David Evans
Development economist tweeting about education, health, social protection, impact evaluation, & literature (especially African literature).
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Scaling Up Effective Programs – Kenya and Liberia Edition
Impact Evaluations 23h 1 tweets
This page in: français Over the last decade, both Kenya and Liberia have sought to scale up successful pilot programs that help children to learn to read. Even as more and more impact evaluations are of programs at scale, pilots still constitute a...
A Field Guide to Social Scientists : kieranhealy.org
Kieran Healy - Kieranhealy.org 243d 2 tweets
Outsized focus on cash transfers is missing the point
Brookings 5d 4 tweets
Stuti Khemani asks if the current policy debate around cash transfers is sufficiently cognizant of trade-offs with other areas of public services, such as health.
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David Evans Stuti Khemani of pushes back on cash transfers versus government services with “Outsized focus on cash transfers is missing the point” Her original post (with co-authors): My response to that: 34h
What do poor people think about direct cash transfers?
Brookings 16d 7 tweets
A new survey asks people in rural Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, what they think about spending public budgets on direct cash transfers.
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David Evans Stuti Khemani of pushes back on cash transfers versus government services with “Outsized focus on cash transfers is missing the point” Her original post (with co-authors): My response to that: 34h
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Pascaline Dupas
Gf.org 51h 1 tweets
The promise and limitations of cash transfers to adolescent females
Impact Evaluations 52h 6 tweets
When you have to redo your literature review for a “revise and resubmit,” you know two things: first, the publishing process in economics is slow, and second, the evidence is accumulating fast in your subject matter. The former is what it is and the...
David Evans Okay, just go read ’s post! 52h
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
Nytimes.com 3d 30 tweets
Public schools in Kansas rolled out a web-based learning platform backed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Now students have staged walkouts and sit-ins. Their parents have organized.
Shining a light on African economies: the annual CSAE conference
INCLUDE Platform 6d 1 tweets
The annual conference at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University is a great opportunity to update yourself on what is happening in development economics research on, and from, Africa. The 2019 conference featured numerous...
Piled Higher and Deeper
Phdcomics.com 10d 1 tweets
David Evans I'm headed to #CIES2019. I'm ready. 10d
"Cheers" Don Juan Is Hell (TV Episode 1985)
IMDb 11d 1 tweets
Directed by James Burrows. With Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger. Diane uses Sam as a case study for a paper in her Human Sexuality class, but she paints an unflattering picture of him. Meanwhile, Woody challenges Carla to...
David Evans Shelley Long and teach the do's and don'ts of honest data analysis on Cheers in 1985 #TheMoreYouKnow 11d
Read African Writers: Saturday Is for Funerals, by Unity Dow and Max Essex
David Evans' personal blog 12d 1 tweets
In the late 1990s, more than 30 percent of young adults in Botswana were infected with HIV. In the early 2000s, every Saturday was reserved for funerals. Subsequently, medication became available a…
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David Evans Unity Dow (at the time a High Court judge in Botswana) & Max Essex (an HIV researcher) combine anecdotes & medical research to powerfully illustrate how HIV & AIDS have affected Botswana, with good news as people receive treatment. #ReadAfricanWriters #18 12d
Fiscal Policies for Health: Taxing Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugary Beverages
Center For Global Development 20d 16 tweets
More than ten million deaths each year are associated with consuming just three products: tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. We know that taxes are a cost-effective way to reduce...
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David Evans "Consumption of just 3 products accounts for a large share of the world's ~58 million annual deaths." [email protected] right now at 12d
Plagues, Rebellions, and Wars: The Unexpected Development Benefits of Historical Shocks
World Bank 12d 1 tweets
Historically, conflicts and large shocks have played a key role in long-term development, leaving important institutional legacies that shape modern development outcomes.
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Teaching at the Right Level 27d 6 tweets
Five of the six novels on the Man Booker International Prize shortlist are written by women
Annabelle Timsit - Quartzy 13d 1 tweets
The list is also a win for independent publishers
David Evans I'm always excited when the shortlist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize, “the finest works of translated fiction from around the world” is published. I'm happy to see lots of women writers (and ALL women translators). 13d
Map of Africa using ethnically drawn borders, rather than those drawn by imperial powers. : MapPorn
reddit 13d 1 tweets
The Future of the World Bank Under the Next President
Center For Global Development 23d 10 tweets
On the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2019, the Center for Global Development (CGD) and the Bretton Woods Committee (BWC) will co-host this expert panel to discuss the future of the World Bank under its new president, David...
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David Evans A big question for the new World Bank president: Is he going to be the voice of the United States or the representative of the World Bank of 189 countries? --Sri Mulyani, Minister of Finance of Indonesia 13d
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David Evans The World Bank is “still writing hundred-page reports when companies use much sleeker, much more efficient forms of documentation.” [email protected] at 13d
The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study
Link.springer.com 13d 1 tweets
David Evans "Myths about pregnancy prevention techniques such as urinating or washing after sex were commonly believed, even among women who regularly used" emergency contraceptive pills in Ghana. by & Merten 13d
What you brought to seminar
Phdcomics.com 13d 1 tweets
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David Evans What you brought to the seminar and what it says about you 13d
Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Health : A Global Stocktake (English) | The World Bank
Documents.worldbank.org 13d 1 tweets
Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Health : A Global Stocktake (English)
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David Evans Where in the world are households hardest hit by catastrophic health expenditures? New work by , Eozenou, & Smitz 13d