🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

3/3 ...the mentees: Hamsatou Amadou Boubacar, Abdulrazaq Kamal Daudu, Osaretin Godspower Okungbowa, Ph.D., MBA, Nneka Esther Osadolor (Okoh), Cheryl-Lyn Selman, Kefa Simiyu, Tchouala Feutsa Sostella Arida, and Gayline Vuluku. You all did a fantastic job! Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

We're recruiting a Senior Research Fellow for Economic Development - a part-time role seconded in to FCDO to bring deep research expertise on growth issues in low and lower-middle income countries to bear on FCDO's research and policy. Please consider applying!

Early Market Engagement - Evaluation of FCDO’s Economic Development Research Programme Portfolio will take place on Wednesday 17th April - 11:00 -12:30 BST. Access bit.ly/4cK27S0 for further information & the link to register for the EME. #FCDOGovUK

#ApplyNow | The FCDO Research, Science and Technology Commissioning Centre - led by 3ie and Uni of Birmingham - is looking for Senior Research Fellows to be seconded within the Research and Evidence Directorate at FCDO. Deadline 👉🏾 5 April 2024 Read detailed TORs 👉🏾 3ieimpact.org/jobs

📢 NEW #STEG funding for PhD students! 🎉 Doctoral student seeking funding for your research on structural transformation and economic growth? Apply for a STEG PhD Research Grant up to £15k here: steg.cepr.org/call-for-propo… Deadline: 20 May 2024 #EconTwitter FCDO Research, Science and Technology

‘It is rare that you can draw a direct link between #academicresearch and #policychange, but in this case, it is unequivocal’ Read University of Oxford feature on reducing #childmarriage in #Peru 👀shorturl.at/CERT0 Alan Sánchez Kath Ford Renu Singh Flor Pablo Medina 🇵🇪

THANK YOU to Nicola Branson, Florian Grosset-Touba, Edward Aisedu and Ija Trapeznikova for the insights they shared with us in our event yesterday, to Andy Hinsley from FCDO Growth Research for giving the opening remarks and to all participants for an interesting discussion!

Congratulations to all involved!👏👏👏 PEDL International Growth Centre Dennis Egger Johannes Haushofer @tedmiguel Paul Niehaus Michael Walker

Congratulations to our colleague Sugandha for sharing her expertise with the world. 🙌👏👏👏

The IGC #callforproposals is now open 🟢 We welcome research proposals on #sustainable economic growth in low- and middle-income countries across four themes: 1️⃣ Firms, trade and productivity 2️⃣ State effectiveness 3️⃣ Cities 4️⃣ Energy and environment theigc.org/funding/call-f…

FCDO highlights the importance of data, research and knowledge to underpin sustainable transport investment at the World Road congress in Istanbul.

Exciting news from #WBGMeetings! Delighted to increase our support to the World Bank to generate critical evidence on what works to promote women's economic empowerment

🌍 Empowering Women in the Workforce: A Global Conversation on Challenges & Opportunities 📍Yesterday's conference brought together experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities women face in the labor market. (1/3)

Important work by Young Lives capturing the long-term impacts of climate extremes on human development. Insights shared at #COP29 are vital for shaping policies that support communities most affected. Excited to see their new Climate Change Research Hub driving this forward. 🌍

Very pleased to launch this initiative with 3ie! We're aiming to better understand how & when evidence is used in economic development decision-making, and how to get more evidence into use. Please do come along to the EME to hear more

We're excited to see ReCIPE getting going, and keen to spur innovative new research around conflict, fragility and economic growth

ReCIPE has just launched its new website! ReCIPE is a conflict-focused grant-giving programme, funded by FCDO and hosted by CEPR. It's the younger sibling of PEDL and STEG. The first call for funding will open in 2025. More info: recipe.cepr.org. CEPR Dominic Rohner

Liz Jones, RED Growth Team, moderated a discussion on the decade ahead: Transport, Finance and development at #TTDC25 last week. Watch the event at Breakout 10 The Decade Ahead Transport, Finance, and Development - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=AAurn-…

We are delighted to be hosting a number of international transport experts in today's Consultation on the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport. Big thanks to UNECE , SLOCAT Partnership , Department for Transport and IDRC | CRDI for setting the scene!

We're just wrapping up the Consultation on the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport. Two days of constructive discussion on Transport, both as a driver for inclusive economic development and a necessary part of climate mitigation and adaptation. Thanks to all who joined!