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anbrown.bsky.social
Economist and FHI 360 Chief Strategy and Evidence Officer, former 3ie, all posts my own opinions and reposts do not equal endorsement.
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Hello from 3ie’s official @bsky.app account! We’re on a mission to improve lives in low- and middle-income countries through high-quality, policy-relevant evidence. Follow us for updates on our work to support evidence-informed decision-making! Learn more: www.3ieimpact.org

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Wherein @gamblingondev.bsky.social quotes the Spice Girls and uses game theory to help researchers think about how to be more policy influential. Great @voxdev.bsky.social read with useful links. voxdev.org/topic/educat...

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If you want scholarly publishing to be more aligned with scholarly values, then try out Lifecycle Journal. If you embrace transparency, then you can do your research in the Lifecycle Journal without risking publishing in the existing system if you later decide to do so. A🧵 lifecyclejournal.org

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Breaking News: A judge found that Elon Musk’s effort to shutter USAID most likely violated the Constitution, and ordered its operations partially restored.

submitted 52 days ago • 54 comments

Check out USAID’s Agriculture ties to by state drive.google.com/drive/mobile...

submitted 91 days ago • 5 comments

Many useful links this week. Thanks @dmckenzie.bsky.social! I've bookmarked the @aeainformation.bsky.social lecture series.

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Great @voxdev.bsky.social post by @johnlist.bsky.social with concrete recommendations for addressing the pilot-to-scale challenges in int'l development during research. I wrote about these pilot-to-scale challenges for #3ie in 2016 here: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/pitfal...

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

Three cheers for the @aeainformation.bsky.social report and recommendations for social media use! It is entirely appropriate for a voluntary professional association to have behavioral codes of conduct. And great to see the shout out for #econsky!

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

Why is #Onions the only dog on Bluesky? The cats are fine, but we need more dogs.

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

Few people even know about this; when people are asked in surveys how child mortality has changed the majority says it has stagnated or increased. If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future.

submitted 163 days ago • 38 comments

Them: Isn't five hours to get from Rockville to Dupont (to drop dog) to Dulles for your flight excessively cautious? Me: Don't judge Kid during dog drop: I left my ID in Rockville. Me: *Smug look* (and massive relief)

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Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content. But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand. sites.google.com/view/maritaf...

submitted 171 days ago • 19 comments

#econsky #econjmp #econ #jmp I am on the #econjobmarket this year! My JMP focuses specifically on second-generation migrant girls. How does education policy impact them as they grow up in a highly egalitarian society, yet within families that have migrated from more gender-traditional origins? 🧵👇

submitted 171 days ago • 3 comments

View from today's conference -- 11th floor Willard Office Building. Thanks #IndianaUniversity #TobiasCenter at the #HamiltonLugarSchool for a thought provoking conference on #Localization and #MERL.

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Timeline zen

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Disrupt ageism -- great, short video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv0F...

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New post today from my #FHI360 colleague Chris Odell highlighting the great discussion at the Global Evidence Summit #GES about the use of #AI in #evidencereview. researchforevidence.fhi360.org/need-explore...

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A sad way to start the day. :-(

submitted 224 days ago • 0 comments

Lots of AEA Initiatives for Diversity and Inclusion have deadlines soon - a thread - #EconSky 1/n

submitted 226 days ago • 1 comment

On Tuesday, 36 US ports will be shut down by the largest shipping strike in living memory. This could recreate the chaotic supply chain crisis of 2021-2022. Are we ready? a 🧵 on the new economics of supply chains 1/

submitted 225 days ago • 5 comments

For my first Bluesky post, I'll share the poster (top half) we presented at the Global Evidence Summit #GES two weeks ago. Is there a strong evidence base to state that locally led development is *more effective* than traditional development? No. But there are others reasons it is better.

submitted 225 days ago • 0 comments