What broad lessons have we learned from 115 studies on unconditional cash transfers? Last week on VoxDev, Tommaso Crosta, Dean Karlan, Finley Ong, Julius Rüschenpöhler & Christopher Udry (NU Global Poverty Research Lab Kellogg School) explored the impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…

📣Great opportunity for scholars from Africa to immerse in Oxford through the CSAE Visiting Fellowship cc J-PAL Innovations for Poverty Action AEN PAL Network REALCentre Cambridge UKFIET

🆕 What is the role of small farms in the future of agriculture? 📢 Today on Development Dialogues w/ Yale Economic Growth Center, GerardineMukeshimana (International Fund for Agricultural Development), Christopher Udry (Northwestern Economics NU Global Poverty Research Lab) & Mark Rosenzweig (Yale Department of Economics): voxdev.org/topic/agricult…

🆕 Podcast: What does the future hold for small farms in Africa? Our latest #DevelopmentDialogue w/ @Vox_Dev Guests GerardineMukeshimana (International Fund for Agricultural Development), Christopher Udry (Northwestern Economics NU Global Poverty Research Lab) & Mark Rosenzweig (Yale Department of Economics) discuss. 🎧 Listen to the episode: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/de…

What is the role of small farms in the future of agriculture? 📢 Last week on Development Dialogues w/ Yale Economic Growth Center, GerardineMukeshimana (International Fund for Agricultural Development), Christopher Udry (Northwestern Economics NU Global Poverty Research Lab) & Mark Rosenzweig (Yale Department of Economics): voxdev.org/topic/agricult…

Relancer l'aide internationale au développement, un défi complexe au sommet de Séville ➡️ go.rfi.fr/O6a

«Il n'y avait pas besoin d'interrompre l'aide d'urgence pour réformer l’USAID» rfi.my/Bo2Y.x

🆕 Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Emily Aiken (Carnegie Mellon University Africa), Suzanne Bellue (ENSAE Paris), Joshua Blumenstock (Berkeley School of Information), Dean Karlan (Kellogg School NU Global Poverty Research Lab) & Christopher Udry (Northwestern Economics): voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Emily Aiken (Carnegie Mellon University Africa), Suzanne Bellue (ENSAE Paris), Joshua Blumenstock (Berkeley School of Information), Dean Karlan (Kellogg School NU Global Poverty Research Lab) & Christopher Udry (Northwestern Economics): voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

Dean Karlan's spent his career obsessing over a development economics question: How can we actually test what works? For the past two years, his job was to make USAID more efficient — to get the maximum value out of each dollar. Then came DOGE. statecraft.pub/p/how-to-fix-f…

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Advice for the New US Aid Team cgdev.org/blog/great-pow… Ross Douthat

Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Emily Aiken (Carnegie Mellon University Africa), Suzanne Bellue (ENSAE Paris), Joshua Blumenstock (Berkeley School of Information), Dean Karlan (Kellogg School NU Global Poverty Research Lab) & Christopher Udry (Northwestern Economics): voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

One year of global education funding cuts will forgo over $100B in lifetime earnings. Remaining assistance should prioritize foundational learning, with evidence-based solutions and partnering with national governments for inclusive growth that reduces future aid dependency.