Economist at World Bank DIME (now DECDI). Dev & Experiments & Ag & Education & Social Protection. she/her. On bsky.
Washington, DC
Joined June 2019
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🔔 DIME IS HIRING 🔔
16 positions open for RAs and Field Coordinators.
Apply here: datanalytics.worldbank.org/d…
Can’t give individual guidance to applicants. Best of luck!
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🔊 How government analytics can improve public sector implementation
In this week's VoxDevTalks, @timsvengali speaks to Daniel Rogger @WorldBank and @cschusterUCL @uclspp about how to improve government implementation using data:
voxdev.org/topic/public-econ…
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Blog your job market paper 2024: submissions now open - our 14th year of publishing posts by PhD students on the development job market (submissions due Nov 6) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impac…
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We are launching DaTax: a new tax microdata laboratory to provide key insights into taxation, firm dynamics, and labor markets and design more growth and equity oriented public finance policies. @thiagoscot @DarioTortarolo worldbank.org/en/events/2024…
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📣 The #EdDev community group
@aefpweb 2024-25 Updates!
@toddpugatch and I are excited to co-chair this year!
We will meet online on the second Friday of every month at 11am ET. Two presenters will share their work-in-progress followed by quick reflections from two volunteers.
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Looking to apply for PhD programs this fall? Read advice from recent J-PAL post-docs and staff with PhDs: povertyactionlab.org/blog/10…
Both great feedback and great fun was had at this workshop. Thanks to the organizers!
(If you work in child nutrition, you should follow @LuhrmannMelanie!)
Thanks for having me!
Not sure anyone noticed we had a “BBC dad” moment during the presentation - my dog pushed through the door and my partner had to fetch her out and lock the door
📣 The #EdDev community group @aefpweb
will meet tomorrow, Fri (06/14) at 11am ET!
@b_lerva + @MdShahadathHo18 will present their work;
@GlendaPalaciosQ + @juansebastmunoz will discuss.
Join us for the last meeting of the term! (DM me for invite/learn how to get emails)
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📣 The #EdDev community group @aefpweb
will meet tomorrow, Fri (06/14) at 11am ET!
@b_lerva + @MdShahadathHo18 will present their work;
@GlendaPalaciosQ + @juansebastmunoz will discuss.
Join us for the last meeting of the term! (DM me for invite/learn how to get emails)
You should absolutely work with Konrad if you want to learn how to think like an economist and write clear, elegant, and compelling papers
🚨Research Assistant Positions🚨
1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, @bergerthor, @HannesMalmberg1 and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.
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Deadline extended to 31 May
Submit your paper here: rb.gy/fxfekm
📢📢Submit your paper to the SITES-GLO 2024 Conference on Development Economics
Keynotes: @_ADeshpande (Ashoka University) and Nancy Qian (Northwestern University)
📌 September 11-13, 2024
🌎 Palazzo Pacanowski, Naples
Apply by 15 May 2024
Link to apply: rb.gy/fxfekm
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We are happy to welcome Benedetta Lerva (World Bank) to the Applied Seminar @RHULECON
⏰ 01/05/2024 (13:30 – 15.00)
🏢 Horton 321
👉 Relaxing Demand-Side Constraints to Secondary Education: Evidence from Uganda
#EconTwitter #research #university #rhul #royalholloway @b_lerva
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DC peeps, come find me at Zeba Bar this Saturday
(I'll be on at midnight)
ra.co/events/1876211
Are you a young researcher and want to join 🌐DIME🌐 @wb_research ?
We have many many vacancies now open -> link to dashboard in next tweet ⬇️
Here it is: datanalytics.worldbank.org/d… (follow instructions at top closely, we don’t provide individual guidance)
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Our spring recruitment drive just went online! Join the fantastic DIME team. We put research and creativity to the service of people, prosperity and the planet. worldbank.org/en/research/di…
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I've updated my Short History of Global Living Conditions.
here it is: ourworldindata.org/a-history…
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🎓Calling all aspiring African PhD students! We will be running a webinar on 21 Feb 4pm SAST to share information on how to prepare for and get into good Econ graduate programs in North America & Europe. Apply here: j-p.al/phd-web-21feb.
What’s the best thing you can do in August if you are an economist and study education?
The Valle Nevado workshop of course!
🚨 2nd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado ⛷️, Chile (August 20-23)
Come and join us in this unique workshop in the middle of Los Andes! Keynote speech by @m_urquiola
Submit your papers by March 1st 👇: uandes.cl/workshop-on-econom…
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