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    Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development
    … after the U.N.’s establishment of International Women’s Day, what progress have women made? Where should we go from … of women’s agency Closing the digital access gender gap A program transferring free smartphones to Indian women … agenda that works for women. Published for Women’s Day 2024. Towards Gender Equality newsletter: a bimonthly …
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    EGC affiliates present research at Rwanda policy dialogue featuring Yale President Peter Salovey
    … the International and Development Economics (IDE) master’s program, which in 2022 launched a Sub-Saharan African Student … economics, and encouraging further diversity in the program.  In his remarks, Salovey spoke about Yale’s … is within two kilometers of a feeder road – even if those 2 kilometers require passing over a challenging river. By …
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    Event Recap: Development and Organizations
    … first session at the 2025 Kuznets mini-conference. Session 2: Labor Markets Julia Luckett EGC postgraduate associates … initiated by the NGO BRAC in Bangladesh in 2007. The program involved a large transfer of productive assets and … vulnerable populations from climate shocks, using the same program presented by Sulaiman, the BRAC UPGI. Her work …
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    A group photo of attendees at the 2025 Kuznets mini-conference Julia Luckett
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    Our History
    … the International Foreign Economic Administration (IFEA) program – a program for international students that had been in existence … to incorporate the Center's quantitative focus. The IFEA program brought young economists and statisticians employed …
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    EGC Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2024
    … This fact is particularly salient for the roughly 1.2 billion women who will be eligible to vote. The past … & Economic Growth Conference on November 9-10, 2023. Day 1 focused on "The Future of Growth in the Climate … by 2019 Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo. 5 Insights from Day 1 of the Yale Climate, Environment & Economic Growth …
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    Internal migration and spatial reorganisation of agriculture
    … Second, migration declines with remoteness (Figure 2), evidence that migration costs increase with distance. … worker exit will be more salient for large farms.  Figure 2. Migration and distance to nearest large cities … Blue, red, green, and orange coefficients are for small (0-2 acres), medium (2-4 acres), large (4+ acres), and pooled …
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    A graph showing growth in labor and outputs in India
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #2: Closing the Digital Gender Gap
    … Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #2: Closing the Digital Gender Gap … May 8, 2024 | News … Researchers from Inclusion Economics began the day by discussing  research  started seven years ago, which … the authors examined the impact of a phone distribution program in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, which provided …
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    Improving Transparency to Reduce Industrial Air Pollution in India
    … team produced a report on the Maharashtra Star Rating Program in 2020. The program encouraged other state pollution control boards to … State Pollution Control Board to roll out a star rating program, building on the team's experience of supporting the …
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    New Perspectives in South Asian Economic History Conference
    … of November 7th and on November 8th. The conference program has been set.  The conference is open to the public, … the Madras Presidency, 1871-1931 12:00-1:00pm Lunch 1:00-2:30pm Session D, Demography DAVE DONALDSON (Stanford) and … and AMARTYA LAHIRI Caste and Network in Colonial India 2:30-3:00pm Coffee Break 3:00-4:30pm Session E, Growth DAN …
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