The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

I thought the world would finally do something.

This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, our #DEPstudyoftheweek highlights how legal status changes lives! 🔗 Here's the study by @anamibanez.bsky.social et al: developmentevidence.3ieimpact.org/search-resul...

Today we are featuring the #GovernanceLoop 🎙️episode, "COVID-19 & Maternal Mental Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia" from EGAPer @andresmoya.bsky.social w/ Cristina Gutierrez de Piñeres (United Way Colombia) & Diana María Pineda Ruiz of @fundacionexit.bsky.social.

Check out the new issue of the JEAA, which includes our paper on the positive impact of Venezuelan refugee regularización in Colombia. With @sandrarozo.bsky.social @anamibanez.bsky.social Maria Jose Urbina and Maria Adelaida Ortega

📢 Our new #VoxDevLit on Refugees & Other Forcibly Displaced Populations is out now! Read and download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/re...

How to use public funding when billionaire, penalizing the poor directly (USAID) and their basic public services indirectly (i.e., health, and education). 😥 www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

@ianmitchell1.bsky.social & @samhugh3s.bsky.social find that a 1 year US aid freeze could trigger an economic shock of 1% of GNI in 23 economies—with eight countries, incl. South Sudan, Somalia & Ethiopia, facing a devastating 3%+ hit. Which other countries could step up? bit.ly/4hAbgi1

See here's how to do a headline. fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...

Economists are sounding the alarm about the effects of the returning Administration's plans to seize and remove millions of workers from the US I spoke to The @economist.com about why those effects will include rising native unemployment and inflation—> www.economist.com/finance-and-...

We don’t talk enough about how straight up creepy Elon is to women. Like, if you saw him in a bar you’d reflexively put your hand over your drink.

@andresmoya.bsky.social and others' work on how psychosocial support to caregivers in conflict-affect Colombia can improve maternal mental health and child development. www.jointdatacenter.org/wp-content/u...

Excited to be at the Global Impact Evaluation Forum @UN! Tomorrow, I’ll present results from Semillas de Apego, a program for caregiver mental health & ECD in conflict-affected settings, and discuss why gender perspectives and maternal mental health are central to impact in these settings.

First post here to share that our paper on the impacts of the Colombian regularization program for Venezuelan forced migrants is forthcoming at the JEEA. Joint work with a fantastic team — @sandrarozo.bsky.social Ana Maria Ibáñez, María Adelaida Ortega, and María Jose Urbina. t.co/vG1gaiaUpi

I spoke with @aljazeera.com about the economic effects of the mass deportation of unauthorized and authorized immigrants proposed for next year Americans can expect reduced employment, reduced economic growth, and higher inflation www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024... @piie.com

Yay! Incredibly deserved. Important to note that Claudia's work extended far beyond women in the labor market. Also pioneered the empirical revolution in labor economics more generally, and did important work on inequality — her Great Compression paper had a profound influence

This is the profile picture they should have used for the Nobel sketch, but I guess we can’t have it all.

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows. (1/n)