British father drowns after getting caught in rip tide at Phuket beach The 37-year-old, from Ipswich, was paddling with his partner and dozens of other holidaymakers at the popular Freedom Beach on Saturday morning before the tragedy took place.

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The Lasting Impact of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Program in Bangladesh, 17 Years Later. 📄 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social by Munshi Sulaiman, Sheikh Touhidul Haque, Shaila Ahmed, and Marzuk Hossain.

Read: bit.ly/495Cqfy
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📄 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social by Shreya Sarkar. Subsidizing private mobility for female gig workers boosts scooter purchases by 188%, raises jobs and earnings, and lifts firm revenue. #India

Read more 👉 : bit.ly/4ntCbi5
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Eight months of antidepressants in India lead to faster remission, no extra relapse, but no mental health or income gains seven years later. 📄 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social by Daniel Bennett and @mangeluc.bsky.social

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📄 New Mentored Working Paper @g2lmlic.bsky.social. Social capital negatively affects worker qualification in #Cameroon’s labor market—especially for men, youth & informal workers. Paper by Astride Claudel NJIEPUE NOUFFEUSSIE et al.

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Urban density & labour markets: Addis Ababa eviction program improves labour market outcomes—but reduces social connection and public good access. 📄 New @g2lmlic.bsky.social policy brief by Gharad Bryan, Simon Franklin & Girum Abebe.

👉 Read: bit.ly/3H7BECG
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📢 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social: How can social media be used for experiments? Anaya Dam & Diego Dabed Sitnisky share insights from piloting a study to reduce workplace harassment in India.

📄 Read more: bit.ly/4jXqqiI
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📄 New working paper on how social capital surprisingly reduces job quality in Cameroon, by Astride Claudel NJIEPUE NOUFFEUSSIE & Cosmas Bernard MEKA’A from the @g2lmlic.bsky.social Mentoring Programme.

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📦 Aid is supposed to help.
🧳 Migration can be help, too.
But what happens when the two collide?

GharadBryan, Sreevidya Ayyar, Felix Iglhaut explore climate displacement & aid in new synthesis paper.

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Great meeting with Jenny Bates, DG Economics, Climate & Global Issues #FCDOGovUK

Focus:
🔹 @itu.int & 🇬🇧 commitment to #DigitalConnectivity📡 for all
🔹Advancing #GlobalDigitalCompact & #AIforGood🤖
🔹Strengthening #Digital infrastructure & skills🚀

🙏Looking forward to collaboration with 🇬🇧

A new study by Lawrence Edwards & Godfrey Kamutando analyzes labour market segmentation in Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector, 👷🏽‍♂️ and studies the potential role of labour market policies & rent-sharing in driving these outcomes.

📑 : bit.ly/4kPYDBF
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A new study by Bruno Crepon, @ckrafftc.bsky.social, Stefano Caria and Abdelrahman Nagy examines whether job-matching services and childcare subsidies can increase female employment in Egypt where social norms often discourage women from working.

📑 Paper: bit.ly/41W5gKd
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Cash transfers improved businesses, income & food security, with lasting benefits beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. A study by Kjetil Bjorvatn, @selimgulesci.bsky.social, @arnenasgowitz.bsky.social, @vincentsomville.bsky.social, Denise Ferris & Lore Vandewalle.

📑Paper : bit.ly/41W2LHA
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Can coordinating travel help overcome mobility barriers in job searches? @rollykapoor.bsky.social & @smitgade1.bsky.social find that matching job-seeking women & scheduling interviews together boost attendance and increase job searches. 🔍 💼

📑 Paper: bit.ly/41SJkiN
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📄 New Policy Brief: Raising garment workers’ awareness of a neutral, third-party reporting system causes large increases in reporting. 📚 By Laura Boudreau, Ada Gonzáles-Torres and Sylvain Chassang. #Bangladesh

Read more: bit.ly/3XJ9hjx
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📄 New Policy Brief: New, monthly microdata on India’s industrial workers sheds light on labour turnover & absenteeism over forty years! 👷‍♂️📉 By Ananya Kotia & Utkarsh Saxena.

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📄 New Policy Brief: Coordinating travel for job-seeking women helps overcome mobility barriers and boosts job search. 🔍 💼 Findings by @rollykapoor.bsky.social and @smitgade1.bsky.social #India

Read: bit.ly/4kuWICc
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How do export opportunities shape #employment? Brian McCaig, Nina Pavcnik and Woan Foong Wong find that foreign firms—especially from East Asia—led #Vietnam’s job boom after U.S. tariff reductions.📊#Globalization
📃Read here: bit.ly/3XawLhk
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