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I would love to see more work on AI as advisor to humans, rather than AI just doing work. This controlled study in Kenya found top small business entrepreneurs got a stunning 15% boost in profits when given an AI mentor, but low performers struggled with mentorship & did worse.

Reexamining whether, when and how developing country governments should provide job training and job search support Last week, Eliana Carranza WB Social Protection & David McKenzie World Bank Research examined new evidence & outlined lessons from recent research: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

Check out our new blog on the role of conscientiousness and how we can affect it to improve labor market outcomes for low-skill workers

We are very excited to be hosting the 2024 NetMob conference that will bring leading researchers working on mobile phone data analysis to DC and will help foster collaboration between academia and policy in this innovative space

This is a really nice survey methods paper by Lelys Dinarte-Diaz Ivette Contreras and coauthors. They show results on alternative ways of conducting labor modules that reduce undercounting of work by women and young men. I'm going to offer some further comments as the discussant.

#Facebook's marketing data isn't just about 'likes' anymore—it's a goldmine for social research. Dive into our blog to learn how we crafted the innovative rsocialwatcher #R package, an open tool that streamlines access to Facebook's Marketing API. ➡️ wrld.bg/huhK50RAG1q

Six Questions with Jing Cai: we discuss her work on firm networking, industrial policy in China, working in an ARE department, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

Florence Kondylis local sourcing of school meals have an impact on local economies

Michael Kremer will join Africa LEADS with a seminal lecture on the returns to investing in knowledge and the opportunity to scaling up interventions that work, don’t miss it

Innovative research accelerates development. Join us as we launch the #AfricaLEADS program in Cape Town next week. The goal: Connect World Bank operations, policy, and research to drive change. Watch the video and register here: worldbank.org/en/events/2024…. youtube.com/watch?v=IcaaY2…

Weekly links May 23: ungating research, agile vs waterfall bureaucracy, African prices, services-led development, and more… blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

This is absolutely shocking… and the world is totally neglecting to act.

Here's another interesting paper on the NGO-effect in RCTs. The NGO-effect is one reason why findings from RCTs often do not scale. This one here is on an educational program in China. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Tim Phillips Talk Normal on VoxDev about a recent paper by Gabriel Tourek and I on how lower income countries can raise more tax revenues to fund public services. Hope you enjoy listening :)

New working paper: "A network-driven data collection approach for agri-food value chains," with Kate Ambler @adebrauw Sylvan Herskowitz and Julia Wagner cgspace.cgiar.org/items/8a9145b1…

Adopting a respondent-driven sampling approach to generate a diverse sample of traders to track value chains Sylvan Herskowitz ++

Worsening climate anomalies are associated with LESS migration in West Africa. Check out our new paper in JEEM authors.elsevier.com/a/1jAPFLdSVAk3E

New IFPRI Discussion Paper: "The unmet financial needs of intermediary firms within agri-food value chains in Uganda and Bangladesh" with Annet Adong, Kate Ambler, @adebrauw, Sylvan Herskowitz, Saiful Islam, and Julia Wagner cgspace.cgiar.org/items/345fb36c…

Weekly links September 20: happiness is the absence of ceiling effects, the econ job market, unbelievable aging, and more… blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…