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For the last few years I’ve been running a study of industrial jobs, and the long run impacts on worker health and wealth. Starting this
I’m looking for an intern to work on my “More Sweatshops for Africa?” project in Ethiopia, based in Addis. The position would be for ~12
Update: The position has been permanently filled. I am looking for a research manager in Ethiopia on rather short notice. The project description is here. The question
Update: The position has been permanently filled. The project description is here. The question is simple: “More sweatshops for Africa?” The project assesses the impact
The project description is here. The question is simple: “More sweatshops for Africa?” We are working with firms to randomize who gets low-skill factory and
This is a guest post from CGD’s and IIE’s Arvind Subramanian. Chris drew attention yesterday to Ethiopia’s currency devaluation. What was surprising and interesting about this
Yesterday Ethiopians received a September surprise when the central bank devalued the currency by 20 percent. Even if you don’t work on anything Ethiopia-related, you
Without much notice,agriculture recently ceased to be the largest sector in the economy for the first time in Ethiopia’s history. This heralds a major structural
This week is 25 years since a bunch of bouffant-haired pop stars staged the most ambitious concerts of all time to help millions of starving
I’ve been in Ethiopia nine days now, pushing along our study of factory labor and attending an International Growth Centre workshop on industrial policy. Nine
1000 or more factories are producing leather shoes in Addis Ababa. Most of them employ only 10 workers or fewer, but several factories have hundreds
There have been some updates to the Ethiopia job announcement. See the original post for details.
I’m looking for field research assistants in both Liberia and Ethiopia, both (ideally) starting in early January. The basic job description and application instructions are
I’m starting a new project in Ethiopia with Oxford economist Stefan Dercon. (More on that project later, but the two word summary is “randomize Marx”.)
After reading many things, talking to colleagues knowledgable about Russia, thinking about parallels to other conflicts, and idly speculating about a place that five
In light of the current crisis, a journalist reached out for general advice for people who want to make a difference, whether it’s with refugees
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action The latest I’ve seen on the Uganda election is that ballot counting continues, I thought