New #VoxDev column on predicting #terrorist events in order to estimate their effect on #education in #Kenya : https://voxdev.org/topic/methods-measurement/predicting-terror-attacks-using-insurgent-networks-and-revenue-streams
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In this article, our Editor-in-Chief Tavneet Suri recaps 2022 at #VoxDev the year we turned 5!
Read here for some reflections on the past year at VoxDev, a sneak peek of what we have planned for 2023, and some statistics summarising five years of VoxDev: https://voxdev.org/topic/2022-year-voxdev-turned-5-desk-editor-chief @devecon
Physical proximity to pathogen-free water sources reduces child and adult mortality.
Recently on #VoxDev Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, @rglenner & Reshma Hussam outline evidence from #Bangladesh on the lifesaving benefits of convenient infrastructure: http://ow.ly/M5O050LUQFH @devecon
Providing performance feedback on delays in public service delivery speeds up bureaucrats, but faster delivery does not decrease corruption. Instead, positive feedback to well-performing bureaucrats worsens #corruption.
Today on VoxDev, we feature new research by Martin Mattsson in #Bangladesh; read here: http://ow.ly/i9xb50LCml3
Providing performance feedback on delays in public service delivery speeds up bureaucrats, but faster delivery does not decrease corruption. Instead, positive feedback to well-performing bureaucrats worsens corruption.
Millions of Sri Lankans have migrated to the Gulf region to work, but almost one in 10 makes a formal complaint to the consulate about abuse or employer malpractice. Is there a better way to protect them? Nilesh Fernando tells Tim Phillips about a successful policy to regulate the agencies that match workers and employers.
A structural transformation means workers moving to cities for good jobs, or better living conditions for their families, maybe also having smaller families. But these decisions are not made independently: new research examines the trade-off that we make between migration and fertility, and suggests that China's migration and one-child policies may not have been the boost to economic growth that policymakers wanted.
In Ethiopia, one development program is building roads to remote villages, while another tries to make small farms more productive. Mesay Gebresilasse tells Tim Phillips how well the projects work individually – and how much more successful they are when implemented together.
Research from the Dominican Republic shows that it is more common than we assumed (and more beneficial to both parties) if workers move to another firm in the same supply chain. Cian Ruane tells Tim Phillips why this hard-to-spot effect is important for economic development.
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