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Working to put social science to work to benefit society @StanfordImpact . Lover of hiking & wonky memes. 🏳️‍🌈 @michaeleddy .bsky.social

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Michael Eddy

2 years

We invest 10s of billions of dollars in R&D to live longer & healthier lives What if we were to take a similar level of seriousness in R&D against society's hardest social problems? @stanfordimpact is aiming to build a scalable model to do just that 👇

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What is Stanford Impact Labs?

At a moment in history when social science can do more for society than ever before, we believe in the importance of developing new models to address pervasi...

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Michael Eddy

6 years

And now for some personal news: I just won the @HamiltonMusical lottery tickets and I am through-the-roof excited! Second row seats tomorrow evening!! 👍

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Some personal news... I got married!! 🥰 Have never been filled so full of emotion as it was to be surrounded with so many family & friends showering us with their love! Feel so fortunate to be able to marry the love of my life!!

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@NeilLewisJr If only we had really good scholarship on this issue. Oh, wait...

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"Despite statements in support of racial justice, many organizations fail to make good on their commitments to diversity" Highly relevant new paper by @mwkraus w/ @BrittTorrez @LaStarrHollie

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"Despite statements in support of racial justice, many organizations fail to make good on their commitments to diversity" Highly relevant new paper by @mwkraus w/ @BrittTorrez @LaStarrHollie

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3 years

It's remarkable to me how many remarkably effective anti-poverty programs come down to just giving people the *freedom to move* to better opportunities

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First ever publicly available micro-estimates of wealth released for *all* low- and middle-income countries. Also includes granular population estimates *beta* version of their interactive poverty maps➡️ #opendata

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Stunning results: ↗️ access to clean water via @evidenceaction 's Dispensers for Safe Water reduces child mortality by a stunning 63% against baseline in Kenya. Very cost-effective This per a new 📄 by @jhaushofer @brandonjoeltan Maertens & Michael Kremer

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A powerful, but underappreciated statement: "what matters most for your living conditions is not who you are, but *where* you are" @OurWorldInData 👉

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Global economic inequality: what matters most for your living conditions is not who you are, but...

How much does it matter to be born into a productive, industrialized economy?

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What has #MachineLearning taught economics that will be completely ubiquitous in 5 years? @Susan_Athey shares her forecast in her AEA class

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Excellent to see USAID take a hard look at the quality of its impact evaluations. All funders of evidence should do this! Hope this leads to specific improvements. New report: "ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF IMPACT EVALUATIONS AT USAID" #econtwitter

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"Economists often default to assumption that cash is always preferable to in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel the same way?" In Ethiopia the answer is a resounding "NO!" 🧵👇 by @kallehi & Hoddinot #econtwitter

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Beneficiary Views on Cash and In-Kind Payments: Evidence from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net...

Abstract. Economists often default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel the same way? This paper

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Dengue rates drop after release of modified mosquitoes in Colombia

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Dengue rates drop after release of modified mosquitoes in Colombia

Nature - Largest-ever deployment of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes yields ‘encouraging’ results in three densely populated cities.

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8 years

I wish more researchers did this when they published their results #researchtransparency from:

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Michael Eddy

3 years

When pension plans were introduced in Ghana & Indonesia, it undermined local traditional practices of old age support. Parents invested less in children, meaning kids didn't get as much education. New @AEAjournals paper by @BauNatalie

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Depressing fact of the day: In Ethiopia, neither a $300 cash transfer nor a job offer had any measurable impact on youth after 5 years--all impacts converging to near zero. New long-run follow up by @cblatts Dercon & Franklin. #NBERmonday

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Michael Eddy

4 years

“45 million Bangladeshis consume drinking water with arsenic” ➡️An estimated “6% of total mortality in Bangladesh is due to chronic exposure to arsenic” and “reducing Bangladeshi arsenic retention to US levels would, on average, increase household income by 9% per male worker”

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While we are distracted by COVID, arsenic poisoning remains an important public health threat in Bangladesh and West Bengal. An article summarizing the effects of various strategies to mitigate this threat -

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Michael Eddy

4 years

A 20-hour program had persistent effects on gender equality 2 years later 👀😮 And, the government of Punjab is rolling this out to *all* its upper primary school students. 🏫👩‍🏫 A win for evidence-informed policy! 🎉

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Seema Jayachandran

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New version of our paper, "Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India." Class discussions on gender equality increased support for gender equality by a lot. The effect was still present 2 years later.

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Michael Eddy

4 years

What works to support the extreme poor out of poverty? Everyone has their favorite poverty-fighting approach. Some of these debates have gotten downright ideological! New research out brings evidence to bear on common debates. What works best in Niger? 🧵👇

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Michael Eddy

3 years

And another great graph showing living conditions at different income levels

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Phenomenal to finally see presented the ambitious study of large 1-time cash transfers in Kenya by @PaulFNiehaus @tedmiguel @jhaushofer et al. Finds: ➡️positive spillovers on non-beneficiaries ➡️+ but tiny inflationary effects ➡️fiscal multiplier of 2.4!! #ASSA2021 @GiveDirectly

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Michael Eddy

5 years

The world is focused on the rising case counts of #COVID and economic impacts. Those are important, but let's take a moment to think about a neglected third dimension--an emerging mental health epidemic. (1/n)

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Thrilled to have joined @poverty_action to discuss building career paths translating research into policy. Which was weird, given I could still very much use some career advice as well!!

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3 years

Are you a policymaker and don't have the ability or time to run long-term rigorous evaluations to inform design? Imagine if you could get rigorous evidence in a fraction of the time and cost? Or when RCTs are impossible or unethical.🧵👇 /1

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Michael Eddy

4 years

How did a tiny arm of USAID, representing < 0.1% of USAID funding, achieve benefits 17x what it cost? And what does it imply for USAID's future? Great blog by @DaveEvansPhD @s_e_rose et al of @CGDev ⬇️

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The Case for Evidence-Based Innovation and Implications for USAID (and Beyond)

Governments, impact investors, and philanthropists are increasingly looking for innovative ways to address tricky development challenges. USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)—which celebra...

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Privatizing sanitation in Dakar led to productivity improvements and arguably a ~5% reduction in diarrhea rates among children under five in Dakar. New @nberpubs by @JoshDeutschmann @MollyMLipscomb @garsjared @lauraaschechter & Houde #nbermonday #WASH

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Michael Eddy

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Imagine if you could *QUADRUPLE* the impact of an intervention That's what authors 👇 did by running a set of quick iterative experiments that build on each other These seem a lot better than one-off RCTs I've seen more of this recently & look forward to seeing even more! 🧵👇

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The most encouraging paper I've read in education in recent memory & highly relevant to recovery from pandemic learning losses in Colombia, w/model design for policy analysis. @MatiasBusso et al forthcoming in JHR cc @DaveEvansPhD @singhabhi @leecrawfurd

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Anyone know of great books related to international development that would be good for a book club? Recommendations welcome!

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Michael Eddy

3 years

"Following 6 years of technical support across India... the capacity of the national government to fund & coordinate a national mass deworming program has reached a level that no longer requires planning support from Evidence Action"

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Our Deworm the World Initiative supported treatment of 280 million children in 2019. We’re not likely to see figures as high again—and this is an achievement to celebrate. Here's why:

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Like development economics? NEUDC is hosting its annual conference on development economics chock full of 2 days of interesting panels. It's free! And on zoom!! (so you don't have to feel embarrassed if you're a non-academic like me😳) #EconTwitter

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Mining 1 bitcoin consumes more energy than the amount of energy that 2,000 Tanzanians consume *in an entire year* via @CGDev

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Michael Eddy

4 years

I'm irrationally exuberant about the launch of a new Advance Market Commitment to support equitable access for a COVID vaccine. Launch w/ $567m and a nifty new name (COVAX AMC). Congrats to all who made this happen! (1/2)

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Gavi launches innovative financing mechanism for access to COVID-19 vaccines

Gavi Advance Market Commitment for COVID-19 Vaccines (Gavi Covax AMC) launched at Global Vaccine Summit 2020 draws strong support, early commitments from global leaders.

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Michael Eddy

10 years

The ultimate conspiracy theory. ( @NewYorker cartoon by Jacob Samuel) cc @owenbarder @benramalingam #complexity http://t.co/X9uzGum2dU

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Michael Eddy

2 years

"How should we fund science?" New panel next week w/ @mattsclancy @tylercowen @EmilyOehlsen @carolyn_sms & Williams. Lots happening in this space with new evidence coming out at an increasingly fast pace. Looking forward to the event!

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Who is using Machine Learning Applications with Satellite Data? Updated landscape map by @OurRadiantEarth #geospatial #ml #gis #datascience

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Michael Eddy

5 years

. @GiveWell is recruiting researchers, at varying levels of seniority, to help direct funds to outstanding opportunities to help the world's poor. We have a number of PhDs and are looking to expand. More info⤵️

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Michael Eddy

2 years

$47 billion bills on the sidewalk... New paper by @rglenner , Brandon Joel Tan & Snyder

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Do RCTs of behavioral nudges replicate at scale? Not so much. Per this paper by @elizabethlinos & @sdellavi #nudge

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Michael Eddy

4 years

This paper is laying the foundation for I believe will lead to profound changes in education financing in 10 years time—ultimately helping to prioritize limited education resources to where they can do the most good. 🧵below

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Noam Angrist

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🚨 New paper 🚨 in @WorldBank WP series: "How to Improve Education Outcomes Most Efficiently? A Comparison 150 interventions using the New Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling Metric" w/ co-authors @DaveEvansPhD @deon_filmer @rglenner Rogers @shwetlena

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Need a break? Kick back & enjoy these great figures from economics papers compiled by @ProfNoto & @paulgp back in 2018. My favorite 👇 #EconTwitter

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Michael Eddy

4 years

New article in @ScienceMagazine about poverty & governance by Rohini Pande Improving welfare for the poor means not just policies that benefit the poor but also securing agency & voice--improving the institutions that the poor experience HT @t8el

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3 years

This fraud could have been avoided if only the authors signed their ethics statement at the beginning rather than at the end.

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Fraud found in data behind influential behavioral psych paper. Authors included some titans in field Author says he wasn't involved in data processing & never checked data integrity Much to be learned from this…🤦‍♂️ HT @ryancbriggs

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Michael Eddy

7 years

Who becomes an inventor? Hint: Relatively little has to do w/innate ability These #s are staggering. Rich kids 10x more likely than poor kids. Huge gaps in gender The result? Millions of "Lost Einsteins". NBER Paper by Chetty @johnvanreenen et al →

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Many algorithms aim to estimate A, but can only measure some proxy, B. In new paper, @m_sendhil & @oziadias draw on many examples, to show how this can introduce inequalities on a *massive* scale. #ML #algorithimicbias

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Michael Eddy

5 years

Very excited to welcome @NeilBuddyShah to @GiveWell where I’ll be working with him to learn from and contribute to the broader global health & development communities. Excited for what’s in store!

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Michael Eddy

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Mass layoffs drive crime, but a banking policy reform attenuated the effect of layoffs on crime in Colombia "Job Loss, Credit, and Crime in Colombia" new in @AEAjournals by @econguar @cpossosu @achadhvaryu @CarlosMedinaD & Tamayo

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Michael Eddy

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Much of the literature looking at the effectiveness of research funding looks at citations not societal benefit. This paper ⬇ is an exception! It follows 101 basic science publications to see which led to use. What was the biggest predictor of real-world use? 🤔👇

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Michael Eddy

5 years

The effect of #COVID in poor countries will be quite different in part b/c of their much younger population. Important point by @DaveEvansPhD & Werker “we need models of the spread of COVID-19... w/ parameters specific to low-income countries” @CGDev

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Michael Eddy

5 years

Diverse candidates are particularly encouraged to apply (We sponsor visas & remote work is possible!) Please help us reach people we wouldn't otherwise with a RT!

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Michael Eddy

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. @GiveWell is recruiting researchers, at varying levels of seniority, to help direct funds to outstanding opportunities to help the world's poor. We have a number of PhDs and are looking to expand. More info⤵️

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Microcredit has no impact on most people, but *really* large impact on a minority of entrepreneurs. 6 yr findings from Hyderabad, India in new paper by @cynthia_kinnan @emilybreza Duflo, Banerjee. #ASSA2021

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Michael Eddy

3 years

A $7/child program evaluated at-scale (18,000 kids) had surprisingly large effects in Bangladesh. Full 🧵👇

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3 years

From small-scale efficacy studies around the world, we now have evidence on the optimal design of early childhood development (ECD) interventions. However, much less is known about how to actually scale these programs, especially in resource-poor settings. 1/n

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Michael Eddy

2 years

One of the things I love about Schools of Medicine are that faculty often split their time between research and practice. Their research gets better from their practice; and their practice gets better through their research. I wish this were more the norm in the social sciences!

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Michael Eddy

3 years

WOW! Punches were FLYING today in a side panel of @WorldBank annual meetings If you want to understand the malfunction of our international architecture *strongly* suggest watching this. Quick 🧵👇

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A Bank for the World: How the Business Model of the World Bank Group Can Better Respond to Global...

This event is co-hosted by the Norweigan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the Center for Global Development, as part of...

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Ok. This is *radically* different than the @poverty_action that I used to know. Like night & day. 😲 Kudos for the positive evolution! @heidilinz @radharajkotia

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

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“We are no longer solely an evidence-generating organization, but rather an evidence mediator.” In SSIR’s Fall 2021 issue, @heidilinz , Bethany Park & @radharajkotia ( @poverty_action ) write about write about collecting data and putting it into use.

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Fully vaxxed!! 💪 Absurd to think that I'm one of the 7 out of 100 people globally to be protected, thanks only to this odd quirk of being born (& living in) one of the richest countries in the world. Time to continue the fight for #VaccineEquity & health equity.

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Michael Eddy

2 years

New microsite looks at over 2 decades of evidence-to-policy in in international development. 👉What's been achieved and 👉What the field can do more of to increase it's policy impact. working grp led by @CGDev @RuthLevine5 @glassmanamanda 1/n

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Very neat new paper out w/ two big conclusions for effectiveness in philanthropic giving: ➡ "Donors vastly underestimate differences in charities’ effectiveness" ➡ ... and when you tell, they donate more to the effective charity.

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Michael Eddy

2 years

When does evidence get used that improves peoples lives? See what happened when @BITAmericas ran 73 RCTs across 67 US City departments. How many cities used the evidence after the RCT ended? Fascinating📄by @ElizabethLinos @sdellavi Kim #econtwitter

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Four years ago, myself & a small team of committed individuals from @InstiglioInc @educate_girls , @UBSoptimus & @CIFFchild set up a odd, yet novel experiment in development financing. The results are finally in. Here's @TheEconomist take on it:

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Development-impact bonds are costly, cumbersome—and good

Payment by results increased the impact of a charity educating Indian girls

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Michael Eddy

4 years

"Supporting Poor Households Affected by COVID-19" Really excellent information-dense presentations on designing social safety-nets & cash transfers in the time of #COVID . Including @MartinRavallion @Ugentilini @RuthGoodwinG @LeoraKlapper & others.

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Supporting Poor Households Affected by COVID-19

How can social safety net programs help the world's poor cope with the global COVID-19 pandemic?

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Michael Eddy

4 years

A change in how social transfers were delivered in #Indonesia (from food to food stamps) substantially increased benefits to targeted beneficiaries while *saving* the government money! New evidence by Banerjee, @rema_nadeem , et. al #nbermonday

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Just found this phenomenal set of research commissioned by @FCDOResearch (formerly DFID). Looking forward to the UK continuing to be a leader in producing cutting-edge, action-oriented research to improve the lives of the poor & most marginalized.

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Michael Eddy

4 years

. @m_sendhil @supKaur @suannaoh @FrankSchilbach finds more evidence that poverty hurts job performance. Large effects (6% productivity ↗️!) just from paying wage more regularly in Odisha, India. #pacdev @BeckerFriedman

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Michael Eddy

5 years

Looking forward to #ASSA2020 this weekend. Will be interviewing for @GiveWell (we're hiring!) and unabashedly nerding out with #econtwitter . If you see me, come say hi!!

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Michael Eddy

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Incredible how data can tell a story (in this case incredibly tragic)

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@KelseyTuoc This is an important perspective on the study. It's also an angle that is completely absent from the Bloomberg article (which reads like a press release). As someone who understands the media more than I, how is it that certain articles avoid critical engagement with research?

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Michael Eddy

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This is pretty remarkable that the @worldbank is promoting safe migration. I haven’t seen them do this before. Research (by @m_clem & others) suggests the potential global gains are in the trillions—way more than reducing trade barriers.

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Male and female migrants face different opportunities and risks. An ongoing World Bank study evaluates the effectiveness of different ways of promoting safe migration practices.

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I'm puzzled when funders gloat about their selectiveness—picking only 5% out of 100s of applications That seems to be a great measure of the amount of time wasted filling out & reviewing apps; but says little about the quality of funded proposals Quality > quantity

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Michael Eddy

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New descriptive evidence on depression and loneliness among the elderly poor around the world. Can cash alleviate mental health burden? In Tamil Nadu & Ethiopia, a cash transfer provided short-term relief, but results vanished a few months after transfer ended

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Does paying for outcomes actually improve outcomes? We can't take that for granted. @CGDev 's @RoxanneOroxom & @IDinsight 's @katesturla & Anderson provide some thoughts ⬇️ #impactbond #dib

Are Impact Bonds Worth It? How New Outcome Funds Could Help Answer an Open Question

As the use of impact bonds continues to grow, we ask whether results-based financing mechanism are able to fulfil their promises.

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Michael Eddy

5 years

What's a DALY? Good question! Here's a simple graphic describing how DALYs are defined. From @IHME_UW

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Michael Eddy

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Whoa. A time-limited #cash transfer + info had a *200%* return in Northern Nigeria. Impact sustained after cash ended Kids are *way* healthier, which means they'll likely live longer (+ earn more as adults) New AER 📝by @ImranRasul3 @carneiro_econ @LucyKraftman @Giacomo_Mason

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Michael Eddy

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Public policy is conducted at scale. Why not use that scale to continue learning what works to improve policy? @karthik_econ & @PaulFNiehaus join @vox_dev to share great work being done to study programs in the scaled-context in which they're delivered

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Why studies should be conducted on a larger scale

Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus argue that when we test things at a small scale, they might not be predictive of how they perform at a larger scale

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Michael Eddy

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COVID is driving tens of millions of people into poverty that weren't in poverty before the crisis. Where will they be located? Primarily in South Asia

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Michael Eddy

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Did you know road accidents are one of the top causes of death among young adults? @SafeBoda makes motorcycle taxis, safe, fair & convenient. Took a ride with Steven (driver #5 !) in Kampala. @GlobalInnovFund proud to be one of the early investors.

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Michael Eddy

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What's the impact of #edtech on learning? Few products undergo rigorous eval. Now one ( @eiindia 's Mindspark) is published in AER. "Disrupting Education? Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India" By @karthik_econ @aganimian @singhabhi

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Michael Eddy

2 years

Do Investors Care About Impact? Fascinating paper.

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Michael Eddy

5 years

Want the 1-hour summary of 7-years of designing innovative finance in international development? Join @InstiglioInc 's @avnish_g w/ @CGDev 's @glassmanamanda . Live (in DC) or via webcast. #impactbond #DIB #RBF #pbr

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Designing Impact Bonds: Lessons Learned from the Instiglio Experience

Results-Based Financing (RBF) is a funding modality increasingly used to enhance the effectiveness of development spending. By tying funding to pre-defined and rigorously measured outcomes, RBF...

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Michael Eddy

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The nature of African migration is changing. 90% of people on popular migration routes in West Africa planned to stay on the continent. New @kcsalmon piece in @TheEconomist includes analysis from @ImmigrationLab

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"12 key metrics to understand the state of the world" Great for anyone who wants to better understand how much our lives have improved, and how much remains to be done! Just bookmarked this! HT @Effect_Altruism

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. @WHO @WorldBank & govts have been making a *major* push towards Universal Health Care to improve health #UHC But what does the evidence show? In this study, impt barriers get in the way of UHC translating into improved health in India. The findings might surprise you! 🧵👇

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Major kudos to French govt for launching this! 🎉 Building on USAID DIV's impressive track record & @GlobalInnovFund , the French fund will focus on innovations that are: ➡️Evidence-backed ➡️Cost-effective ➡️Scalable & sustainable

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Adding a local worker to a govt-run early childhood program in #India led to ↗️learning outcomes 18 mo later ↘️stunting & severe malnutrition Authors estimate benefits are at least 10x the cost New paper by @aganimian @karthik_econ @c_r_walt #ECD #ECE

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Michael Eddy

2 years

Why did low-cost phone tutorials during COVID-19 work exceptionally well in some settings (e.g. w/ @youthimpactorg ), but not in others? Read the paper below to find out some potential reasons. 👇

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David Evans

2 years

"Live Tutoring Calls Did Not Improve Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone" Updated working paper from @LeeCrawfurd , @SusannahHares , @JustinSandefur , and me

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Thinking of an Econ PhD? Read 🧵👇 Resonates a lot w/me! I *love* research, but quickly realized it was consumption not production I loved—& wanted greater breadth Was fortunate to realize that *before* starting PhD! HKS's #MPAID turned out to be a phenomenal fit! #econtwitter

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Scarlet Chen

4 years

'Who should do (or not do) a econ phd?' is a question I get asked often So I wanted to share some of my thoughts today: - production vs consumption of research - digging 3 layers vs 17 layers deep - 'why' vs 'how' Details 👇

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Michael Eddy

4 years

Thinking of conducting a randomized evaluation? You might find these new research resources from @JPAL useful.

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Michael Eddy

6 years

Impressive 9-year study finds one-time lump-sum transfer in Uganda had income gains 1.8x transfer amt + permanent ↗ in assets & skilled work. Though, not a a panacea--no permanent escape from poverty trap. Great new @nberpubs working paper out by @cblatts et al.

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Michael Eddy

4 years

(1/4) Important news today: @Gavi 's CEO proposes a #COVID -19 Advanced Market Commitment (AMC) "working closely with CEPI, @worldbank & others to do this". ~min 2:43:00 here:

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Michael Eddy

5 years

In 2018, @GiveWell influenced over $140m of charitable giving. See more ⬇️

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Policymakers face 10s if not 100s of different options on how to achieve a given policy goal. How might they learn fast what works best for their context? New paper shows how an India state w/ @JPAL_SA tested 75 different options in ~3 years Best policy ↗️measles vax by 55%!🎉

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Michael Eddy

7 years

Here at #eval17 a lot of talk about generating more evidence. Not nearly as much about how we use the evidence we already have.

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Michael Eddy

3 years

#OpenPhilanthropy is recruiting for an exciting new Program Officer role to manage $20-30m budget aiming to improve the impact of foreign aid. Know someone who'd be fantastic? Please pass along! (& RT!)

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Michael Eddy

4 years

New report on COVID vaccines finds: 1️⃣ There’s a 50% chance we will have a vaccine approved by April 2021, and 85% chance by December 2021. 2️⃣ It’s unlikely that everyone worldwide will have access to a vaccine before *September 2023*

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Michael Eddy

8 years

Much of time involved in peer-review revisions is a waste of effort argues new JEP paper. @thirdreviewer take note!

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Michael Eddy

5 years

We sponsor visas & remote work is possible, so diverse candidates are particularly encouraged to apply! Please help us spread the word!

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Michael Eddy

5 years

. @GiveWell is recruiting researchers, at varying levels of seniority, to help direct funds to outstanding opportunities to help the world's poor. We have a number of PhDs and are looking to expand. More info⤵️

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. @BerkOzler12 @Susan_Athey & others running a contextual bandit to improve take up of family planning & reduce unintended pregnancies in Cameroon At the end they'll have tailored recommendations, causally identified. Only 2nd contextual bandit in intl devt that I know of

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Michael Eddy

7 years

Adaptive platform trials are making it far cheaper & faster to learn about life-saving drugs! #DataScience community uses multi-arm bandit algorithms to optimize what you see on Amazon & Netflix. When will we see more of these approaches in #intldev ? Pls share your examples!!!

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Michael Eddy

4 years

As California hits a series of unhealthy air quality days, it's worth recalling that this is just "another day" for 10's of millions of people in cities experiencing pollution levels like Delhi.

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Michael Eddy

3 years

"the hypothetical eradication of malaria, resulting from, e.g., the introduction of an effective vaccine, would be associated with a reduction in the incidence of violent events by around 14 percent" Wow.😯

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David Evans

3 years

"Malaria outbreaks in epidemic areas lead to a significant increase in civil violence."

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Michael Eddy

3 years

Piece I want to write: "The literature review is broken: Why Policymakers & Practitioners are a crucial part of understanding and prioritizing gaps in our knowledge"

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Michael Eddy

3 years

"What we’re hoping to do is give every American a quick refresher on how to use statistical analysis… to make Bayesian inference—simple stuff, but important nonetheless" 🤣😂😂😂 HT @RuthLevine5

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Michael Eddy

1 year

What if more research conferences started with panels of doers/practitioners?

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We kickstart the What Works Hub for Global Education meetings @BlavatnikSchool @FCDOResearch @FCDOEducation w/ a panel of doers. Chaired by @angrist_noam + joined by Charlotte Watts, Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Rukmini Banerji ( @Pratham_India ) and Steve Bothasitse ( @BWGovernment ).

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