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My latest with @oliverhanney in IN DEVELOPMENT, on the impact of AI-related job loss in developing countries—most of all, in India's IT services sector
Discourse about AI and job loss is omnipresent right now. But what do we actually know about AI job loss in developing countries?
@oliverwkim and @oliverhanney do (to our knowledge) the first analysis of AI's effects of IT in India in @indevmag: indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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Discourse about AI and job loss is omnipresent right now. But what do we actually know about AI job loss in developing countries?
@oliverwkim and @oliverhanney do (to our knowledge) the first analysis of AI's effects of IT in India in @indevmag: indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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Last year, @USAID was destroyed. But Congress has still made appropriations for foreign aid. So what has happened to US foreign aid?
@e_collinson and @charlesjkenny break down what was cut, what remains, and what we still don’t know in @indevmag. indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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What's going on with US foreign assistance?
I've struggled to keep up, between the dramatic cuts making headlines & the rumblings of what's still chugging away in the background.
This week on @indevmag, @charlesjkenny & @e_collinson get us up to speed: indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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"there is no methodological reason a transcript is less informative than a Likert scale." ← I mean, fair.
Economists pride themselves on their rigor and empirical methods.
This week, @bijurao argues this creates distance between the studier and the studied - and is one of the key problems with economics.
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In this essay in @indevmag, I reveal myself as an anthropology spy in Economics 🙂 and explain the implications of the approach for research - particularly in development Economics. indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
Economists pride themselves on their rigor and empirical methods.
This week, @bijurao argues this creates distance between the studier and the studied - and is one of the key problems with economics.
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Compulsory summer reading:
Economists pride themselves on their rigor and empirical methods.
This week, @bijurao argues this creates distance between the studier and the studied - and is one of the key problems with economics.
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Economists pride themselves on their rigor and empirical methods.
This week, @bijurao argues this creates distance between the studier and the studied - and is one of the key problems with economics.
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Glad to share this piece we wrote for @indevmag. When researching disasters, we often assume the datasets we use are the source of truth. The reality might be scarier than most might imagine. Check out this piece if you want to know more!
How many people die in natural disasters? The answer is more contentious than you think. Matheus de Souza explores how the shaky origins of disaster data are preventing relief: indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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How many people die in natural disasters? The answer is more contentious than you think. Matheus de Souza explores how the shaky origins of disaster data are preventing relief: indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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.@indevmag is one of my favourite magazines now. Case in point this wonderful article by @rambletastic:
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Why do some things work surprisingly well?
Really enjoyed this deep dive into the story of Labanya Margaret, statistics in South Sudan, and how to build teams that get stuff done.
Dan Honig (@rambletastic) on @indevmag: indevelopmentmag.com/what-so…
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South Sudan has some of the worst possible conditions for collecting quality administrative data.
But South Sudan actually has surprisingly good administrative data. How?
@rambletastic writes for us on government effectiveness: indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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India has seen very robust economic growth over the last decades - but its children remain stubbornly short. It's not genetic - something is sapping the health and heights of Indian children.
@WilsonMKing explores for @indevmag: indevelopmentmag.substack.co…
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I'm in IN DEVELOPMENT this week, writing about the two Robert McNamaras—architect of the Vietnam War and president of the World Bank, "the living embodiment of midcentury American technocracy".
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New from In Development: @oliverwkim on the two Robert McNamaras - the Secretary of Defense that lead the disastrous escalation in Vietnam, and the President of the World Bank who focused on global poverty
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.@PeterEvans_Guv: I see letters to the editor at @indevmag as being addressed to the mysterious and mighty Wizard of ID.
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We're back! Issue 2 launches with reader responses to issue 1: indevelopmentmag.com/letters…
New articles start next week.
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