🆕 How Rwanda used industrial policy to slow the spread of COVID-19 Today on VoxDev, Kieran Byrne (QMUL), Florence Kondylis (World Bank), John Loeser & Denis Mukama (Rwanda Revenue Authority) discuss licensing textile manufacturers to produce masks: https://ow.ly/PnBY50YSki7

How Rwanda used industrial policy to slow the spread of COVID-19

Rwandan industrial policy, which licensed and supported textile manufacturers to produce high-quality masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, successfully reduced mask prices, increased mask uptake, and slowed the spread of COVID-19. The intervention averted contagion at a cost of just $10 per averted case, suggesting strategic industrial policy has a clear role in pandemic preparedness.

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The world is a less interesting place with the passing of Kimuli Kasara. She was brilliant, funny, and caring. And was loved by many. She was a great friend and confidante. We will all miss her terribly. Rest in peace. fas.columbia.edu/news/memoria...

I learnt something new from Patrick Behrer's blog today: there seems to be evidence that aerosol pollution, while bad for air quality, health & productivity, has a localized effect on reducing heat - and so as pollution falls, more heat and cyclones may occur blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?

Pollution, missing heat, and cyclones: what aerosols are doing to climate risk

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In today's blog, I discuss 3 ways for international migration to be part of a structural transformation policy: 1) as an industry itself; 2) training people abroad in the skills to develop a new industry at home; and 3) through immigration (eg Start-up Chile) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

International Migration as a Structural Transformation Policy

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🆕 Demand for ‘safe space’: How women-only transit cars reduced harassment while reinforcing harmful gender norms in Brazil @fkondylis.bsky.social (World Bank), Arianna Legovini, @katevyborny.bsky.social‬, Astrid Zwager & Luiza Andrade (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/infras...

Demand for ‘safe space’: How women-only transit cars reduced harassment while reinforcing harmful gender norms in Brazil

Women-only spaces offer a quick fix for those facing higher risk of harassment but reflect and may reinforce the idea that women are responsible for preventing their own victimisation.

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Six questions with Kelsey Jack: we discuss how to get utilities to share their administrative data with you, whether work on climate economics focuses too much on the individual, the laugh test with your results, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Six Questions with Kelsey Jack

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Paying landowners to conserve their forested land is a leading approach to prevent deforestation. Evidence from Mexico shows that smarter contract design can more than quadruple cost-effectiveness ⤵️

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🆕 Closing loopholes can dramatically improve financial incentives for conservation Today on VoxDev, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort, @seema.bsky.social & Santiago Saavedra explore how smarter contract design prevented deforestation in Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

I started a starter pack for World Bank researchers. Let me know if I am missing you go.bsky.app/BWMsQG6