Join us this Friday October 9 at 11AM ET for the second @aefpweb.bsky.social AEFP EdDev Scholars of Education in Developing Countries community group.
Emmerich Davies
@eeemda.bsky.social
Education, politics, and development. A2, PTY, DEL.
Last chance to apply to our postdoc position in the LSE School of Public Policy! Deadline is tomorrow (March 31): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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NEW - Absence: Electoral Cycles and Teacher Absenteeism in India - cup.org/3XCGVre "Political interference has an effect on bureaucratic performance, and relationships between public sector workers and politicians can ameliorate absenteeism." - @eeemda.bsky.social #OpenAccess
This www.africanistperspective.com/p/what-will-..., by @kopalo.bsky.social, was excellent, and touches on a lot that I have often struggled to articulate to colleagues and students.
What will become of international development after the end of the aid paradigm?
Some thoughts in response to questions I get from students and young professionals
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Our new book, Storefront Campaigning, is out *today* and FREE to download until 12/12! doi.org/10.1017/9781... Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)
Storefront Campaigning
Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Storefront Campaigning
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Swing by tomorrow at 10AM ET/3PM UK for some new work on bureaucratic selection and teacher politics from Brazil with Julia Coyoli, Leslie Finger, and Jonathan Phillips. And check out the rest of the lineup Mobarak and Sonia have put together here: www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
Engagement and Events
This page features news on education research engagement and events.
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Yo, JMCs I have an idea for how to share new research while social media fragments.. In Nov/ Dec, I'll do weekly Substacks on new JMPs on gender. If you'd like me to discuss your JMP, do share. This would only be a nice, supportive discussion. 😊 draliceevans.substack.com
What is the value added of local democracy? Fascinating paper on a natural experiment in India: Local democracy aligns spending more closely with citizen preferences, but these gains accrue more to advantaged groups. documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
I'll be presenting my work next week as part of the Brown-Harvard-MIT South Asia Seminar. Please join if you're in the area! Details here: watson.brown.edu/southasia/ev...
Last week was the conference of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (or RISE) program. Here are 28 takeaways: teachers, technology, long-term trajectories, and more. www.cgdev.org/blog/new-fin....
