Leonardo Iacovone
@leoiacovone
🇮🇹 🇪🇺Economist. Firms, productivity, entrepreneurship, trade, FDI, and rigorous policy evaluations. Opinions are my own @worldbank @thehertieschool
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📢 Exciting news! Applications are still open for the World Bank Africa Fellowship Program. Calling all PhD candidates & recent PhD graduates from #Africa. African women, we especially want to hear from you!▶️ wrld.bg/fT6E50Pg8GC #WBGFellows
The paper "Can information and alternatives to irregular migration reduce “backway” migration from The Gambia? " by Catia Batista joint with Tijan L. Bah Flore Gubert David McKenzie is now published in The Journal of Development Economics. ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.jdev… #EconTwitter
We are looking for bright African #PhD students to join our World Bank Africa Fellowship program. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to jump-start your career in #development and make a lasting impact. Apply by August 25. wrld.bg/P4UZ50Pu1Mn #WBGFellows #Africa
Russia's found a workaround for Western oil sanctions, says a new study from KSE Institute. But there is a way to make those sanctions stick and reel Russia back into compliance. The study is led by Benjamin Hilgenstock Benjamin Hilgenstock, a KSE senior economist 1/
Training Microentrepreneurs by Zoom in Mexico and Guatemala: I summarize new work with Leonardo Iacovone, Elwyn Davies, & Peter Deffebach that looks at feasibility, cost, and effectiveness of training micro business owners in live Zoom sessions blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…
We just a launched a new report on the #FutureofWork analyzing the impact of #Technology on businesses and workers in Europe with Rafa de Hoyos Iván Torre Nicolò Dalvit, Ioanna Pantelaiou, and Aleksandra Peeva! 👇👇
For 40 years, technological advancements in European countries have primarily benefited college graduates and a small group of large, innovative companies. New World Bank research identifies ways countries can make sure the benefits of technology are spread more evenly.
What drives the adoption of technologies? What is the impact on firms when they adopt them? How labor markets and the supply of skills are helping workers in Europe? Check out our new report on "Future of Work in EU" Rafa de Hoyos Iván Torre Nicolo Dalvit & Aleks Peeva a 🧵👇