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Jessica Leight

@leightjessica

Development economist, @Yale / @UniofOxford / @MIT. Senior Research Fellow @IFPRI. Asso editor, REHO / CER / PloS One / BMC Public Health

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TFW when you put a bowl of scrambled eggs in freezer to cool for your impatient baby; and then it falls out and spreads egg bits everywhere; and then the egg bits rapidly start to freeze onto the freezer

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And last night of summer = cue the sad nostalgic feeling about how fast they're growing. First grade, pre-K, toddler room. I've never felt so nervous about the first day of school!

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Have bookmarked an increasing number of resources designed how to teach me to increase my productivity using AI, but pretty sure I'm not going to get around to increasing my productivity until the kids go to college. Or at least, go to the bathroom all by themselves

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Stunning decline in rape (along with other crimes) driven by alcohol sales ban in South Africa - along with a large reduction in mortality (almost solely driven by men)! Kai Barron Charles Parry direct.mit.edu/rest/article/1…

Stunning decline in rape (along with other crimes) driven by alcohol sales ban in South Africa - along with a large reduction in mortality (almost solely driven by men)!  <a href="/kai_barron/">Kai Barron</a> <a href="/profparry/">Charles Parry</a>
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It's September 2 + that means I'm having a pumpkin latte! Excited to be heading to the IPA / Northwestern research gathering to present findings around the effects of a light touch graduation model in protecting households from drought in 🇪🇹

It's September 2 + that means I'm having a pumpkin latte!  Excited to be heading to the IPA / Northwestern research gathering to present findings around the effects of a light touch graduation model in protecting households from drought in 🇪🇹
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It is really, really nice to hear someone say something nice about your child! So PSA: praise your friends', neighbors', colleagues' children generously + they will appreciate it