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Rita Perakis

@ritaperakis

Former @CGDev @EPG_Edu @socfinuk. Views are my own

 Washington DC
Joined March 2011
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More than one in three children report being victims of physical attacks in schools across sub-Saharan Africa.🌍 @DaveEvansPhD & @SusannahHares stress the impact of school violence on learning & urge prioritizing safety in the education sector ⬇ bit.ly/3QUnpng
Violence in Schools Is Bad for Learning

Violence in Schools Is Bad for Learning

Schools play many roles in society, but most people believe that they should at least help children to master fundamental skills—like literacy and numeracy—and make sure that children are safe in...

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🚨New paper🚨 "Phonics and Foreign Aid" We estimate the impact of USAID's global portfolio of early-grade reading programs, drawing on 12 RCTs + 15 diff-in-diffs + another 16 projects with before/after learning data.
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Attending #CIES2023 next week? 📚 Don't miss @CGDev experts @mouna_akelbulan @RadhikaNagesh & @DaveEvansPhD who will cover a range of topics from equity in education to learning poverty. Details below ⬇️
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Kenya needs to take the next bold step to ensure universal access to education which is feeding all the kids! #FeedingTheFuture
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@JustinSandefur21 Apr 2022
"Feed all the kids, and let them go to school for free" No, really. Our new @CGDev report on the economics of achieving universal education in low- and lower-middle income countries. cgdev.org/blog/feed-all-the-…
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Very pleased that @CGDev could host @JudyWoodruff @JohnKerry for this important conversation. Thanks to both and to @NewsHour for offering these highlights. pbs.org/newshour/show/john-k…
John Kerry on the costs of climate change

John Kerry on the costs of climate change

We can still fight the worst of climate change, former Secretary of State John Kerry says. At an event sponsored by the Center for Global Development, anchor Judy Woodruff spoke with Kerry, the first...

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Credible causal (not correlational) evidence that female leaders managed the pandemic better papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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This is what solidarity looks like!Uganda said on Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to take in temporarily 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan fleeing after the Taliban takeover. reuters.com/world/africa/uga… – at Nairobi, Kenya
Uganda to take 2,000 Afghan refugees at U.S. request

Uganda to take 2,000 Afghan refugees at U.S. request

Uganda said on Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to take in temporarily 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan fleeing after the Taliban takeover.

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Great to see Uganda make this important and much needed commitment on domestic financing for education. But we can only really celebrate when Governments deliver on their commitments to young people #RaiseYourHand
UK in Uganda 🇬🇧 🇺🇬 (@UKinUganda) profile pictureUK in Uganda 🇬🇧 🇺🇬
@UKinUganda23 Jul 2021
Ahead of the #GES2021 our Development Director @misterock reflects on the importance of education to Uganda’s development. #RaiseYourHand
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As Europe's talent pool ages out, Africa's grows, presenting opportunities for mutual migration partnerships. From idea to action, @WorldBank can assist: 👨🏾‍🚒 track skillset needs 🤝 improve immigration capacity 🚀 launch pilot programs Learn more: cgdev.org/blog/how-world-ban….

How the World Bank Can Support Mutually Beneficial Migration Partnerships between Africa and Europe

Today, the World Bank and the Center for Global Development (CGD) have published a new report exploring how new mutually beneficial migration partnerships can be built between Nigeria and Europe. In...

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£55mill FCDO "What Works" research hub for global education announced today. V pleased to see this go ahead despite the cuts - it'll make a big contribution to the sector Bravo to the FCDO education team for getting education research on the PM's agenda gov.uk/government/news/pm-un…
PM unveils new aid for girls education to prevent pandemic ‘lost generation’

PM unveils new aid for girls education to prevent pandemic ‘lost generation’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson to join Julia Gillard and UK schoolchildren in live classroom link-up with the President of Kenya.

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Michael Clemens@m_clem19 May 2020
Priti Patel’s grandfather, who ran a convenience store in Uganda, would not be judged to “have anything to offer” the UK by her own criteria.
Priti Patel MP (@pritipatel) profile picturePriti Patel MP
@pritipatel18 May 2020
We’re ending free movement to open Britain up to the world. It will ensure people can come to our country based on what they have to offer, not where they come from.
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This nightmare almost didn't happen, which means that everyone who helped this guy over the top bears a share of the blame.
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@nxthompson20 Jan 2017
Best to read this @washingtonpost chart like a poem. – at Manhattan, NY
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@voxdotcom20 Jan 2017
Trump: crime and gangs are ruining the country. Actual statistics: that’s not remotely true. bit.ly/2efLhlZ
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Liberia's PPP, by Minister Werner. This is not privatisation: please judge us on our data, not ideology #PSLIberia qz.com/876708/why-liberia-is…
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The New Yorker
@NewYorker9 Nov 2016
Who believed in Donald Trump, and who is to blame? nyer.cm/iNR9qd8
Who Believed in Trump, and Who Is to Blame

Who Believed in Trump, and Who Is to Blame

That he did not lose more support after his racism and misogyny became well-known suggests how commonplace these resentments must be.

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Liz Strand@LizStrand9 Nov 2016
People ask why women don't report sexual assault. You got your answer: a man can have double digit accusers & still be elected President.
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Only coherent sentence out of his mouth was his description of @HillaryClinton's hard work & commitment. I couldn't agree more. #ImWithHer
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"Only one candidate on the ballot Nov. 8 belongs anywhere near the White House, and it’s Hillary." —@BostonGlobe bos.gl/vBOdhMc
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Truly deserving #NobelPrize winners - particularly love Holmstrom on Pay 4 Performance, noted in nobel announcement: bit.ly/2coWThG xitter.gq/RunningREs/status/7854…
Rachel Glennerster (@rglenner) profile pictureRachel Glennerster@rglenner10 Oct 2016
Wonderful news about Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom! Two brilliant, innovative economists with deep integrity. Great people. #Nobel
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