Can mobile phones save lives? New research shows that a 10 percentage point increase in mobile coverage across Africa was linked to a 0.45 percentage point decrease in infant mortality, driven by an increase in health knowledge and healthcare utilisation.

Lots of #EconTwitter talk recently re: econ evidence of effects of conflict (cc: David Evans) in light of Ukraine - see also new evidence from Kibrom Abay Kibrom Tafere Guush Berhane Jordan Chamberlin @HilufAbay (part-IFPRI team) on real-time effects of recent Ethiopia conflict

#MeasureDev, hosted by CEGA + World Bank, will explore how mobile phone data can be used to research socioeconomic challenges. It will take place in Washington D.C. on 5/11, and include presentations from Heather Amato, PhD, Kibrom Tafere, Daniel Björkegren, + more! cega.berkeley.edu/event/measurin…

Low dietary diversity among respondents to your survey? Maybe you asked about it too late! academic.oup.com/jn/advance-art… Asking 15 minutes later in Ethiopia led to a big drop in some measures of dietary diversity.

In a new paper, Kibrom Tafere and co-authors combine per capita GDP growth with data from high-frequency phone surveys and find that the pandemic increased poverty in #Africa by 1.5 - 1.7 percentage points in 2020, relatively smaller than early estimates: wrld.bg/i2SS50LG1Ju

#EconTwitter we're looking for a short-term RA to do some work on air pollution in the Republic of Georgia at the World Bank. DM me if you're interested! Econ RA Listings

Apply to The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships —deadline April 3, 2023. Fully unded fellowship to do impactful research to save lives, improve youth job opportunities, educate and connect. worldbank.org/en/programs/sc… e=c99d13bf13&trk=feed_main-feed-card_reshare_feed-article-content

Blog your job market paper 2023: submissions now open in our annual call for PhD students on the job market to summarize and share their development job market papers blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

New call for papers for ⁦Food Policy⁩ special issue on fertilizer and soil health policies in the context of global supply chain disruptions and economic crises. Submission deadline is 30 April 2024. sciencedirect.com/journal/food-p…

3 calls for papers from World Bank Research, all in one place: 8th Urbanization Conference (Nov 17): worldbank.org/en/events/2024… Land Conference: Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action (Dec 3): worldbank.org/en/research/br… Trade & Uneven Dev't (April 15) (worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship program is now accepting research proposals for its 2024 cohort. 1/2 barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/staars/staars-…

📝 New World Bank Publications Working Paper! "High Temperature and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopia" Kibrom Tafere , A. Patrick Behrer , and I find negative impacts of heat on test performance in a high stakes exam setting in Ethiopia. (1/n) documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099…

Heat negatively impacts #learning, but does it impact boys and girls equally? Dive into #data from over two million test takers in #Ethiopia in a new blog by A. Patrick Behrer, Bhavya Srivastava & Kibrom Tafere ➡️ wrld.bg/gBOp50QZ7p4

Local coverage of our latest paper on the impacts of heat on learning in Ethiopia with Bhavya Srivastava and A. Patrick Behrer .

Call for Papers: 3rd HUMANS LACEA Migration Network Deadline: Dec 15, 2024 Send papers to: [email protected] Where: ITAM, Mexico City When: April 10-11, 2025 Keynote Speakers: Anna Maria Mayda and Patricia Cortes Papers related to migration for any region of the world

🗓️ Add to your calendar: October 29, 2024 at 9.30 - 11.00 AM ET. Join our online seminar about high-frequency data and its implications for food security and to advance SDGs, particularly Goal 2: Zero Hunger. Details here: worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

Please share ... CIDER development economics pre-doctoral fellows program now accepting applications for July 2025 start date. Come work with me, Jenny Aker, Heather Schofield,Johannes Haushofer, Joanna Upton, Martina Occelli, John Hoddinott, and perhaps more! cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerP…

July 25, 9 AM ET ➡️ Join Center for Global Development & World Bank Research for an #ABCDE2025 panel on agricultural markets and nutrition. 📆 With: Chris Barrett, William A. Masters, Kibrom Tafere, Kathy Baylis, and Eeshani Kandpal. Register: link.cgdev.org/l/683263/2025-…

"Children with longer exposure to iodized salt in utero and infancy during the 1990s went on to have lower mortality and higher scores." researchsquare.com/article/rs-569… Kibrom Tafere on new work from Ethiopia. #ABCDE2025

The World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab is hiring an RA (or two) to support impact evaluations in Benin and the DRC. Location of role is flexible & applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. tinyurl.com/29dc4fs6 Econ RA Listings