Wishing you every success Prof Mpedi!

It’s been five years since Matthew Lester died and I still think of him often. We didn't always agree, but our discussions were always fast-paced, robust and cheerful and I invariably left with a better understanding of the issue and with some hope for rebuilding SA.

With careful design, the relief grants can help young people find jobs. Kate Orkin Ingrid Woolard MayaGoldman Murray Leibbrandt explain how. econ3x3.org/article/srd-gr….

Exciting news! Georgetown University and the World Bank are hosting a conference on poverty in honor of Martin Ravallion on Oct 21-22, 2023. Submit your paper by May 26, 2023, at editorialexpress.com/conference/Mar… #MartinRavallionConference #PovertyFight #EconTwitter Georgetown Center for Economic Research

We are proud to be hosting Prof Euan Phimister’s Inaugural Lecture this evening at our Business School. After Prof Ingrid Woolard’s introduction, he will be speaking on ‘Making Economic Models Useful in an Interdisciplinary World’ #InauguralLecture #ResponsibleLeadership

I don't have words that can do justice to my colleague... to my friend...Jorge Aguero Jorge M. Agüero, but maybe all of us together, we can get close. He brightened so many of our lives.

It is worth knowing that the median income person in WENAO is at the 90th global percentile; and the median income person in the US is at the 93rd global percentile. The world is much poorer than it seems to many.

Despite recent income convergence and reduction in global income inequality gaps between regions remain extremely great.

Professor Sir Angus Deaton will be presenting the 1st Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture on 3 July 2023. This lecture will be presented online and Sir Deaton will share some thoughts on economists and their role in policy. Register - bit.ly/fwml-2023 SALDRU UCT

Listening to a superb lecture by Sir Angus Deaton. "There are economists whose results cannot be predicted from their political convictions, but sometimes they seem to be too few" #FrancisWilsonMemorial

In the 90s, women were less likely to negotiate their salaries than men. Today, they're more likely to ask... but still get fewer raises. The solution is not to encourage women to advocate for themselves. It’s to change the stereotypes and systems that are biased against them.

Exciting opportunity for early career economists working on micro-development in Africa STIAS Stellenbosch University

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Seeking a Senior Research Fellow! 🔎 Join our dynamic team in Maputo, to lead and contribute to the research and management of our IGMozambique programme, which builds bridges between research and policy in #Mozambique. #ResearchJobs #MaputoJobs #ResearchOpportunity #UNJobs

Looking forward to the #devXroads conference that has greatly kicked off in Maputo today UNU-WIDER (photo: tradicional dance group Tafika welcoming participants)

Where should I submit my development economics paper? blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu… @DMcKenzie001 has just published his annual, incomparable analysis of impact factors, acceptance rates, review times, and much more for a range of development journals.