Some upcoming public presentations in NYC and Cornell on youth employment and violence in Africa (and cash)

New York, Nov 21:

  1. NYC: Nov 21st 830-1030am there will be a Technology Salon (update: RSVP here) on the future of cash transfers in development with Paul Niehaus of UCSD and GiveDirectly.
  2. Same day, 12-130pm: I’m giving a brown bag lunch talk at the NYU Urbanization Project (RSVP)–my very first presentation of an urban street youth “transformation” study in Liberia

Ithaca, tomorrow and Friday:

  1. Tomorrow: At Cornell Institute for African Development, a public lecture, “Youth unemployment and violence in Africa”, 2:30-4 in G08 Uris Hall. No RSVP needed.
  2. Friday: In Cornell’s Government department, 12-1:30pm, the first presentation of a new paper on ex-combatants in Liberia, “Can employment programs reduce delinquency and violence?” in 106 White Hall. No RSVP required I believe.