
John Loeser
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http://johnloeser.github.io 21-05-2010 02:50:37
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In a new working paper, Jacobus Cilliers, Nour Elashmawy & I look at the use of PDS Lasso for selecting control variables in field experiments. This is an issue that in part came up through discussions a while back on Twitter, 1/5 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

🌱 How might irrigation affect farmers’ profits? Maria Jones Florence Kondylis John Loeser and J-PAL affiliate Jeremy Magruder explore the impacts of irrigation access in Rwanda: bit.ly/3zODTHP


In today's blog, Kathleen Beegle & @ManuGalasso try the NotebookLM podcast approach to summarizing their recent research on public works and women's labor force participation in Djibouti blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…




Shifting gears to ag-tech adoption, John Loeser shows (joint work w others) that decentralized demos as opposed to seeding new ag tech to central nodes accelerates adoption in Bangladesh, exposure to flood risk at time of demo ⬆️ take up


#NEUDC2024 Session: Agriculture, Technology Adoption and Environment. Presented by John Loeser, his work focuses on decentralizing agricultural demonstration to accelerate social learning, looking at the impacts of flood-saline resistant seeds in Bangladesh. Chaired by Ben Roth



Excited to attend a World Bank Rwanda knowledge sharing event in collaboration with Government of Rwanda institutions, led by World Bank's Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) team. The focus is on optimizing infrastructure and leveraging data to drive growth and innovation in the private sector.



Many thanks to Ministry of Infrastructure | Rwanda & all Government of Rwanda institutions that have partnered with the World Bank DIME team. Our shared commitment to evidence-based policymaking in Rwanda🇷🇼 continues to inform policy and support the country's path to prosperity.


We had an insightful discussion with Ministry of Infrastructure | Rwanda and other Government of Rwanda partners on leveraging evidence for Rwanda's economic transformation. This year’s focus: optimizing infrastructure and data to drive private sector growth and innovation.


The team highlighted key policy takeaways from a decade of collaboration, celebrating Rwanda’s successes in evidence-based policymaking. Kudos to our World Bank Rwanda DIME team & Government of Rwanda partners for impactful evaluations & discussions that continue to drive policy change in Rwanda.

Our paper "Local knowledge, formal evidence, and policy decisions" (with Aidan Coville and Sampada KC) is out at the JDE. Many people have the intuition that policymakers prefer evidence from their own context. To what extent is this true? 1/ 🧵




Exciting news from Berkeley ARE! 🎉Abdoulaye Cisse will be joining the World Bank as a Research Economist starting in 2026, following an academic year as a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University. Congratulations, Abdoulaye! acisse.com #Econwitter
