- The St Louis Fed has a new “Women in Economics” podcast series, highlighting not just academics, but also economists in the private sector and thinktanks – so far the only person among their 14 episodes who has worked on development economics is Una Osili - who shares how her work on development in turn led to an interest in the economics of Philanthropy.
- In the IZA World of Labor, Ach Adhvaryu gives a nice summary of the emerging literature on the link between managerial quality and worker productivity in developing countries.
- EGAP’s 10 things to know about survey implementation: lots of nitty-gritty advice on things like training, using PDAs, and budgeting.
- On Let’s Talk Development, Caio Piza, Astrid Zwager and Isabela Furtado summarize results of an impact evaluation they did of productive alliances for farmers in Brazil. They find positive impacts of improving linkages between smallholder producers, buyers and the public sector through financing things like packinghouses, transport and logistics improvements, and constructing processing structures.
- An IDB/BITSS 90-page “note” on best practices for transparent, reproducible and ethical research.
- Call for papers: The Impact Evaluation Network (IEN) of LACEA is having the 12th Annual Meeting in Medellin (Colombia) on May 21-22. Submissions due March 15.
- Job Opening: DIME is looking for a research assistant for RCTs of the Mafita skills training program for at-risk youth in northern Nigeria. Please apply by March 22.
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