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"If dev't assistance is about helping...countries improve their wellbeing & among those goals for wellbeing is the reduction of poverty, what is the highest poverty line, beyond which one would say, people above this threshold are prosperous, not poor?" lantpritchett.org/raise-the-bar-…

Last night at dinner one of my kids talked about hearing about "loaded language" in surveys and I was like: I HAVE A STUDY I NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT! gh.bmj.com/content/3/2/e0…

If it looks like the intervention you evaluated didn't work, what does that really mean? blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu… My summary of a taxonomy by Glewwe & Muralidharan #throwbackthursday

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I was on a call this morning discussing how to measure student absences in an impact evaluation. There are options, and there are several studies that have compared across options. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In a country where "more than a third of marriages are between first cousins," marrying outside the family leads to more progressive gender attitudes--even though people marry younger. sites.duke.edu/ericafield/fil…

This is a great idea for a game that is fun and will help kids (and adults) build number sense and epistemic calibration.

I was in a meeting yesterday and someone had brought cookies to share, and we all kept breaking off little pieces of the cookie, and I kept thinking of Zeno's dichotomy paradox (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_…). But the cookie DID eventually get entirely eaten, so I guess that solves it?

More than 50,000 people die annually in Mexico due to cases of diabetes and kidney disease that could be avoided with "timely and effective healthcare"! thelancet.com/journals/lanam… New work from Sofia Castro Vargas, Rios-Zertuche, & Sebastian Bauhoff

🚨 Getting education policy right is only half the battle. The real challenge? Implementation. 🔍 A look at why so many reforms fall flat and how some succeed against the odds Read the blog by Carolina Rivas & David Evans via Inter-American Development Bank ➡️ bit.ly/459aaqe

Some personal news… After 14 years (!) this is my last week at Center for Global Development. More later on what's next, but first a short thread of appreciation for a place which I think is not just special, but indispensable. (This is a bit grandiose, but I'm leaving, so permit me this once.) 1/

Justin embodies the very best of Center for Global Development. His departure is a huge loss to the organisation and his legacy is immense. I feel privileged to have worked alongside him through my seven years there.

My sis's research featured!

Cash transfers in childhood --> less depression in young adulthood. academic.oup.com/heapol/article…

This looks like a great conference! Submission deadline = June 15.

Extremely excited to have Justin Sandefur officially joining Open Philanthropy to lead our work on economic growth in LMICs! Lots of opportunities and challenges ahead and I think Justin will do a great job leading this work.

Last night I attended the Regal Theaters Mystery Movie. It was the horror movie Bring Her Back, starring the fabulous Sally Hawkins. I enjoyed it. But many of my favorite horror movies use horror to explore social issues, like La Llorona, Sinners, and Get Out.

Professor Macis is a great collaborator and -- evidence below -- a great teacher. Read his work here mariomacis.net/publications.h…

I just finished listening to the audiobook of poet Amanda Gorman's 2021 collection, *Call Us What We Carry*. It's very good. goodreads.com/review/show/75…

Donors are facing tough choices in the next few months about what education funds to support and by how much. Lee Crawfurd and I set out 4 criteria to prioritize limited resource cgdev.org/blog/four-crit…