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Interested in how to implement education reforms at scale? Submit a paper by 3 May for our inaugural What Works Hub for Global Education annual conference (25/26 September): ow.ly/PGbL50R8jvg

Excited to share a short piece I wrote for ReVista (DRCLAS @ Harvard) where I explore potential challenges and prospects for Costa Rica as it confronts climate change. revista.drclas.harvard.edu/costa-rica-ami…

So fun to present today some work at the African School of Economics in Benin. Such great engagement from brilliant students - I was thoroughly impressed! I also can’t remember sweating more than after this 1.5 hour talk, wearing a jacket in Benin weather, maybe ever 😂

Really looking forward to reading Emiliana Vegas 's book!

Meta is using Facebook and mobile phone data to produce super-granular household wealth estimates. Here’s what you need to know about the Relative Wealth Index:

Thank you VoxDev for having me and your interest in my paper with Annie Duflo & #JessicaKiessel! The full paper for those of you who want to learn more: academic.oup.com/ej/advance-art… And thank you The Economic Journal for publishing the paper!

My paper on making effect sizes more intelligible came out last week. The title describes the method: "Multiply by 37 (or Divide by 0.027): A Surprisingly Accurate Rule of Thumb for Converting Effect Sizes From Standard Deviations to Percentile Points" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.31…

Introducing the What Works Hub for Global Education! 🌍 We're tackling the urgent need to get all children learning. Our goal? Boost literacy, numeracy and other essential skills in low-and middle-income countries. ➡️wwhge.org

Excited to have our GEAR:UP website launched! Harvard CID Asim Ijaz Khwaja Michela Carlana hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/ci…

With strong mission design and adoption at scale, #NIPUNBharat Mission completes 3 years today! 📚🇮🇳 At CSF, we remain committed to achieving the Mission's goal of universal acquisition of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (#FLN) skills by all children in India by 2026-27,

I had a great time presenting our research on *between*-school heterog. in foundational learning in LMICs (& its policy implications for thoughtful curr. design) at AEDC by Asian Development Bank Institute this weekend in 🇰🇷. Great conference! If you haven't read the paper, please check it out ⤵️!

What's the role of fathers in promoting early childhood development in middle- and low-income countries? Pamela Jakiela and I talk with @TimSvengali on @Vox_Dev ⬇️ (based on this review paper: academic.oup.com/wbro/advance-a…)

Do teachers know how their students fare in tests? This is the question Sharnic Djaker Shwetlena Sabarwal and I explored in 2 studies in India + Bangladesh, now *forthcoming* in Economics of Education Review! 🥳 Ungated version: bit.ly/4dihSza

We worked with the government of Rio de Janeiro to test the impact of publicly provided daycare. nber.org/papers/w30653 Among the most sustained impacts, seven years later? Children were taller: care with nutrition in the early years really matters.

I just heard @ElenaAriasOrtiz talking at Inter-American Development Bank about CIMA, an awesome portal for educational statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean. cima.iadb.org/en/home/covera… Do you need data on learning, coverage, physical resources, or financing in the region? CIMA has you covered.