Global Poverty Research Lab
@nu-gprl.bsky.social
Based at Northwestern University, GPRL aims to use empirical evidence and interdisciplinary engagement to understand drivers, consequences and solutions to poverty issues around the world.
🆕 Moving billions towards evidence @deankarlan.bsky.social joined me on Ideas in Development to discuss how he and his team moved ~1.7 billion in funding at USAID, the growth of embedded labs and how they work, and the two key gaps between research and policy.
Great to see IPA Founder Dean Karlan featured in @vox.com's Future Perfect 25. A powerful reminder that evidence, cost-effectiveness, and impact must stay at the center of development efforts. Read the full feature: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The 6 big thinkers reshaping foreign aid, masculinity, and development
Meet the Future Perfect 25: The Thinkers
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Dean discusses using evidence to find the best buys in development and how organizations can use cost-effectiveness thinking, live at the EA Global conference. Listen on the Clearer Thinking Podcast: podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/296/...
ClearerThinking.org Podcast | Live at EA Global - The future of U.S. foreign aid (with Dean Karlan)
What is the core public interest case for foreign aid beyond soft power? How should we define safety and prosperity? Why do many voters believe aid is a quarter of the budget when it is a tiny fractio...
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One year of global education funding cuts will forgo over $100B in lifetime earnings. Remaining assistance should prioritize foundational learning, with evidence-based solutions and partnering with national governments for inclusive growth that reduces future aid dependency.
VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 11mo agoCuts to global education funding will forgo at least $100 billion in lifetime earnings. Supporting national governments to leverage domestic financing to improve foundational learning should be a priority for the development assistance that remains ⤵️
🆕 Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Today on VoxDev w/ Emily Aiken (@cmu.edu), Suzanne Bellue (ENSAE), Joshua Blumenstock (@berkeleyischool.bsky.social), Dean Karlan (Northwestern) & @christopher-udry.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/method...
Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation
In settings where reliable data on poverty is difficult to come by, non-traditional data sources such as mobile phone metadata has the potential to fill data gaps. New research on a cash transfer prog...
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