Thanks for the shout out @KelseyTuoc @voxdotcom

Awesome to see growing literature on impacts of mobile money in the article

Three more to add. Work in:
Tanzania: @EmmaRiley19
Mozambique: @cbatista_econ @pedrocvicente
Bangladesh: @Abu_Shonchoy @saravana_econ @JMorduch + others

https://twitter.com/poverty_action/status/1305972239129612292

Here are links to papers by @EmmaRiley19

Her Tanzania work: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

And some brand new work on microenterprises in Uganda (and her job market paper): emmaalriley.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/resist…

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Super excited: this week @vox_dev we have a brand new series on the #US-#China #tradewar. This series was one of my favorites to curate - gonna be some cool articles & audio for it. Please tune in: voxdev.org

I guess the timing of this series couldn't be better!! First in our #US-#China #tradewar series: how did China move up global value chains? Liberalizing trade & FDI key to promotion of domestic value added into a countrys exports as per the Chinese experience
#HiauLooiKee @heiwai_tang @wb_research @SAISHopkins
voxdev.org/topic/firms-tr…

Tradition @MIT: a brand new #hack in celebration of #AvengersEndgame
The grand dome is turned into the #CaptainAmerica shield!! Cool!
Can I see this from somewhere in Cambridge without being in the air??
Have to say MIT hacks are one reason I love MIT!!
I even own this book:

My amazing assistant (most efficient assistant ever): I won't be in tomorrow
Me: No worries, hope all is well?
My assistant: Taking my dog to his doggie day care entrance exam
Me: An entrance exam for doggie day care??!!
Me 4 hours later: An entrance exam for doggie day care??!! Update: Melvin passed the entrance exam!! Apparently he did so well (I guess that is the right sign) on the placement exam that he got put in w/ the big dogs. John thinks Melvin is way too small to be in with the big dogs... so not sure he will be using the doggie day care...

In honor of #InternationalWomensDay here are some cool @vox_dev columns and videos that I went back to this morning...
First up, a great interview from #VoxDevTalks with #ChrisWoodruff on how women are becoming managers in #Bangladesh @timsvengali
voxdev.org/topic/firms-tr… Second: the role of skill building and training for adolescent girls in #Uganda & #Libera by @markus_gold
"Gender-sensitive youth employment programmes combining income generation & life skills training can be effective in helping adolescent girls succeed"
voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

Flight delayed in Chicago, on way way back from a completely awesome day out west. Gonna spend layover tweeting some cool job opportunities Teaching at the right level @JPAL_Global is looking for a country director in Cote d’Ivoire. Apply here povertyactionlab.org/careers/teachi…

Sad I missed #ASSA2019. Just finished watching the panel on solving gender issues in economics which I found both inspiring at times & depressing at times [sorry for a long thread]
@Susan_Athey #MarianneBertrand @skalemliozcan @BetseyStevenson #JanetYellen
aeaweb.org/webcasts/2019/… Inspiring because we are finally having these discussions in economics especially after lots of data & evidence. Always find it stunning that as a profession we are so good at studying others but not ourselves (@Susan_Athey talks about this on the panel). Big thx to the panelists

I've been thinking & reading a lot about leadership & what makes a good leader the last few weeks (more on why later). Thought I would share just a couple of the more interesting recent papers I came across…of course much more reading ahead. Please feel free to send suggestions! First, leadership & norms. #ChristianDippel & #StephanHeblich show how leaders shape beliefs & social norms using data on the FortyEighters (political refugees from Germany). So leaders can build positive social norms!! Can they also create negative ones?? nber.org/papers/w24656.…

This week, @vox_dev we decided to tackle the broader qu of the role of media in development. Clearly, media & social media are extremely persuasive & have important effects in the developed world. High time to build a series around similar issues in the developing world. Enjoy! First, a fantastic piece by @david_yang: “internet censorship in China is effective not just because the regime makes it difficult to access sensitive information but also because it fosters an environment in which citizens do not demand this information” goo.gl/kP4wvf

We just hit the 10 month mark since @vox_dev launched!! We have reached 85K users, with 250K page views from 187 countries! Huge thanks to all our amazing contributors, a phenomenal Board (#RobinBurgess #ChangTaiHsieh #ChrisWoodruff) & a fantastic Managing Editor @NidhiParekh7 To celebrate our 10 month anniversary, here are my favorite 10 @vox_dev columns. Of course, it was almost an impossible task to limit myself to just 10, can’t wait for our 20 month anniversary!! So, please think of these simply as about where my (biased) research interests lie...