Grad students interested in listening to Asim Ijaz Khwaja about his motivational lecture centered around his struggles, please register for this annual #AMIE event. Space is limited. Harvard Kennedy School Harvard CID NU Economics Econ RA Listings India J-PAL South Asia Y-RISE NBER CESifo

Have you registered yet? 👀 There are still a few days left to register for the GAIN mentor cohort 2024/25! ➡️ Register here: bit.ly/GAINMentors 🗓️ Deadline: April 21st

Harnessing power of the sun in #Rwanda, boosting grid connections in #Ethiopia, empowering communities in #Tanzania—the journey to #EnergyAccess in Eastern and Southern #Africa is full of promise. Read more: wrld.bg/WmP050Rg9xU #PoweringAfrica: wrld.bg/8Yfz50Rg9xV

Two transformational topics to be discussed at our public events this week: energizing Africa & expanding health coverage for all. I encourage you to tune in – I can’t wait to hear from our guest speakers! wrld.bg/7P9V50RhwC2 #WBGmeetings

.J-PAL’s Learning for All Initiative is launching its 2nd round of funding for African Scholars—education researchers with a PhD in quantitative disciplines based at a university in sub-Saharan Africa. Learn about the grant types & thematic focus areas ⬇️ povertyactionlab.org/page/learning-…

During the #WBGMeetings, join the knowledge-sharing session on April 18 with CCA CEO Dymphna van der Lans, Hon. Kandeh Yumkella, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 & World Bank Energy about the role of #CleanCooking as a key part of #EnergyAccess. From 2:30-3:15pm ET, join in-person or tune in online: ow.ly/NhGI50RioP0

❓Are you a PhD student or researchers based at a university in sub-Saharan Africa with an interest in using randomized evaluations to evaluate programs and policies? Apply to our free, five-day course in Tanzania on conducting experimental research! j-p.al/CER-2024

.J-PAL's Learning for All Initiative is offering an exciting opportunity for education researchers in sub-Saharan Africa interested in conducting randomised evaluations. This is particularly useful for resident African Scholars with a PhD in Economics or another social science.

A Bus Rapid Transit (#BRT) system has opened in Dakar, #Senegal, making it the first all-electric BRT system in the African continent. The BRT is expected to make 59% of job opps in Dakar reachable in an hour or less. wrld.bg/FZO550Qg39a

Join us Friday, May 3, at 11:00AM ET for the EGAP #LearningDays session on building experimental social science research capacity at the USAID Agency Learning and Evidence Month! Register here: tinyurl.com/5y8dvutz

Educating girls is key to unlocking their full potential – and it produces dividends across generations. But girls' education is about more than just enrollment. Learn how we can help girls stay in school and thrive: #AccelerateEquality World Bank Education Myra M. Khan | مائرہ خان

AERC is looking to recruit three (3) mid-career research fellows in economics, who will collaborate closely with the Director of Research and the two Research Managers on core activities of research capacity building, translation of research into policy messages, and convening of

Econ PhD Position at KOF Swiss Economic Institute! For a research project on income inequality and labor unions in Switzerland, joint with Michael Siegenthaler & Arin Dube, we are hiring 1-2 students to do a PhD at ETH and work with us in Zurich. Details here: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_…

📢 #AMIE is excited to announce the Call for #Mentees for 2024-25! econmentoring.org/call-for-amie-… To apply, please fill out this form by *July 10* : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… AMIE is looking forward to receiving your applications! #EconTwitter

📢 We are excited to announce the Call for #Mentors for 2024-25! econmentoring.org/call-for-mento… To apply to be a mentor, please fill out this form by *July 30* : tinyurl.com/4ksyh3je #EconTwitter

We are kickstarting the 2024 DIME internship summer program. I welcome the 14 interns who will spend their summer at DIME– some based in DC and some abroad.    Enjoy the onboarding course on research field work, your research projects and “graduation” at the end of the summer.

Reliable electricity service is still reliably uneven across Africa: 24% of rural vs. 65% of urban households, 27% of poor vs. 77% of well-off households, 10% of Malawians vs. 99% of Mauritians. See Afrobarometer’s latest in The Continent #VoicesAfrica #Electricity

📣 Applications are open for the 2025 GAIN program! Information sharing, mentoring and financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics and related fields. ➡️ Apply here: gain-network.net/participants 🗓️ Deadline: February 16th Please share widely!

📢📢 #AMIE is excited to announce its "4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics" for PhD students, to be held virtually on April 28 & 29, 2025. Submission Deadline: February 27, 2025 Call for papers: econmentoring.org/wp-content/upl… please share, R/T #EconTwitter 1/3

Happy International Women's Day to our AfCFTA Secretariat Official Champions. Today, we celebrate the incredible women driving the vision of a united and prosperous Africa through the AfCFTA Secretariat Official. Let’s continue to uplift and support the women moving the #AfCFTA forward #IWD2025 Mastercard Foundation