📢 New open-access publication in Gender, Technology and Development 🔎 Can the green transition also advance gender equality in Rwanda’s construction sector? 📄 Find the details here: doi.org/10.1080/0971... @idos-research.bsky.social @join-globalabc.bsky.social

Women’s employment and the green transition in Rwanda’s urban construction sector: insights from firm-level data

This study examines the relationship between the green transition and female employment in Rwanda’s construction sector, influenced by sustainability policies such as the Green Building Code. Using...

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At the Sustainable Buildings & Construction Summit 2026: 🏗️🌱Check out our column on bio-based materials: www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre... @idos-research.bsky.social @join-globalabc.bsky.social #BuildForClimate #SustainableBuildings #SBCS2026 #ResilientBuildings #ClimateAction

🌱 Paper out in *Ecological Economics*: green jobs in Rwanda’s construction sector. 🇷🇼 🔨 Now on the ground again working on: SME upgrading pathways + green skills gaps. 🤝 With University of Rwanda & GIZ Rwanda–Burundi. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... @idos-research.bsky.social

🆕 Understanding the global construction sector 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, Martina Kirchberger (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social) discusses the economics of infrastructure and the construction sector: voxdev.org/topic/infras...

💡 Key takeaways from #NorDev25: 🤝 Build alliances and coordinate efforts to tackle the existing challenges together 📢 Be more vocal – “invite ourselves to spaces we are not invited to” ✨ Left hopeful: “We must dare to invent the future.” @idos-research.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

💼 Can we call it development if women are shut out of decent work? Our IDOS policy brief shows how to break barriers, ensure women benefit from green/digital transitions & align jobs with social policies. 🔗 doi.org/10.23661/ipb... @idos-research.bsky.social #GenderEquality #WomensEmployment

Promoting female employment in partner countries: priorities for development cooperation

Boosting women’s employment in low- & middle-income countries takes more than just labour market policies. Our new policy brief highlights the role...

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✨ Just out on @voxdev.bsky.social: our blog on firstborn daughters, son preference, and family dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa — co-authored with @mariahdb.bsky.social Take a look 👇👇👇

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🆕 The hidden cost of a firstborn daughter in Africa Today on VoxDev, @ggenicot.bsky.social (Georgetown University) & @mariahdb.bsky.social (CUNEF Universidad) discuss the impact of a firstborn daughter on the trajectory of a woman's life: voxdev.org/topic/health...

Male concerns about labor market competition from women played a key role in the rise & fall of "protective" labor laws that often limited women's jobs. Op-ed based on IZA DP by @mdoepke.bsky.social‬ @hannofoerster.bsky.social‬ @annehannusch.bsky.social‬ & M. Tertilt 👇 wol.iza.org/opinions/pro...

Protection for whom? The political economy of protective labor laws for women

While presented as measures to safeguard women’s health labor laws banning night work or limiting the amount of weight a woman could lift often restricted women’s access to employment...

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💡Tomorrow is German Diversity Day. Tâmara Andrade, Dr Tatjana Reiber and Dr Anna Schwachula remind that #diversity means more than raising flags. It needs long-term commitment to structures & practices that foster diversity & prevent discrimination. 👉 www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre...

What are the pros and cons of gender quotas on corporate boards of directors? 👩‍💼👨‍💼🏢⚖️ Explore this updated IZA World of Labor Article by Nina Smith and Emma von Essen, including new evidence from ten quota countries. 📊📰🌍 wol.iza.org/articles/gen...

Gender quotas on corporate boards of directors

Gender quotas for women on boards of directors improve female share on boards, but firm performance effects are mixed, and spillover effects are positive but small.

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🚨Development Economists!🚨Do you use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS Program) data, which had been supported by USAID? IPUMS ( @ipums.bsky.social ) and the UN Statistics Division have a survey for you. I just filled it out. You can too. #econsky

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Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the United Nations Statistics Division DHS impact survey (form.jotform.com/250913880478...) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate.

Die #Koalitionsverhandlungen bestimmen stark die Zukunft der #Entwicklungspolitik. Dieser Druck bietet die Chance, diese gründlich zu überdenken. @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social nennt fünf zentrale Punkte für eine zukunftsfähige Politik: @tagesspiegel.de: www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

Trump stoppt USAID: Mithilfe dieser fünf Punkte sollte Deutschland seine Entwicklungshilfe jetzt neu aufstellen

Die drastischen Kürzungen der US-Entwicklungshilfe haben weltweite Folgen. Die neue Bundesregierung braucht eine Strategie, ob und wie sie das ausgleichen kann.

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Insightful discussions on #GenderEquality, #feminism in local contexts, and the importance of intersectionality were at the heart of the final conference 'Local Feminist Perspectives as Transformation Levers for Greater Gender Equality': www.idos-research.de/en/events/de... @giz.de

Who will AI benefit—the many or the few? 👉 youtu.be/QvQjN73VQGk 👀 Simon Johnson @mitshapingwork.bsky.social argues that policymakers must step in to ensure technology benefits workers, not just corporate elites.

❗The CfA to our panel on "Equitable Green Transitions in Urban SSA: Sustainability and Social Justice" at the #NorDev25 Conference is open till April 4. The panel focuses on the role of #GreenJobs #FemaleEmployment #YouthEmployment #CircularEconomy We are looking forward to your submissions😀

📢 New research! @astoecker.bsky.social explores barriers to women’s employment in SSA & how education, motherhood & norms shape outcomes. More job variety can widen gender gaps—see how context matters! #InternationalWomensDay #GenderEquality Read more in: www.idos-research.de/discussion-p...

How can previous successes in #genderequality be secured and even expanded against the backdrop of current global challenges? #TheCurrentColumn by Jaqueline Götze, Maryam Khalid & Tina Zintl in the run-up to #InternationalWomensDay 2025. Read more 👇: www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre...

“Pepfar has saved more than 26 million lives and prevented roughly 1,000 babies a day from being born with the HIV virus” Superb piece on how cuts to USAID will affect the world’s poorest, focusing on HIV on.ft.com/3QX1HhP

Cutting aid to increase spending on defence is a false economy and suggests a deep mis-understanding of global politics. In a world of intensifying geopolitical competition, aid cuts render Western powers less powerful, credible and safe. A thread, from someone working on aid for a decade 🧵

Subsidising secondary school had transformative impacts. Female recipients had ~15% fewer unplanned pregnancies, 15% fewer children + significantly delayed age at first childbirth & marriage. Over time, their offspring’s outcomes improved dramatically ⤵️

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🆕 Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits Today on VoxDev, Esther Duflo (MIT), Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University), Michael Kremer (University of Chicago), Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard University) & Mark Walsh (GiveWell) outline their research on Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/educat...

Thrilled to see the Child Penalty Atlas featured in @voxdev.bsky.social! Check out the main findings from our Atlas below 👇 Thankful for everyone involved in this fascinating project, and super excited for the next on this important agenda! voxdev.org/topic/labour...

The importance of parenthood for gender inequality around the world

The differential impact of parenthood on the employment of mothers relative to fathers – the child penalty – is a universal phenomenon, but with varying magnitudes. New evidence across 134 countries s...

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"Die #Demokratie muss liefern, damit die Menschen auch wieder mehr davon überzeugt sind, dass das System funktioniert." IDOS-Expertin Lena Gutheil (@mtafrika.bsky.social) im #DeutscheWelle -Beitrag "Wie junge Menschen Afrikas politische Kultur verändern": www.dw.com/de/wie-junge...

Wie junge Menschen Afrikas politische Kultur verändern – DW – 14.12.2024

Die unter 30-Jährigen in Afrika zieht es in die großen Städte - und auf die Straße. Denn viele leben in informellen Siedlungen unter prekären Bedingungen. Welche politische Rolle spielt die wachsende ...

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