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This week's links include adapting questionnaires to deal with shocks, advice on how to translate research into policy advice, Tim Harford praises random allocation of grants, and more...

This week's links include a new literature review on climate adaption, virtual networking groups in Ghana, India's digital transformation, and interview with David Card, and more...

This week's links include a Planet Money episode on the home of RCTs in development, advice for grad students from Mushfiq, evidence on how racial gaps in the U.S. also waste time, and more...

Social welfare indices Poverty Inequality Shared prosperity

This week's links include an interview with Give Directly villagers, and with one of the pioneers of new RDD work, new evidence on labor market churn, how fiscal policy in developing countries makes the poor poorer, and more...

Deadline: 3-Apr-23 The World Bank has announced the applications for Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSMFP) that matches aspiring development

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program 2023 for aspiring development economics researchers from developing countries ($44,888 compensation)

This week's links include fertility rates in Namibia after pension reform, summer internships, adaptive surveys, and more...

This week's links include a new funding call from IZA/FCDO, some Valentine's links, lessons from long-run studies, and more

A frustrating healthcare situation exists in many low-income countries: deaths are often due to poor quality care rather than the lack of access to care. Despite sustained investments in health service delivery and increases in the use of health services health outcomes have remained poor.