NU Global Poverty Research Lab
@NU_GPRL
Our Lab aims to use empirical evidence and interdisciplinary engagement to understand drivers, consequences and solutions to poverty issues around the world.
🚨@NU_GPRL is hiring part-time RAs🚨 Are you interested in ... ... research and policy-making in intl development? ... contributing to policy-making becoming more evidence-informed? ... developing your skills to critically engage with quantitative work in the social sciences?
Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Emily Aiken (@cmu_africa), Suzanne Bellue (@ENSAEparis), @jblumenstock (@BerkeleyISchool), @deankarlan (@KelloggSchool @NU_GPRL) & @chrisudry (@NUEconomics): voxdev.org/topic/methods-…
🆕 Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Emily Aiken (@cmu_africa), Suzanne Bellue (@ENSAEparis), @jblumenstock (@BerkeleyISchool), @deankarlan (@KelloggSchool @NU_GPRL) & @chrisudry (@NUEconomics): voxdev.org/topic/methods-…
Relancer l'aide internationale au développement, un défi complexe au sommet de Séville ➡️ go.rfi.fr/O6a
«Il n'y avait pas besoin d'interrompre l'aide d'urgence pour réformer l’USAID» rfi.my/Bo2Y.x
What is the role of small farms in the future of agriculture? 📢 Last week on Development Dialogues w/ @YaleEGC, @g_mukeshimana (@IFAD), @chrisudry (@NUEconomics @NU_GPRL) & Mark Rosenzweig (@YaleEconomics): voxdev.org/topic/agricult…
🆕 What is the role of small farms in the future of agriculture? 📢 Today on Development Dialogues w/ @YaleEGC, @g_mukeshimana (@IFAD), @chrisudry (@NUEconomics @NU_GPRL) & Mark Rosenzweig (@YaleEconomics): voxdev.org/topic/agricult…
🆕 Podcast: What does the future hold for small farms in Africa? Our latest #DevelopmentDialogue w/ @Vox_Dev Guests @g_mukeshimana (@IFAD), @chrisudry (@NUEconomics @NU_GPRL) & Mark Rosenzweig (@YaleEconomics) discuss. 🎧 Listen to the episode: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/de…
📣Great opportunity for scholars from Africa to immerse in Oxford through the @Oxford_CSAE Visiting Fellowship cc @JPAL @poverty_action @Africa_evidence @palnetworkHQ @REAL_Centre @UKFIET
📣🎉Applications are open for the CSAE Visiting Fellowships Scheme 2026. The scheme supports African scholars pursuing a career in economics (with a doctorate). Candidates must apply online by 31 May 2025 to be considered. csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fello… csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-visiting-…
What broad lessons have we learned from 115 studies on unconditional cash transfers? Last week on VoxDev, @TommasoCrosta, @deankarlan, @JFinleyOng, @rueschenpoehler & @chrisudry (@NU_GPRL @KelloggSchool) explored the impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…
🚨 Update on our UCT meta-analysis! 🚨 Remember our NBER paper on the impacts of 💰Unconditional Cash Transfers💰in LMICs? We just added new analysis on labor, contextual factors, model validation, & more! 📌 You can find the original thread here: x.com/deankarlan/sta…
🆕 What broad lessons have we learned from 115 studies on unconditional cash transfers? Today on VoxDev, @TommasoCrosta, @deankarlan, @JFinleyOng, @rueschenpoehler & @chrisudry (@NU_GPRL @KelloggSchool) explore the impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…
🆕 What broad lessons have we learned from 115 studies on unconditional cash transfers? Today on VoxDev, @TommasoCrosta, @deankarlan, @JFinleyOng, @rueschenpoehler & @chrisudry (@NU_GPRL @KelloggSchool) explore the impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…