Board member @owenozier.bsky.social writes about @ideadevecon.bsky.social on @cgdev.org's blog. www.cgdev.org/blog/introdu...

I've been down on and critical of development economics in recent years (see marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/14... and marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/14...), but idea.devecon.org, by Dean Yang et al., looks awesome *and so much more inclusive than anything that came before.* Kudos to a great initiative!

Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon.bsky.social ... Open to every development economist, everywhere. Join the community: idea.devecon.org Please share 🌍

Welcome to IDEA!

Development economists: come join!

The Weiss Fund has a great new initiative for development economists on the PhD job market to support those taking up research positions in LMICs, offering supplementary income + research funds. Please share!

Thrilled that "When Information is Not Enough: Evidence from a Centralised School Choice System" with @willafriedman.bsky.social and #KehindeAjayi is in the January 2026 #EconomicJournal. It's an "Editor's Choice," FREE to download, and easy to cite. :) academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...

The Learning at Scale study, designed to uncover what drives improvements in foundational learning, ended in Oct. 2023. Now, @cgdev.org experts are taking a look back.📚 Here's what was learned and what still needs to be done ⬇

The Mirror at Midnight, by Adam Hochschild, is a thoughtful book about the destruction of the South African state, by the state, in anticipation of the end of apartheid, written before the end of apartheid. www.amazon.com/Mirror-Midni...

EHEC Spring 2025 Call for papers! Due Wednesday, January 15. forms.gle/LnZXNWY68Tzv... All health economics papers welcome (including 🙏 in low-income countries)!