The School of Economics at the University of Kent is looking to hire a Senior Lecturer in Econometrics. Job description in link. Please share with your peers. jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Looking forward to my inaugural lecture next Friday, 3-4pm GMT University of Kent

Do women's perceptions of benefits and costs matter for household investments? We find yes for sanitation in India but only for women with medium/high bargaining power, just out in #JDE 👉bit.ly/3ZsqsoH School of Economics Institute for Fiscal Studies #InternationalWomensDay

This #WorldWaterDay, we are featuring research on increasing the adoption of safe sanitation infrastructure. In today's article, Britta Augsburg (Institute for Fiscal Studies) and Bansi Malde (University of Kent) outline new evidence from #India. Read here: voxdev.org/topic/infrastr…

Our next event: Public Lecture University of Kent by Professor Stefan Dercon Blavatnik School of Government CSAE on "Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose" on 4th May, further details 👉 bit.ly/3LluPgI School of Economics Stefan Dercon

A stimulating discussion with researchers across disciplines and institutions about how the #SDGs have shaped their work. I was happy to take part in it. Thanks to @TheEasternARC for turning it into a podcast!

Our next Public Lecture: Professor Sir Tim Besley LSE Department of Economics on "Political Change and Structural Transformation" on Tuesday 23rd May, details below. School of Economics

'Developing Youth Groups to Support Peers at Risk of #childmarriage': Excited to start work on this new collaboration between School of Economics & Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Trust w/ Niaz Asadullah DATA & mPower Social 👉shorturl.at/bpxyO funded by Global Innovation Fund

Listening to young paralegals -- volunteers trained by BLAST -- in Korail slum, Dhaka last week about their activities and insights about #childmarriage practices, hard-hitting and inspiring in equal measure. Global Innovation Fund School of Economics

Delighted to see the publication of this excellent book edited by JP Faguet and Sarmistha Pal. My chapter with Abu Syeid Shonchoy on birth registration and local governance👉bit.ly/3LpzMEK

Our next Public Lecture: Dr Arvind Subramaniam Arvind Subramanian Peterson Institute on "The Political Economy of Demonitization and Tax Reform in India" on Wednesday 20th September. School of Economics

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Weak Local Governance => Defective Birth Registration => Undermining Child Rights 👇 LSE Press School of Economics UNICEF Innocenti

Its with great sadness that we (School of Economics ) announce that Tony Thirlwall died yesterday after a long illness. He was a great and influential economist, a valued colleague and a kind and generous man- Rest in peace

Tony was a champion and inspiration for the Development Economics Research Centre at Kent even before it started. We miss him dearly.

Hats off to Zaki Wahhaj, Maliha Rahanaz for shedding light on the impact of a straightforward information campaign of a2i & digital financial service usage among vulnerable cash transfer recipients in Bangladesh 🇧🇩📱 #SmartBangladesh2041 #ZeroDigitalDivide #Finclusion

How to improve access to #DigitalFinance training among marginalised populations? Our blog piece (w/ Maliha Rahanaz) based on insights on #WEEDiFine project @BIGD_bracu on female domestic workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh 🇧🇩👉bit.ly/3wPCfUG School of Economics BRAC University

We are very pleased to announce Development Economics Research Centre, Kent's fourth workshop on 'Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics' School of Economics on July 15-16, full programme and registration details 👉 bit.ly/4bx5IBp

🇧🇩 needs new strategies to prevent child marriage. Op-ed in The Daily Star with Zaki Wahhaj @ Barrister Sara Hossain #SafePlus #DayoftheGirl BLAST Global Innovation Fund UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme End Child Marriage UNFPA Bangladesh UNFPA-UNICEF JP to End Female Genital Mutilation thedailystar.net/opinion/views/…

In light of recent events, I am no longer posting on Twitter/X. Please see my LinkedIn page for research updates, comments, etc. 👉linkedin.com/in/zaki-wahhaj…