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…Wonderful sessions: great to meet stata friends….#stata2026
#Stata2026 is officially underway!
Preconference workshops have begun, and we’re getting ready for the full conference tomorrow.
Welcome to everyone joining us and be sure to follow along for updates throughout the week.
📢 Upcoming APPAM Webinar: Grants & Grant Proposal Writing 😊
Hear insights on:
🔹 U.S. policy research funding
🔹 International policy research funding
🔹 Evaluating proposals from the funder’s perspective
Register here: appam.org/events/grants/
#Research #APPAM #Funding #PhD
Our new article explores differences between children’s self-reported data and proxy respondents' data on children’s participation in household chores, economic activities, and child labour.
You can view the full paper here: rdcu.be/fq0VU
link.springer.com/10.1007/s1…
Using data from two surveys in Ghana and Burkina Faso, we find that children consistently report higher participation and more hours but this is not just a measurement issue.
@SpringerNature @vox_dev @cepr_org @UNICEFSocPolicy @UNICEFInnocenti @UNICEFGhana @ISSERUG
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If you are at #2024APPAM @ National Harbor ~ don't miss the show-of-force @UNCPublicPolicy Ph.D. students presenting their work!
@APPAM_DC @UNC @ashudirect --> in chronological order 🧵//
APPAM Team on the scene! So excited to see everyone soon. And if you're not in the holiday spirit yet, prepare to be inundated. #2024APPAM
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Ravi Kanbur on how & why development economics died @voxeu
🔗cepr.org/voxeu/columns/end-d… cc: @cepr_org @rodrikdani @IndermitGill @wb_research @CornellEcon
PRESS RELEASE...
GOVERNMENT DOUBLES CASH GRANTS TO LEAP BENEFICIARIES
#MoGCSP_Ghana
#leap_ghana #livelihoodprogram
As the SDG era draws near, maybe it's about time we reviewed government interventional policies in the context of wealth differentials in addressing a seemingly 'normal' yet significant health gap: reducing child under-five deaths.
Enjoy our new read!
link.springer.com/article/10…
The principle of GH VAT= Tax on tax: Is it the same in other countries?...it is backed by the VAT Act, anyway – at Accra, Ghana
Most requested video this month!
Here's how to extract the VAT and levies from an inclusive amount. #GhanaRevenueTaxRates #GhanaRevenue
Want to know more about the gendered dimension of COVID on educational expenditure and education outcomes in Ghana? Happy to share our first paper for 2024:
COVID-19 and child education outcomes in southern Ghana sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@UNICEFGhana @UNICEFSocPolicy @ISSERUG
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Join us on Zoom July 28 for a free, half-day methods @UM_PSC workshop with @jondr44 @Brown_Economics covering Recent Advances in Difference-in-Differences! Open to all skill levels-- with coding exercises in R and Stata. RSVP: pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops.
@umisr #EconTwitter
ALT PDHP Workshop: Recent Advances in Difference-in-Differences will cover the latest in DiD, advantages and limitations of testing for pre-trends, new tools for settings where assumption of parallel trends may be violated, and coding exercises in R and Stata. This event runs on Zoom on July 28 from 9 to 1.
LEAP payment doubled🎉. Last increment was in 2015. Kudos to Ghana govt @MoGCSP_Ghana @Leap_Programme, DPs @UNICEFGhana @WorldBank @WFP , evaluation team @UNICEFInnocenti @ISSERUG @TransferProjct & all advocacy groups. A good starting point. @ChristianaGbed @Rayborigo
PRESS RELEASE: COMMENCEMENT OF THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE 83RD AND 84TH CYCLES CASH GRANT TO BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS OF THE LEAP PROGRAMME
#MoGCSP_Ghana
#leapprogramme
#endpoverty
Ghana 🇬🇭 team at the 2023 @TransferProjct workshop 🇰🇪. Kudos! @ChristianaGbed @Rayborigo @UNICEFGhana @MoGCSP_Ghana @Leap_Programme – at Accra, Ghana
ALT Ghana team at Transfer project 2023 workshop, Nairobi
LEAP has had sustained impact: consumption & poverty reduction. Regular, indexing of payment is crucial. LEAP+ISS ongoing. @ChristianaGbed @UNICEFGhana @Rayborigo
#ICYMI: @ChristianKOsei [@ISSERUG] presents in the "Long-term & sustainability" panel with ongoing work on impacts of the #LEAP1000 after 7-years
@UNICEFInnocenti @UNICEFGhana #TPNairobi23
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#ICYMI: @ChristianKOsei [@ISSERUG] presents in the "Long-term & sustainability" panel with ongoing work on impacts of the #LEAP1000 after 7-years
@UNICEFInnocenti @UNICEFGhana #TPNairobi23
Next up: @ChristianKOsei [@ISSERUG] gives us a sneak peak at hot-off-the press 7⃣ yr results of the @MoGCSP_Ghana LEAP 1000
Joint work w/ @UNICEFInnocenti @UNICEFGhana @UNCPopCenter
#TPNairobi23
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.@ChristianKOsei calls on Transfer Project researchers ~ incl. @ashudirect & @fkotchere to keep crunching the stats on transfer de-valuation over time to maintain real value!
We'll hear more about this in the research-to-policy discussion tomorrow 👂🏾 #TPNairobi23
Christian K. Osei retweeted
Next up: @ChristianKOsei [@ISSERUG] gives us a sneak peak at hot-off-the press 7⃣ yr results of the @MoGCSP_Ghana LEAP 1000
Joint work w/ @UNICEFInnocenti @UNICEFGhana @UNCPopCenter
#TPNairobi23
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🔥 panel to round-out Day 2⃣ on "Long-term and sustainability of impacts"
We have the African Uni's leading the charge 🇬🇭🇿🇲🇲🇼 w/ @Monica_Lambon chairing!
#TPNairobi23
📢 JOURNEE 2⃣ ! Session 13 #TPNairobi23 "Long terme et durabilité des impacts"
🔍 Que révèlent les résultats des programmes nationaux africains sur la graduation, la durabilité et au-delà ?
@UNCPopCenter @ISSERUG @UNZA_ZM @UNICEFKenya
