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Indian Statistics Departments on their way to formulate data tables in .csv, convert them to .pdf, and then upload for public access

A little-known eyewitness account of 1857 by a French-origin Urdu poet: George Puech 'Shor' was born in Kol (Aligarh) in 1823 & lived in Meerut. He was also an Urdu poet like his grandfather,the Indo-German Urdu poet Franz Gottlieb Cohen 'Farasu'. Wore 'poshak-e hindi' Contd.

Last week we put fuel in the fire of the What Works Hub for Global Education What Works Hub for Global Education at the Education World Forum EducationWorldForum along partners FCDO Research, Science and Technology FCDO Girls’ Education World Bank Education Jacobs Foundation Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) British Council IIEP-UNESCO. Now to implement implementation science!

In which I read Saadi's famous ghazal to the camel-driver in a hypothetical reconstruction of "classical" Persian pronunciation ca. 1250 or so. The Persian text on screen is presented in romanization and in Perso-Arabic script adapted (partly with letters taken from Urdu) to

Dick Davis reads his translation of a ghazal by Hafez, "I See No Love in Anyone" (یاری اندر کس نمی‌بینیم یاران را چه شد). I love this one.

A far cry from the days such as the Lords streaker when these things were more amusement. For Sharma, this is just an over enthusiastic fan.

Misbah is on the spot. “clueless”

That’s Pakistan for you. Couldn’t get USA out and now have India on the ropes.

One thing I know about Pakistan cricket, never a dull moment. سکوں محال ہے قُدرت کے کارخانے میں

Time to cancel the willow subscription.

Congrats. Asad, sarah, Ali

Come work with me, Adrienne Lucas and Attique Ur Rehman and Punjab Social Welfare & Bait-ul-Maal Department Punjab on entrepreneurship and female labor force participation in Pakistan. CERP

The What Works Hub for Global Education (What Works Hub for Global Education Blavatnik School of Government) is hiring a Research Manager. Join our dynamo evidence synthesis team led by Michelle Kaffenberger (Michelle Kaffenberger) wwhge.org/vacancies/rese…

Sometimes saying “the program worked” just means that the program was implemented. Implementing well is difficult, but that doesn’t mean outcomes were achieved, nor that the program was cost effective. Tahir Andrabi discusses this and the work of the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), the Global Education

Today at #UNGA79, Pia Rebello Britto (UNICEF) joined J-PAL affiliated professor Sule Alan to launch #FLN Academy 3.0, with panelists Tahir Andrabi, Benjamin Piper, Luis Benveniste, & John Floretta. Stay tuned for more on our collaborations to advance foundational literacy & numeracy!

Hear from our Principal Investigators outline their country research plans. What are their aims and how are they working to achieve them? Watch live on YouTube now: youtube.com/watch?v=-lup1D…

Cricket! Such a magnificent game! Pakistan giving up more than 800 runs in one test and now bowling England for less than 150. Had forgotten how great it is to watch an all spin attack.

Conceding over 800 in an innings then dropping your best players, bringing in an umpire as a selector, turning your coach into a glorified bowling machine, and winning the series is outstanding Pakistaning from Pakistan

🎉Congrats! The JHR recognizes Tahir Andrabi, Benjamin Daniels, and Jishnu Das with the 2024 JHR Highly Cited Paper Award for "Human Capital Accumulation and Disasters: Evidence from the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005" doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59…

Impact investing in education: Delivering financial & social returns for investors Last week on VoxDev w/ Tahir Andrabi LUMS SOE Pomona College, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja Harvard CID Harvard Kennedy School & Selçuk Özyurt York University: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…