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New article by me! It's a common mistake to think the TFR is a prediction of the average number of children women will have over their lifetimes. But it's not. The TFR can decline even when the eventual number of children per woman stays constant or even increases; the opposite can happen too. 🧵

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On #InternationalMotherLanguageDay, we recognise the power of language in shaping identity & #democracy. The origins of this day trace back to 1952, when Bangladeshis fought for their right to speak Bengali. Today, the struggle for democratic rights still resonates. 🔗 Read more:

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Hadn't appreciated Indonesia's stunning progress against $2.15 poverty: 75% poor 1984, less than 2% 2023. (Or if you prefer: 142m people in 1998, 5m people 2023) pip.worldbank.org/country-prof...

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Been a while since we shared this! Here is a selection of our favourite sources of research, newsletters, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos related to development economics, including researchers who have written for VoxDev. go.bsky.app/4rsxm7G

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🆕 Do cash transfer programmes drive up local prices and harm those who don’t receive them? 🔊 Today on VoxDevTalks, @eeshani.bsky.social (@cgdev.org) discusses the broader economic implications of cash transfer programmes: voxdev.org/topic/social...

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"Qu’importe que, depuis La loi du marché sorti en 2015, il y ait eu les gilets jaunes et trois grands mouvements sociaux dont le dernier a rassemblé plus de monde que tout autre mouvement avant lui, le prolo du cinéma français est systématiquement obsolète, résigné, triste et grave."

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

Le travail en NGO est extrêmement frustrant

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L'ambassade vient de me confirmer que j'étais le seul Norvégien sur le territoire où je suis

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Toujours au travail c'est terrible

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Praktikanten tilbød meg en brownie 🥹🥹🥹

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Ce que fait mdm en Mauritanie en matière de santé génésique est sûrement précurseur

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Jeg vil si opp

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La charge de travail est conséquente

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Stricter environmental regulations on US ship exhaust significantly improved the health of newborn babies near coastal areas, say researchers at UC Davis and Vanderbilt. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

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Based on many useful comments, @grattonecon.bsky.social and I have updated the working paper over last couple of days. We now explicitly extend the model to account for the risk of democratic backsliding and explain the rationale behind our assumptions more clearly. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/60mq5...

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Si ya bien un truc qui me manque pas dans les AG c'est les militants qui se pensent être disruptifs

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🙏🤩Thank you @voxdev.bsky.social for covering our research! Our results show that immigration supported agricultural development and structural transformation in Brazil. Joint work with the amazing @andrea-papadia.bsky.social and Ariell Zimran. #EconSky 📉📈 voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

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On va dire que si l'AFP s'obstine à dire "accusé par la gauche" c'est une manière de dire que la droite a pas l'air de voir le problème dans le fait de couvrir ce genre d'horreur.

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

🆕 How does the loss of biodiversity impact economies and human well-being? 🔊 Today on VoxDevTalks, Eyal Frank (University of Chicago) discusses how the real-world impacts of biodiversity loss can be quantified: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

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🆕 How Peru transformed natural resource wealth into local economic development Today on VoxDev, Antonella Bancalari (Institute for Fiscal Studies) & Juan Pablo Rud (Royal Holloway, University of London) outline their research on Peru: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

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C'est vraiment la honte

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment