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Chizoba's [Chizoba Obianuju Oranu] research interests include dev econ w/ a focus on: * forestry, energy, climate change, poverty & gender! She is currently on leave from U of Nigeria 🇳🇬[University of Nigeria nsukka] where she completed her MSc ~ to undertake a PhD at Lilongwe U 🇲🇼 [Luanar] 2/

Chizoba Obianuju Oranu University of Nigeria nsukka Luanar Her PhD is funded by RUFORUM [Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture] She also spent a year of grad training at Mekelle University 🇪🇹 w/ the TRECCAfrica scheme She's truly a regional scholar! 3/

Chizoba Obianuju Oranu University of Nigeria nsukka Luanar RUFORUM WinEED A few recent pubs by Chizoba Obianuju Oranu : The implications of covid-19 on forests in Malawi: journals.eanso.org/index.php/eajf… Climate change-induced conflicts in Southeast Nigeria and urban food security: serena.unina.it/index.php/tema… 5/

Chizoba Obianuju Oranu University of Nigeria nsukka Luanar RUFORUM WinEED ++ she has ongoing grants related to: * gender & impacts of armed banditry among smallholders * engendering behavior change & incentives for plastic waste reduction 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Check out more of her work & give her a follow! end// scholar.google.com/citations?user…

🆕 pub in World Development led by Monica Lambon- Quayefio [Transfer Project fellow] Punchline --> Youth in ultra-poor HHs receiving unconditional $$ over 3⃣ yrs showed ⬆️ in domains of: education, physical health, mental health & SRH Mini 🧵/ doi.org/10.1016/j.worl…

Ministry of Gender, Malawi These results show impacts overall across 4 domains ~ w/ particularly strong results for indicators incl. * sleeping under mosquito net, depression (CESD), social support, school enrollment, expenditure on education & no forced sex In most cases, for both boys & girls 3/

Ministry of Gender, Malawi Overall there are no or limited impacts on domains of time use & HIV risk For time use, we hypothesize & complementary evidence suggests youth are being pulled into additional HH economic activities due to investment in productive activities 4/

⚡️NEW paper alert!⚡️Lambon-Quayefio et al. found that in Malawi cash transfers improved education and health outcomes for youth as they transitioned to adulthood, but had little to no effect on HIV risk. read more here ⤵️ doi.org/10.1016/j.worl…

Ministry of Gender, Malawi We see these results as quite promising: The $$ is a HH-level transfer, but still having spillover effects on youth transitions 🙏🏾 to all funders, esp Hewlett Foundation for funding the Transfer Project African fellows! Learn more about the Malawi SCTP here: transfer.cpc.unc.edu/countries/mala…

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-…

Join the CSAE conference 2024 as Christian Meyer, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development, leads a panel on the "Role of Online Job Matching Platforms in Promoting Economic Inclusion" 📅 19 March, 4.30pm (UK) Find out more: web.cvent.com/event/df4a8db8…

.Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world's most vulnerable demographic groups: women with disabilities. bit.ly/3v34ZIZ

If you're at #OxCSAE2024 ~ check out the social norms session [Tuesday @ 14:00] Malick Dione [IFPRI_Africa IFPRI] will be presenting on edutainment + violence in Senegal Paper --> ifpri.org/publication/ce… Blog --> ifpri.org/blog/cest-la-v…

Amber Peterman University of Ghana Center for Global Development Thanks so much for the shout-out, Amber! Honoured to join esteemed colleagues like you at CGDev.

Why is agricultural productivity declining alongside #StructuralTransformation in sub-Saharan Africa? Christopher Udry (Northwestern NU Global Poverty Research Lab Northwestern Economics) describes the subj his upcoming #Kuznets2024 lecture (Apr 4), in EGC Q&A by Greg Larson: egc.yale.edu/events/kuznets… #SSA #GlobalDev

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the urgency to support a sustainable, gender-transformative care economy. Join an action-oriented roundtable on this important area by our Future of Development programme. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/care-matters…

Dear Professor Nkechi Onuoha, I can’t thank you enough for this. I appreciate it very much. May your career be even greater than mine 🙏🏾

.Monica Lambon- Quayefio et al. found that in 🇲🇼, household receipt of bi-monthly transfers led to improvements in 4/6 outcome domains 1⃣education 2⃣physical health 3⃣emotional well-being and mental health 4⃣sexual and reproductive health. read more here ⤵️ doi.org/10.1016/j.worl…

📄 New Policy Brief G2LM|LIC: Access to online networks improves female entrepreneurs’ innovation, business practices, and profits by 26%.📈 Findings by Monica Lambon- Quayefio, Edward Asiedu, Francesca Truffa, and Ashley Wong. #Ghana Read: bit.ly/3UhZgbF Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office #EconTwitter

Look who won UNC-Chapel Hill's Lifetime Mentorship Award this year! UNC Public Policy's Sudhanshu Handa provost.unc.edu/university-tea…