We're looking for a Pakistan-based Research Associate to support climate adaptation research. Please get in touch with Talha Naeem if you're interested!

Submissions for our annual conference #ADE2024 are now open! Submit your papers by May 10, 2024 to have a chance to visit #Pakistan. Travel and accommodation will be covered for selected speakers. Stay tuned for plenary speaker announcements! #EconTwitter #devecon

Explore how new tech in financial transfers can empower women in Bangladesh and Pakistan at our next #WEESA learning event! Join us on 22 May 9-10 am (EDT) with #SARGIL @BIGD_bracu Registration Link: worldbankgroup.webex.com/weblink/regist…

Now that everyone’s home from #ASHEcon2024, I wanted to expand on a running conversation I had with a bunch of grad students who met with me. NOBODY TEACHES YOU HOW TO CONFERENCE!!! Well, let’s do a quick thread on how to conference (as a PhD student) /1

1) Interesting work by Mahreen Mahmud(University of Exeter), Kate Vyborny (World Bank South Asia) , Amen Jalal(LSE Department of Economics) and Nasir Iqbal (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)) on the impact of the discontinuation of long running cash transfers (BISP), in Pakistan-

Are gender gaps in Pakistan's urban labor market driven by supply or demand constraints? Join me, Mirai Maruo & Jonathan Stöterau to discuss on 18 Sept, 9-10 am ET / 6-7pm PKT. Register here: shorturl.at/yV9SK #GenderGap #Pakistan #WEESA #SARGIL #EconTwitter

Riding in ♀️ safe space in Rio 🇧🇷 public transport ⬇️ harassment by 50% ~ however in tandem, most riders view women not riding in safe spaces as more "sexually open" Florence Kondylis Arianna Legovini Kate Vyborny Zwager & Luiza Andrade World Bank #EconTwitter sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Application fee waivers are available for US and international applicants. US applicants please see: graddiversity.virginia.edu/application-fe…. Internationals from countries below (big expansion this year!) get automatic waivers – just indicate country on application form 3/n

Can theatre and arts transform policing to better address GBV? Explore findings from an innovative intervention in Bihar, India, that improved the quality of policing in tackling GBV. 📅 Part of the #16DaysOfActivism by #SAR_GIL & #WEESA. Register here: worldbankgroup.webex.com/webappng/sites…

Small changes, big impact! Kate Vyborny, Nivedhitha Subramanian, Robert Garlick, Erica Field show how reducing search costs on a job platform in Pakistan boosted applications by 600% with constant returns on marginal applications 📑Paper:bit.ly/4j5Z6io #EconTwitter Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

--> Offering women only transport in 🇵🇰 = x2 job application rates While mixed gender transport has minimal effects Kate Vyborny & co World Bank South Asia drive.google.com/file/d/1yetFt2…