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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg's research featured by the BBC: "Why female entrepreneurs are key to getting more women to work"

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg's research featured by the BBC: "Why female entrepreneurs are key to getting more women to work" … Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg's research featured by the BBC: "Why female entrepreneurs are key to getting more women to work" In …

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Video: Climate, Energy & Growth Initiative faculty describe how economics can be the key to environmental solutions

Video: Climate, Energy & Growth Initiative faculty describe how economics can be the key to environmental solutions … Video: Climate, Energy & Growth Initiative faculty describe how economics can be the key to environmental solutions News November 8, 2023 …

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Key Insights from Day 2 of the Yale Climate, Environment & Economic Growth Conference

Key Insights from Day 2 of the Yale Climate, Environment & Economic Growth Conference … Key Insights from Day 2 of the Yale Climate, Environment & Economic Growth Conference News December 20, 2023 Sessions on November 10, 2023 focused on how to develop …

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Aintzane Aboitiz Braun

Aintzane Aboitiz Braun graduated from Yale with a BS in Economics and Cognitive Science in December 2022, and worked for EGC during the Spring 2023 semester as a Research and Program Assistant. She assisted with a wide range of EGC operations, …

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Insights for policy and practice to reduce gender gaps in African labor markets highlighted at EGC event in Accra, Ghana

Insights for policy and practice to reduce gender gaps in African labor markets highlighted at EGC event in Accra, Ghana … Insights for policy and practice to reduce gender gaps in African labor markets highlighted at EGC event in Accra, Ghana Jonathan …

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An Overview of Formal Childcare Programs: What Works to Improve Maternal and Child-related Outcomes?

An Overview of Formal Childcare Programs: What Works to Improve Maternal and Child-related Outcomes? … An Overview of Formal Childcare Programs: What Works to Improve Maternal and Child-related Outcomes? Key Insights 1. Provision of formal childcare may …

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Nancy Folbre: Why we should all care more about the care economy

Nancy Folbre: Why we should all care more about the care economy … Nancy Folbre: Why we should all care more about the care economy Greg Larson EGC History October 5, 2023 The University of Massachusetts professor emerita and former EGC postdoc looks back …

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Improving Public Service Delivery by Fixing Payment Systems

Improving Public Service Delivery by Fixing Payment Systems … Improving Public Service Delivery by Fixing Payment Systems Charity Troyer Moore In the News January 28, 2022 In "Ideas for India", Charity Troyer Moore argues that improving payment systems is …

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Public Disclosure as a Political Incentive: Evidence from municipal elections in India

This article first appeared in VoxDev on February 24, 2021. Councilors who thought performance reports would be published before an election invested more in infrastructure, with positive impacts on re-election. Slum dwellers in Delhi have specific …

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Development Dialogue: Namrata Kala, Rohini Pande & Catherine Wolfram on financing climate adaptation

Development Dialogue: Namrata Kala, Rohini Pande & Catherine Wolfram on financing climate adaptation … Development Dialogue: Namrata Kala, Rohini Pande & Catherine Wolfram on financing climate adaptation Podcast November 5, 2024 The first episode of …

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Did Colombia’s nationwide preschool expansion benefit students?

Did Colombia’s nationwide preschool expansion benefit students? … Did Colombia’s nationwide preschool expansion benefit students? Which strategies work to improve the quality of public preschools? In new research published in the Journal of Political …

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Going the Last Mile (with Evidence)

Going the Last Mile (with Evidence) … Going the Last Mile (with Evidence) Perspectives March 13, 2024 In 2022, COVID-19 vaccination rates in remote areas of Sierra Leone were in the single digits, even as majorities in the developed world received second …

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Rohini Pande wins the 2022 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences

Rohini Pande recognized by the Infosys Science Foundation for research "of great value to all emerging economies" January 10, 2023 Rohini Pande has been awarded the 2022 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences, among the largest awards in India recognizing …

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Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore in Indian Express: The budget relegated women’s economic participation to secondary importance

The budget relegated women’s economic participation to secondary importance By Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore February 14, 2020 India continues to struggle to provide its women with equal opportunity. On international measures of gender equality, …

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A review of recent literature on international trade in developing countries

A review of recent literature on international trade in developing countries … A review of recent literature on international trade in developing countries News In a new VoxDevLit review, EGC Affiliate Amit Khandelwal and coauthor David Atkin share …

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