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Weekly links January 15, 2016: changing your mind, widowhood in Africa, funding, and more…

David McKenzie

January 15, 2016

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Chris Blattman picks up on the underappreciated benefit of researchers getting involved in evaluations – that they actually get out there in the world and see how policy is implemented
Justin Wolfers does a nice summary of the work showing how female economists don’t get credit for co-authored work done with men
From Moody’s Analytics, six examples of where careful empirical work in economics has changed someone’s mind
From the Africa Can blog, Dominique van de Walle has an interesting discussion on widowhood in Africa, including age patterns, and socioeconomic status.
Funding: IPA SME initiative call for proposals, due Feb 15.

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David McKenzie

Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank

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