Why irrigation infrastructure projects are key to food security and climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa Expanding irrigation infrastructure in Senegal led to significant and sustained increases in cultivation rates and reduced sensitivity to temperature shocks.

🆕 Why irrigation infrastructure projects are key to food security and climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa

Abdoulaye Cisse, Alain de Janvry @natureatcal.bsky.social, @joelferguson.bsky.social, @marcogn.bsky.social, Samba Mbaye, Elisabeth Sadoulet & Mame Mor: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...

congratulations, my dear Katayoun! <3

Is Research on Development Economics Serving Sub-Saharan Africa? At this year’s Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Markus had the privilege of moderating a panel titled “How can Development Economics Meet the Moment? Practice, Research, and Teaching i...

"The goal is not simply more research about Africa. It's to support the conditions for Africans to tell their own economic story, & for that to shape both global scholarship & local policy."

@markusgold.bsky.social & Juan Manuel Menéndez on closing research gaps in Africa:
https://bit.ly/4g8DEb7

Radical Simplification: A Practical Way to Get More Out of Limited Foreign Assistance Budgets With major cuts to foreign assistance announced or anticipated in the US, the UK, and across the EU, and in the World Bank’s subsidized lending program, we must urgently work to get the most out of sh...

As I meet people from aid agencies around the world this week I will be making the case for a radical simplification in how we do aid:
fewer countries,
fewer projects,
radically simpler programs.

It was key takeaway from my time in govt. Read why.
www.cgdev.org/blog/radical...

A Brief Look at President Trump’s List of “Appalling” Aid Projects During his speech to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Trump listed a number of foreign assistance projects he thought demonstrated “appalling waste.” Below is his list of examples a...

During his speech to the joint session of Congress, President Trump listed a number of foreign assistance projects he thought demonstrated "waste.”

@charlesjkenny.bsky.social looks into the examples & provides context on what the projects were designed to achieve ⬇
bit.ly/4i3UtV1

Check it out! (ungated here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y1omw...)

Kirill, Xavier, and I tried hard to make this useful to wide groups of readers: new users of shift-share IVs, experienced users, and even those who don't know they that they are users