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“We also hope as many as possible investors come to Indonesia, but don’t castrate the workers’ rights,” said Djafri Rajab, a machinist. “Government exists to guarantee the rights of every citizen to have a decent life.” Latest The New York Times w/ Richard Paddock nytimes.com/2020/10/08/wor…

Extraordinary, historic wave of mobilisation in Thailand

Proud to have signed this letter. American democracy is at stake.

“Sullivan highlighted the importance the Biden-Harris administration places on Indonesia" 4 million doses for the world's 4th most populous country battling a deadly surge is an extremely weak signal of "importance." The US can and should do more. aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/3/…

I’m incredibly saddened to see the explosion of Covid cases in Indonesia. I wish everyone strength and resilience. Please take care of yourselves and each other. Saya percaya pada kemampuan masyarakat Indonesia untuk melawati situasi yg mengerikan ini bersama2. Semangat teman2.

If you do research Southeast Asia, it’s not too late to register & join us for this year’s Summer SEAREG conference Aug 12-14 hosted by @PaulSchuler10 at the University of Arizona (or Zoom). It’s hybrid format this year! We start this afternoon seareg.org/events/confere…

Interview with Fellow Eitan Paul, research manager at J-PAL Global at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)! About Eitan's current research on women’s participation in local governance, engaging w the policy sector as a researcher, and his interest in #SoutheastAsia. Read it here 👇gld.gu.se/media/2767/eit…

MITx Courses & J-PAL's free online course, Evaluating Social Programs, goes live today! Enroll to learn how to design a randomized evaluation, with lectures from Iqbal Dhaliwal Ben Olken Rachel Glennerster & other researchers in the J-PAL network.

The tiny island of Java has more population than all of Russia More than all of Japan Why?

Last week I had the absolute pleasure of touring Islamic Cairo with @JulesGazeaud (our guide) Eitan Paul & J Oliviera, while visiting @IFPRI_Egypt. If you haven't tried networking from the precipitous perch of a minaret, I highly recommend it. :)

The latest from MIT Election Lab. There are 1,871,829,025,920 possible ways to vote in today's Cambridge city council election. Thank you, ranked choice voting and Samuel Baltz's archived account.

Can training male community leaders about gender inclusion ⬆️ women’s participation in local policymaking? An ongoing evaluation, supported by J-PAL’s Governance Initiative & conducted by PATTIRO & Eitan Paul in Indonesia, explores this question: j-p.al/1xs

In its first 10 days, the Trump admin issued executive orders impacting efforts to combat global disease threats. Janeen Madan Keller explains why global health security isn't just a “foreign aid” issue—it’s a investment in U.S. safety, strength, & prosperity: cgdev.org/blog/global-he…