The USAID shutdown was followed by a sharp increase in violence in African regions that relied most on USAID funding. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @dominic-rohner.bsky.social @austinlw.bsky.social @jingrong-rosa.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @science.org

🆕 Should roads and electricity infrastructure be built together? Today on VoxDev, Oliver Vanden Eynde (Paris School of Economics) & Liam Wren-Lewis discuss how roads and electricity jointly deliver greater gains in agricultural productivity in rural India: https://ow.ly/TqLz50XTjUP

🆕 Conflict and development 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, @dominic-rohner.bsky.social (@gvagrad.bsky.social) & Oliver Vanden Eynde (@pse.bsky.social) discuss what we have learned from research on conflict and the key questions that remain unanswered: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🆕 Climate change, natural resources, and conflict: Navigating a complex nexus Today on VoxDev, Oliver Vanden Eynde (@pse.bsky.social)‬ & @jvargas.bsky.social (Collegio Carlo Alberto) discuss how extreme weather and the green transition are reshaping global conflict: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

📢ReCIPE’s First Call for Compact Research Grants is now open! New deadline: 14 August. Proposals exploring the links between conflict & economic growth within ReCIPE research themes and in ReCIPE focus countries are welcome. More information here: recipe.cepr.org/funding/comp... #EconSky

ReCIPE is launching its first virtual course this spring, featuring expert-led lectures on how conflict shapes economic growth & policy. More details & register: recipe.cepr.org/event/virtua... #EconSky @dominic-rohner.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the APE and PPD master programs at PSE! Prospective students often ask how to choose between the two. Both are research masters and potential gateways to a PhD, but their focus is different. For a side-by-side comparison: www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/app/uploads/...

Are you a PhD student working on conflict and economic development? We are looking for papers for the PhD poster session at the ReCIPE inception conference in PSE (13-14 February): recipe.cepr.org/event/4553. The deadline is 15 December. @cepr.org @dominic-rohner.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social