Our findings 20 years post conflict: Childhood trauma from conflict has lasting psychological and social effects that may be missed by standard economic measures. 📣 Child abductions are still tragically commonplace in conflicts around the worldtoday. cgdev.org/publication/ch…

New work with @alessandracassar.bsky.social @mirandainez.bsky.social Christine Mbabaze Mpyangu and @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social

📣What does life look like for the Ugandan women who were taken as children by the Lord Resistance Army in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, & are now adults raising families of their own? 📣 ➡️ New @CGDev blog post, on our study @alessandracassar.bsky.social @eeshani.bsky.social @mirandainez.bsky.social

📢 In a new paper with @alessandracassar.bsky.social @mirandainez.bsky.social Christine Mbabaze Mpyangu @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social, we study how childhood abductions cast a long shadow into adulthood among women in northern Uganda. Blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/childho... #gender #conflict #mentalhealth

"The question is not whether PEPFAR will change, but whether its evolution will uphold the dignity, rights, and survival of those who depend on it." New analysis by @eeshani.bsky.social and Brian Webster shows who relies on PEPFAR and what disruptions could mean: https://go.cgdev.org/4aaa44f

So pleased to learn that @seyeabimbola.bsky.social has been promoted to full professorship! Bravo, Seye! 🎉 Keep up the inspiring work!!

PEPFAR treated 14.4 million women in 2024—the largest share of individuals served. As the program faces major uncertainty, new analysis by @eeshani.bsky.social and Brian Webster shows who relies on PEPFAR and what disruptions could mean for women and children: https://go.cgdev.org/4aaa44f

Sometimes nudges backfire. www.cgdev.org/publication/...

The American Economic Association's Committee on the Job Market surveyed Economics Departments in the U.S. regarding their plans to hire assistant professors this cycle (2025-26). 29.7% said that their department was under a hiring freeze. 1/3 #EconSky #EconJobMarket

Thoughtful and thorough piece on the risk to independent research at World Bank of latest reorg. To every economist everywhere working on global development: Read this and resist. @charlesjkenny.bsky.social @eeshani.bsky.social

The World Bank plans to “operationally align” its research arm. But the changes could undermine its ability to deliver rigorous, independent analysis free from client or internal pressure. More from @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @eeshani.bsky.social ⬇️ https://go.cgdev.org/43vNSgK

Thanks @daveevansphd.bsky.social ! The most challenging fieldwork, but such important (and sad) findings. Plugging @mirandainez.bsky.social who has done more work on men & women who were abducted as children. She studies how this childhood trauma impacts IPV later in life #econjobmarket

Stay tuned for follow-up, where we conduct an RCT involving vulnerable women in this area - half abducted as children - to assess the impact of: 1) cash only 2) cash+group life-skill training 3) cash+group mental health counseling W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social

What's the long-term impact of being abducted during an armed conflict? editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... In Uganda, 20 years after the conflict: "Formerly abducted women still exhibit significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, heightened stress responses..."

📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣 "The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct" Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu

Gender parity in hiring hasn't translated into parity in promotion at IFIs. To help close this gap, Kelsey Harris & @eeshani.bsky.social launch a new phase of work to analyze data, spotlight solutions, & help IFIs strengthen women’s leadership pipelines: https://bit.ly/3KxW4qa

Amid the emergence of Gen Z-led protests, @eeshani.bsky.social asks: Can they translate mass mobilization into pro-poor policy, evidence-based decision-making, & transparent governance? Here's what they could mean for stability & governance in South Asia: https://bit.ly/3KwlN2j

Independent research at risk at the World Bank?!??!? Ouch/No! On why that's a bad idea: www.cgdev.org/blog/world-b... @eeshani.bsky.social @cgdev.org

The World Bank plans to reform its research structure—but @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @eeshani.bsky.social warn the changes could undermine its ability to deliver rigorous, independent analysis free from client or internal pressure. More ⬇️ https://go.cgdev.org/43vNSgK

NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti. The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

"There are three reasons the World Bank needs an independent research department: rigor and accountability, blue sky thinking, and generating public goods."

The World Bank Group is planning to reorganize its research functions. The results could be even uglier than the powerpoint: an end to independent research at the institution and conflicts of interest all over... New blog with @eeshani.bsky.social, link in reply.

Many IFIs have achieved gender parity in hiring—but not in promotion. Kelsey Harris & @eeshani.bsky.social have launched a new phase of work aimed at analyzing data & spotlighting solutions to help strengthen women’s leadership pipelines: https://bit.ly/3KxW4qa

Read Jakiela's and my new, practitioner-focused paper on fathers, and find... • 5 things we know about how fathers engage in early childhood development in low- & middle-income countries • 3 suggestions to improve programs intended to engage fathers drive.google.com/file/d/1K8pF...

I have been slow on this, but a dangerous idea --World Bank Group is moving to a single country manager for both private (IFC, MIGA) & public (IBRD, IDA) arms. For eg: IFC sponsoring a noncompetitive energy project with lock in take or pay agreements (they do that)...

If you're in the DC area, come out for this exciting conversation on Friday morning! We'll see recent evidence from Indonesia, still-to-be-published evidence from Pakistan (sneak preview!), and we'll hear thoughtful perspectives on what we should be doing to make sure every child can read!

Zero new jobs in the federal government posted on JOE in the past three weeks. Not surprising given the government shutdown (which began Oct 1), but still grim. At least two-thirds fewer such jobs posted in 2025 than in each of the past six years at this time. #econjobmarket

@eeshani.bsky.social reminds us of what datasets can't show: the lived reality of disease. She reflects on Margaret Bourke-White’s photographs of cholera amid climbing mortality in Africa: https://bit.ly/42AMr05

To provide real-world evidence of aid cuts, CGD experts are using data on reported cholera deaths and US spending responses. They find elevated cholera mortality across Africa in 2025, but no corresponding aid response from the US: https://bit.ly/4hmWV9L

"The emergence of youth- and student-led protests raises a hopeful but uncertain question: will these movements deliver differently once in power?" @eeshani.bsky.social discusses what the Gen Z-led protests could mean for stability and governance in South Asia: https://bit.ly/3KwlN2j

See also @eeshani.bsky.social accompanying blog on Margaret Bourke-White’s haunting photographs of cholera outbreaks during the partition of India. www.cgdev.org/blog/human-c...

Blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/cholera... By @eeshani.bsky.social @markusgold.bsky.social Brian Webster Juan Manuel Menéndez and me.

Blog with CGD colleagues: Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid. Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...

Many thanks to Jim Flynn @jimflynn9.bsky.social for interviewing me for the ASHEcon Newsletter @ashecon.bsky.social. It was fun to chat about risky health behaviors, priorities for ASHEcon, the #EconJobMarket, and even favorite movie/book/teams. #EconSky www.ashecon.org/activities/n...

Gender parity in hiring hasn't translated into parity in promotion at IFIs. To help close this gap, Kelsey Harris & @eeshani.bsky.social launch a new phase of work to analyze data, spotlight solutions, & help IFIs strengthen women’s leadership pipelines: https://bit.ly/3KxW4qa

Amid the emergence of Gen Z-led protests, @eeshani.bsky.social asks: Can they translate mass mobilization into pro-poor policy, evidence-based decision-making, & transparent governance? Here's what they could mean for stability & governance in South Asia: https://bit.ly/3KwlN2j

"More than 3/4 of the rural women in Nigeria are multidimensionally poor... Security shocks, unemployment, and time to health care services as the biggest contributors." www.cell.com/heliyon/full... by Tolulope Jerumeh

Blog: US Funding of International Organizations Has Collapsed With weeks left in FY, US has paid zero toward assessed (membership) contributions to WHO, WTO, FAO, ILO, UNESCO, NATO, OECD, WMO, WIPO & more. FY26 budget suggests paying dues to only 7 out of 46 organizations under the IO account.

Today, I’m thinking of Christina-Taylor Green on her 24th birthday. She should be celebrating with her friends and family, but her life was stolen from her in January 2011 when she was shot while waiting to meet me.

Violence in schools remains widespread, especially for children with disabilities. Yet most research spotlights peer violence, not teacher violence, write @daveevansphd.bsky.social and @gsmarrelli.bsky.social. More: https://bit.ly/3Jwxiq5

If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

"It teaches us that, at least sometimes, it is not about us; it’s about them." New research on interruptions during Janet Yellen’s tenure as chair of the US Federal Reserve underscores broader patterns of workplace bias. More from @eeshani.bsky.social: bit.ly/46v4W9d

USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

Wholesale prices came in hot in today’s PPI report, but veggies stole the show 🥦📈 Vegetable prices at the wholesale level surged nearly 39% in July. @willmasters.bsky.social & I unpack what’s behind this spike in today's @marketplace.org 🎙️ www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

@eeshani.bsky.social on populism and poverty! www.cgdev.org/blog/populis...

I really enjoyed the #ABCDE2025 conference last week. I underline a few of my favorite moments here: www.cgdev.org/blog/five-my....

Wrapping up a great #ABCDE2025 with a concluding “fireside chat” on human development in LMICs between Mamta Murthi, HD VP of the World Bank and CGD Senior Fellow and Education Program Director @daveevansphd.bsky.social

"It teaches us that, at least sometimes, it is not about us; it’s about them." New research on interruptions during Janet Yellen’s tenure as chair of the US Federal Reserve underscores broader patterns of workplace bias. More from @eeshani.bsky.social: www.cgdev.org/blog/its-not...