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The topic of this conference is very broad. You can submit any paper on (public) policies in any country!

👇 Important experimental results from Liberia on the role of legibility 🧐 for successful public policies -- in the case of taxation knowing the taxpayer is often the first order challenge in LICs ! And often taken for granted in standard public finance models & research.

Curious about J-PAL’s postdoc program? 🌍 Our latest blog features Justine Knebelmann's journey as J-PAL postdoc, from building government partnerships to driving impactful research projects across Africa. Read about her insights: bit.ly/41hNSjH

Join our team studying the effects of the Quito metro! Applications will be open until March 4th.

🧵 Thinking about a career in international economics? (Please RT) 1/ Looking to combine academic rigor with policy relevance? Want to make a real impact in economic policy and research?

Centre for the Study of African Economies at University of Oxford will automatically consider all applicants from Africa for full funding for the MPhil in Economics - we have new scholarships for eligible students. Apply asap: deadline 4th March (extended deadline): see below

Excited to share my latest research published in the JDE! I investigated how the composition of groups by risk for violence affects outcomes in after-school programs (ASPs). Here is the link followed by a thread: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thank you for the kind words Jessica Leight! This was a delight and a surprise and also an honor! :)

I feel like I'm crushing it with this work-life integration business (at least today). I'm making a presentation for Heritage Day at my child's school and I just pulled some maps from my AEJ Applied paper on national integration in Nigeria👏🏾👏🏾😀😆 aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Do you have a recent working paper that uses the World Bank enterprise survey as its main data source? Consider submitting to the David Dollar memorial prize. Winner gets USD 3000! enterprisesurveys.org/en/david-dolla…

Women-led businesses experience barriers to their growth & sustainability. Inter-American Development Bank Group knowledge initiative on gender and diversity, #GDLab and #WeFi are looking for researchers interested in policies that promote their growth . Proposals by May 12: gdlab.iadb.org/call

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If you’re interested in the newest research on how to foster economic development in ethnically divided societies, please join Oyebola Okunogbe and me at the next CEPR #ReCIPE virtual course meeting on Thursday!

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Martin Mattsson NUS who works on formal + informal institutions

May 15 is the deadline to submit a paper to the 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference. Holds in London Sep25-26. Keynotes: Tim Besley + Annette Alstadsæter Dario Tortarolo Chris Hoy Anne Brockmeyer @annebrockmeyer.bsky.social Lucie Gadenne Justine Knebelmann and many others! worldbank.org/en/events/2025…

🎙️ We’re excited to share the full speaker lineup for Thursday’s webinar on scaling life skills programs for girls. 📌Register for the webinar: shorturl.at/9SEVo Details: 🗓️ 22 May | 🕐 1–2:30pm GMT | Zoom

Check out our newest interview! Oyebola Okunogbe talks about taxation policy in developing countries, working at the World Bank and advice for PhD students econthatmatters.com/2025/05/etrm-i… #ETRM

Thanks for having me! This was a fun conversation to have. Hope folks find it helpful. Now I have something to send to anyone who asks me what it's like doing research at the WB!