Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa Cecilia García Peñalosa AMSE → 🦋 @amseaixmars.bsky.social EHESS suggests when rural workers move to cities, the resulting #urbanisation produces technological change and productivity growth faculti.net/urbanisation-a… #econtwitter

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In our Carnegie Africa Program newsletter for July, we examine the top global destinations for higher ed. for African students. In 2020, France hosted approx. 126,000 African students, followed by China with 81,500 students, and the U.S. with 48,000. More here: carnegieendowment.org/2023/07/13/wha…

Are you an experienced PhD economist with a passion for development? If so, we are looking for you to join IFC's Economics and Market Research department as the Manager of Private Sector Diagnostics. Learn more and apply below: worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite…

🚨🚨🚨Funding for researchers in developing countries Are you a researcher or PhD student based in a developing country? Are you working on sustainable growth? Specifically on one of these topics: Firms, trade & productivity; State effectiveness, Cities, Energy & environment.

Interested in an interdisciplinary PhD in the social sciences? Apply now! #EconTwitter #Sustainability universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2…

🇿🇦 "I hate foreigners and the government is doing nothing." #BBCAfricaEye investigates the rise of xenophobia in South Africa and the violent targeting of migrants. 🎥 Watch the full film, "Fear and Loathing in South Africa" here: youtu.be/rogZ8BYg-kM

BREAKING: US suspends @Uganda #CentralAfricanRepublic #Niger #Gabon from @AGOA trade benefits on eve of annual summit in #SouthAfrica prod.cdn-medias.theafricareport.com/medias/2023/10…

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AEJ: Macro: The contribution of country-industry level productivity growth to world productivity is relatively constant over time. The importance of emerging economies offset a productivity slowdown in advanced economies: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam have seen remarkable trade growth. In 2022, trade:GDP ratios reached over 210% in Cam and 185% in Viet, far exceeding the global average of 62%. Learn how trade finance can accelerate this growth in IFC & WTO ’s new report: ifc.org/en/insights-re…

The World Bank McNamara Fellowships program is accepting applications. The deadline to apply is February 28, 2024. The program matches aspiring development economics researchers with World Bank research economists like me. More info here: worldbank.org/en/programs/sc…

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Are you currently doing a PhD in economics? Join us at AMSE → 🦋 @amseaixmars.bsky.social for a year with our guest PhD grants for students in the final year of their PhD elsewhere. Applications close on April 11th. You can find more information here amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/study/phd/h…

Maty Konte, Dr. (She/her), Beatrice Gibertini and I use data from Afrobarometer, SNL-RMG, USGS, Victoire Girard (gold mining), Niva et al. 2023 (migration dataset, Nature), ACLED (conflict). We are grateful of all the data sharing that helped make the project.

Congratulations to belinda huijuan tang for being promoted to Associate Professor in economics with Tenure🎉👏🏿. Well deserved.

SUBMIT a paper to #China Econ Conference in #Berlin! Date: June 27-28, Deadline: April 7, Keynote: Nancy Qian, Topic: China’s role in the global economy, Hosts: Moritz Schularick Christoph Trebesch Wan-Hsin Liu Andreas Fuchs, By: Kiel Institut Uni Göttingen CEPR Kiel Institute China Initiative

Thanks @CEG Yale university and ACET for inviting to this panel that took place in Accra, Ghana. I discussed some of the findings from our recent report on Digital Opportunities in African Businesses

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Fellowship 2024 for young African Professionals. (USD 3,000 Monthly Stipend). ECA #Africa bit.ly/4dcmJBM

For those working on inequality over the life-cycle, submit your paper before August 25 and join us in Berlin for the Life-course inequality dynamics workshop. diw.de/de/diw_01.c.90…