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Prof. Caprio recommends: The Secret To Success? Having A Big Sister
The Secret To Success? Having A Big Sister A new study by four researchers at the Center for Global development, including two Williams Professors: Jakiela and Ozier, explores the impact of a big sister’s caregiving on a child’s development. Be sure not to miss it! You can read a short summary on the paper at…
Read MoreProf. Caprio recommends this report: Sound Banks for Healthy Economies Challenges for Policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean in Times of Coronavirus
This A CGD-IDB Working Group Report explores some of the ways in which policy makers in Latin America and the Caribbean can mitigate the adverse economic consequences of Covid-19.
Read MoreAnnouncement: IDEAS Calendar of Virtual Webinars in Development
IDEAS is hosting a calendar of all the webinars they can find related to development. Check back often if you have some time and want to learn something new!
Read MoreCovid and the Future of Microfinance with Insights from Pakistan, recommended by Prof. Caprio
What’s the future of microfinance in a post-Covid world? A group of six researchers explores the impacts of recent months on the microfinance sector in Pakistan, and recommends policies for how to help microfinance, and the people it helps, weather the storm.
Read MoreThe relationship between school-building and conflict in Indonesia (podcast)
In this episode of VoxTalks, Dominic Rohner discusses an investigation into the relationship between Indonesia’s expansion of schools in the nineties and how increased education was related to a reduction in conflict.
Read More“The great lockdown through the global lens of the IMF”, webinar video from Princeton
In this webinar from Princeton, Chief Economist of the IMF Gina Gopinath discusses what the lockdown looks like from the perspective of the IMF.
Read MoreOnline learning: Principles of Sustainable Finance
This online course from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam via Coursera considers how finance can be used for the good in reaching sustainable development goals.
Read MoreEnsuring that Africa has the financial resources to handle Covid-19 (podcast)
This episode from David Dollar on Dollar and Sense, the Brookings Trade Podcast, discusses the risks and possible financial resources available to African countries to deal with the coronavirus crisis.
Read MoreThe value of social distancing in the developed v. developing world (blog post on VoxEU)
This blog post by Mushfiq Mobarak and Zachary Barnett-Howell provides a succinct explanation of why “lockdown” has different costs and benefits in somewhere like the US versus somewhere like central Africa.
Read MoreProf’s Pick: Remittances and what their decline means for development (recommended by Prof. Caprio)
With economic decline looming and borders tightening in the developed world, remittances are going down the tubes. Michael Clemens of the Center for Global Development explores what this means for development.
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