(Well-managed) aid reduces conflict New evidence from Africa shows that aid reduces conflict when projects are well managed, but increases violence when management and monitoring are weak.

🆕 (Well-managed) aid reduces conflict

Today on VoxDev, Jacob Moscona (MIT) presents new evidence from Africa showing that aid reduces conflict when projects are well managed, but increases violence when management and monitoring are weak: https://ow.ly/slKc50Y0x2S

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Look, obviously my emotional reaction to that press conference is to punch a wall so hard either it or my knuckles break.

But let put that on hold for a moment and ask, very dispassionately and calmly:

What American national interest objective or foreign policy goal was served by that shit-show?

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Ten key insights from development economics research in 2024 Economic research that VoxDev has featured in 2024 has yielded interesting insights on false narratives in international migration discourse, fertility and family planning, attendance vs learning in e...

10 key insights from development economics research on @voxdev.bsky.social in 2024.

Today I wrote about the standout takeaways from the broad range of research I have read this year. You can read the full blog on VoxDev: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...

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