

Just published in the AER! Our new paper shows the importance of igniting children's curiosity in the classroom. We show how heightened curiosity boosts knowledge retention and fuels peer learning in the classroom. European University Institute J-PAL Bilkent Economics

In 🇧🇩 a 2-hour phone-based counseling intervention for women costing $14 USD:

* ⬇️ 20% moderate or severe stress
* ⬇️ 33% depression

Wow!

Michael Vlassopoulos Abu Siddique Asad Islam Tabassum Rahman, PhD Firoz Ahmed Deb Pakrashi in AEA Journals

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🥳 So happy to see our mental health paper in print: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

(w/ Michael Vlassopoulos Asad Islam Tabassum Rahman, PhD Firoz Ahmed Deb Pakrashi)

In Hanoi, meeting with various top ministerial officials and researchers, delivering talks at the National Economic University and MDRI, and holding meetings with Australian high commission officials and the Vietnam-Australia Research Centre.

In Ha Noi, Prof Asad Islam, Prof Astghik Mavisakalyan, and myself have been meeting with the government, universities, and NGOs  to prepare for our long-term projects addressing violence against women.

Closing this Friday 29 March 2024
CFP for the 2024 #CDES Sustainable Development Conference in Prato, Italy.
Please submit your papers to [email protected], if you haven't already done so.
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⭐ Introducing CEVAW's Chief Investigators.⭐

Prof. Jacqui True, Director.

'I look forward to working with our partner, ActionAid Australia to monitor the impacts of conflict, disasters and #climateevents to enhance our preparedness and prevention of #VAW across the #IndoPacific '