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@yalerise.bsky.social

Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale. We are developing the science behind scaling up policy interventions. https://yrise.yale.edu/

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Y-RISE@yalerise.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Y-RISE affiliate @p-lopezpena.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Smith New Researcher Achievement Award! This award is a testament to her seminal research in development economics and the significant impact her work has generated. We are proud to have her in the Y-RISE community!

Y-RISE@yalerise.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The forum was held at UWI Cave Hill in Barbados. Highlights: 🔹Rural-urban wage & service gaps suggest internal migration solutions. 🔹International migration yields high returns, but wellbeing costs can offset gains. 🔹"Triple win" opportunities exist—yet go unused due to solvable market failures.

Y-RISE@yalerise.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What are the consequences of the #Iran War for the majority world? Read this interview with Y-RISE Faculty Director @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social to get the full picture. insights.som.yale.edu/insights/wha...

What Are the Consequences of the Iran War for the Developing World?

We asked development economist Mushfiq Mobarak how volatility in energy markets and disruption of supply chains and travel will affect vulnerable populations in Asia and Africa.

insights.som.yale.edu

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Can free school meals change lives? In Colombia, Fabio Sánchez shows that the expansion of a nationwide school meal programme lowered dropout rates, raised graduation and university attendance, and delivered some of the largest long-term returns ever found for a social policy.

Dean Yang@deanyang.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Check out our new VoxDevLit on International Migration! Thanks to co-editors @catiabatista.bsky.social, @econgaurav.bsky.social, @dmckenzie.bsky.social, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, & Caroline Theoharides! We look to working together on this "living literature review" in the years to come...

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on International Migration is out now! Senior Editor Dean Yang & Co-Editors Catia Batista, Gaurav Khanna, David McKenzie, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak & Caroline Theoharides review research on international migration. Read & download here: https://ow.ly/qXx950XWAar

Y-RISE@yalerise.bsky.social · 6mo ago

How do we connect millions of young people ready to work in Asia with countries like Japan that need workers? Meet Princess. Her story shows what's possible when we get skilled migration right. Read more from @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social. www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/b...

Princess’s journey and the promise of skilled migration

When I first met Princess, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny concrete room in Davao City on Mindanao island in southern Philippines, her notebook open to a page covered in neat rows ...

thedailystar.net

Y-RISE@yalerise.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"There’s just this big challenge of going from a 2,000-person research study to a 100,000-person program that exists in the world." Elie Hassenfeld talks about the Y-RISE origin story (tl;dr why don't interventions scale?), among other things.

Ezra Klein@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving. open.spotify.com/episode/1Ff6... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...