Come join these sessions next week! Bring ideas and meet others in your subfield!

International Development Economics Association@ideadevecon.bsky.social · last wk.

What do YOU want IDEA to become? 🗣️ Join a regional listening session to share your suggestions on IDEA's direction and activities and network with development economists in your area and research interests. Register at idea.devecon.org.

Events! Come to these Listening Sessions to help guide IDEA to best serve the growing community - brand new ideas super welcome!

International Development Economics Association@ideadevecon.bsky.social · 2w ago

IDEA is just getting started. Coming up: an inaugural IDEA Research Seminar featuring Dilip Mookherjee and regional listening sessions to hear directly from members. More details and registration at idea.devecon.org 🌍

IDEA grew to 3,800+ by word of mouth — and there are colleagues who haven't heard yet. We especially want to reach PhD students and early-career researchers, and economists across the Global South. Know someone who belongs here? Send them to idea.devecon.org. Every introduction helps. 🌍

Looking forward to seeing how development economics grows with new ideas from such a wide group, to be amplified on a global stage! Share widely, especially if you know someone with fresh ideas to contribute!

International Development Economics Association@ideadevecon.bsky.social · 3w ago

What makes IDEA distinctive is who's in it. 40% of our members are based in low- and middle-income countries — from Nigeria and Kenya to Pakistan, the Philippines, Colombia, and beyond. A professional home built for development economists everywhere. idea.devecon.org/community.html 🌍

Help us keep growing this global community!

International Development Economics Association@ideadevecon.bsky.social · 3w ago

Three weeks ago, IDEA opened its doors to development economists everywhere. The response has been extraordinary: 3,700+ scholars from 134 countries have joined the community. See who's taking shape — where we are, where we work: idea.devecon.org/community.html 🌍

What makes IDEA distinctive is who's in it. 40% of our members are based in low- and middle-income countries — from Nigeria and Kenya to Pakistan, the Philippines, Colombia, and beyond. A professional home built for development economists everywhere. idea.devecon.org/community.html 🌍

Board member @owenozier.bsky.social writes about @ideadevecon.bsky.social on @cgdev.org's blog. www.cgdev.org/blog/introdu...

Introducing IDEA—the International Development Economics Association

Labor economists have the Society of Labor Economists. Health economists have the International Health Economics Association. Economic historians have the Economic History Association. What about deve...

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I've been down on and critical of development economics in recent years (see marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/14... and marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/14...), but idea.devecon.org, by Dean Yang et al., looks awesome *and so much more inclusive than anything that came before.* Kudos to a great initiative!

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IDEA is a global professional association advancing inclusive, rigorous research in development economics.

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Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon.bsky.social ... Open to every development economist, everywhere. Join the community: idea.devecon.org Please share 🌍

Welcome to IDEA!

Development economists: come join!

International Development Economics Association@ideadevecon.bsky.social · last mo.

What is IDEA?

The Weiss Fund has a great new initiative for development economists on the PhD job market to support those taking up research positions in LMICs, offering supplementary income + research funds. Please share!

Thrilled that "When Information is Not Enough: Evidence from a Centralised School Choice System" with @willafriedman.bsky.social and #KehindeAjayi is in the January 2026 #EconomicJournal. It's an "Editor's Choice," FREE to download, and easy to cite. :) academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...

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What a Review of the Learning at Scale Study Tells Us about Scaling Education Interventions

In October 2023, the Learning at Scale study officially came to a close. The study was designed to investigate factors contributing to successful improvements in foundational learning outcomes in…

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The Mirror At Midnight: A South African Journey [Hochschild, Adam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Mirror At Midnight: A South African Journey

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EHEC Spring 2025 Call for papers! Due Wednesday, January 15. forms.gle/LnZXNWY68Tzv... All health economics papers welcome (including 🙏 in low-income countries)!