Alan de Brauw
@adebrauw.bsky.social
Economist- I study value chains, food systems and nutrition, migration, and to some extent agricultural finance. Work at IFPRI, posts do not reflect views of my employer.
Nice tribute to my friend and co-author, Mourad Moursi, who passed away suddenly earlier this year (it's an academic link) academic.oup.com/nutritionrev...
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🆕 #Blog: Urban living linked to slightly healthier diets but also higher overweight and obesity among adolescents in Viet Nam. 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/4wkTlmQ @cgiar.org
In Greek mythology Narcissus is brought down by Green reflecting pool 🤔
“If any Americans have information related to the operation of a Lenovo laptop running Windows—at least I think it’s Windows, anyway—we encourage them to very slowly talk me through it by reaching out to our tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI,” said Kash Patel
Kash Patel Calls For Public’s Help Using Computer
WASHINGTON—Urging anyone with knowledge of the electronic device to come forward, FBI Director Kash Patel issued a statement Tuesday asking for the public’s help using the computer. “If any Americans ...
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Cartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.
I’m pretty sure I maxed out at #349 on ESPN after picking 14 of the first 15 knockouts right. Need a Ghana upset tonight to keep it alive…
June 27 was Micro-, Small, & Medium Enterprises (#MSME) Day. Learn about the differences in growth patterns in microenterprises, barriers to inclusive and sustainable growth, & how institutional support can help build resilience for women-owned enterprises. 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4vGop0i @cgiar.org
Many people are saying it’s the greatest algae bloom that we’ve ever seen!
Fascinating paper- recommend having your preferred agent summarize it for you
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 3mo ago1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.
Glad the Bulls got a #1 draft pick for Caruso along with Giddey in that trade since OKC had so many … right? /s
john wilmes@wilmes.bsky.social · 3mo agowhen alex caruso shoots this well he is objectively one of the best basketball players alive
Read a summary of our recent paper on trying to tackle multiple constraints among farmers in Malawi, out on VoxDev today-- notable is that we study effects a couple of years after the project ended (finding continued positive impacts).
VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 4mo ago🆕 The case for tackling multiple constraints for smallholder farmers Today on VoxDev, Kate Ambler (International Food Policy Research Institute), Alan de Brauw & Susan Godlonton (Williams College Economics Department) study smallholder farmers in Malawi: https://ow.ly/nHKW50Z28fH
Thanks for pointing this paper out @marcfbellemare.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/p... Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling on the White House physician to conduct a cognitive test of Trump amid his heightened rhetoric about the US war with Iran. Trump’s public statements and outbursts are increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane, deranged, and threatening.
I like to say the food system provides what consumers are demanding at current prices, but I think perhaps someone didn’t invest in enough focus groups on this one
It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.
Nigeria loses nearly half of its tomatoes before they reach the market. 🍅💔 Can AI help fix this? 🤖 @cgiar.org #foodloss #ai New from IFPRI: www.ifpri.org/blog/how-ai-...
How AI can help reduce food loss and waste in Nigeria’s tomato value chain
Using photos to analyze when and where produce goes bad.
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Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Long-Term Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia,” by Bernard, Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social), Orkin, Schinaia, and Taffesse (@astaffesse.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Long-Term Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia*
Abstract. Aspirations may condition the future-oriented choices of individuals and thus may play a role in the persistence of poverty or the effort to brea
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📢 Launching the Sustainable Evidence Infrastructure Commitment — a global effort to strengthen how impact evaluation evidence is produced, shared and used. 🤝 Signatories: @cega-uc.bsky.social, COS, IDinsight, @ifpri.org, 3ie and PIRC. Read commitment: bit.ly/4aqj5WA Why it matters: bit.ly/4aLQxWG
🆕 #Blog 50th Anniversary Impact Assessment Report: IFPRI’s capacity sharing work 🖊️ By Maria DiGiovanni, Peter Hazell, and Frank Place. 🔗 Read more here: https://on.cgiar.org/3OALqAZ @cgiar.org
50th Anniversary Impact Assessment Report: IFPRI’s capacity sharing work
Strengthening of capabilities of individuals and institutions.
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In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps: How dumplings spread around the world (tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
🆕 #Blog 50th Anniversary Impact Assessment Report: Highlights of IFPRI’s policy impact 🖋️ By Peter Hazell, Frank Place, and Maria DiGiovanni. 🖱️ Read more here: https://on.cgiar.org/45O59mF @cgiar.org
50th Anniversary Impact Assessment Report: Highlights of IFPRI's policy impact
How research has helped to guide food systems strategies.
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If I had enough followers I’d do a poll to see what people’s willingness to pay to see the Melania movie is, starting from $0 and going down to say -$100