Conflict, Ebola, and other ABCA talks
The videos are up from last week’s Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) on violence and fragility. Among them are Ted Miguel on climate change
The videos are up from last week’s Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) on violence and fragility. Among them are Ted Miguel on climate change
I’m at a conference where researchers are looking back at the consequences of and lessons from the West Africa Ebola outbreak. Videos should be online
Readers may recall the debate on this blog about whether or not the Ebola hysteria was indeed hysterical and counterproductive, or a necessary and sensible response to an out-of-control
There’s been a lot of news coverage today of a Lancet op-ed that blames IMF austerity for making the Ebola crisis worse. My reaction in The
From Buzzfeed: When nurse Nina Pham contracted Ebola, she requested her dog, Bentley, be taken care of and monitored for the disease and not euthanized
The GiveWell people describe their ongoing investigation and the challenges: One fundamental issue is that we know too little about the relationship between “how much money is
That is the general tenor of some (only some) of the Twitter responses to my posts on whether or not the Ebola crisis is overhyped
This is my second post about Ebola, in which I continue to pontificate about things I don’t really know anything about. Yesterday I suggested Ebola
I tweeted that statement earlier this week, followed by “Do not get distracted. Malaria, TB, HIV is what matters.” First, credit goes to @gbloembergen who comes
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action First some good news – congratulations to development economist and dewormer Ted Miguel, social psychologist
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action Thanks for being patient while the links were on hiatus, we’re back! COVID-19 is obviously
What if a whole subfield of research is just imaginary? And rules for productive disagreement.
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. I know it’s ancient history now that Paul Romer didn’t answer the Nobel Committee’s call twice
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. This week Ethiopia this week accepted a formal peace deal with Eritrea, but more
One of the things Chris is up to these days is being the academic lead for the new Peace and Recovery Initiative at IPA, which
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Two Ebola survivors are suing the government of Sierra Leone in international court to