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The industrial organization of rebellion

24Jan2013

“The Republic of India is the most reckless political experiment in human history.”

10Jul2012

Innovations in property rights (theological edition)

3May2012

Developing nations: time is on your side

15Dec2011

Questions more important than you might think: Are small farms in India inefficient?

5Dec2011

What do Jubilees do? The impacts of debt relief in India

16Nov2011

Border between India and Pakistan is so brightly lit it can be seen from space

6Sep2011

Annals of technology diffusion

20Jun2011

How to reduce microfinance default? The survey says…

18May2011

Alternatives to bribery

21Apr2011

Don’t judge a book by its Indian cover

16Mar2011

Should NGOs love groups?

15Nov2010

What would Mamdani say?

12Nov2010

Cooking for 80,000

30Aug2010

I randomized the law, and the law won

3Apr2010

Did affirmative action work for Indian women?

9Nov2009

Tyranny and twitter pacifism

1Oct2009

What does breastfeeding have to do with 22,000 missing girls?

25Sep2009

The main problem with living on $2 a day…

4Sep2009

Update on China vs India

12Aug2009

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Chris Blattman

I’m an Assistant Professor of Political Science & International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. I use field work and statistics to study poverty, political participation, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. [Read more]

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Recent research

  • 2013: Credit constraints, occupational choice, and the process of development
  • 2013: Economic Shocks and Conflict
  • 2013: Promoting order and property rights under weak rule of law
  • 2013: The logic of child soldiering and coercion
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Policy

  • 2011: Ex-combatant reintegration in Liberia
  • 2011: Impact Evaluation 3.0?
  • 2011: Post conflict civic education and peacebuilding in Liberia
  • 2012: Forecasting local-level conflict in Liberia
  • 2013: The effect of cash grants on poor women
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Advice: Development

  • Books development workers and academics should read
  • Development tourism
  • Getting a job in development
  • How to take advantage of an MA program
  • Research in war zones I
  • Research in war zones II
  • Should you become a field RA on an RCT?
  • So you want to be an impact evaluator?
  • What to bring for field work I
  • What to bring for field work II
  • What to bring to the sky
  • Why you should work in aid
  • Working in a developing country

Advice: Academic

  • Applying to PhDs
  • Courses: 10 things I tell undergrads
  • Courses: How much economics should you study?
  • How to ask for a recommendation letter
  • How to discuss a paper
  • How to email your professors and employers
  • How to get a PhD and save the world
  • MA or PhD?
  • Moving from RA to co-author
  • On quantitative field research
  • PhD students: Choosing a topic
  • PhD students: Don't lose hope
  • PhD students: Econ PhDs & the politics market
  • PhD students: Job market advice
  • PhD students: Job market advice II
  • PhDs: Picking a dissertation (and why it should not be a field experiment)
  • Writing PhD grant applications
  • Writing: How to write an essay
  • Writing: How to write like a Mad Man

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  • Chris Blattman on China, India and Africa: the big picture: In regards to my above comment, I was refering to African countries not...
  • Deedi on China, India and Africa: the big picture: Deeda, I am not sure what you are smoking, but it’s more of western media...
  • SD on China, India and Africa: the big picture: Deeda, your quote about reasons for India’s economic growth are laughable and shows...
  • Mordatar on Dear governments: Want to help the poor and transform your economy? Give people cash.: Aphrophile, While I do agree that the...
  • Chris Blattman on Dear governments: Want to help the poor and transform your economy? Give people cash.: There’s a new paper that...
  • Peter Richens on Dear governments: Want to help the poor and transform your economy? Give people cash.: Sorry, I had not understood what...
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