Archive: Announcement
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VoxDevLit Mobile Money Issue, co-edited by gui2de co-director Billy Jack, released on VoxDev.org
The February 3 Issue of VoxDevLit, co-edited by gui2de co-director Billy Jack, summarizes recent research on mobile money solutions in the developing world. Read how mobile money can reduce transaction costs, improve convenience, smooth consumption, help endure external shocks, and reduce poverty.
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gui2de affiliate and McCourt School faculty Andrew Zeitlin releases a new paper on a cash benchmarking study in Rwanda
Zeitlin and co-Author Craig McIntosh compare the effects of Give Directly cash transfers with a USAID youth employment program, and find that cash improved economic outcomes more than the training program.
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gui2de co-director Billy Jack releases new edX course on impact evaluation through Georgetown University
Created in collaboration with colleagues Alaka Holla and Owen Ozier at the World Bank, the course focuses on measuring the effectiveness of development interventions, and is targeted to undergraduate and masters students around the world, as well as to practitioners, mid-career professionals, and policy makers.
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gui2de affiliates Jishnu Das and Andy Zeitlin among Georgetown faculty featured for conducting Covid-19 research around the world
Research by gui2de affiliates Jishnu Das and Andy Zeitlin on the impacts of COVID-19 globally is featured in a Georgetown research announcement.
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Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Summer Internship Program
Undergraduate and Masters students can submit an application to spend the summer working on one of gui2de's field projects in East Africa by Monday, March 9th. Apply here!
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Georgetown to host the 8th Annual Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)
The 8th annual WADES conference will be held May 1, 2020.
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The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics: What Does it Mean for Development?
Please join us on Friday, January 24th for a panel discussion with Georgetown faculty and gui2de affiliates Jishnu Das, Shanta Devarajan, and Billy Jack. The event will take place in ICC 700 from 2:0
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Learn about our digital loan study on Mercy Corps’ latest blog
gui2de Co-director Billy Jack is currently evaluating the impact of DigiFarm and DigiFarm Loans with the support of Mercy Corps and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Read the AgriFin blog, and check out the interim report to learn more!
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Check out Econofact’s latest memo on conditional cash transfers and breaking the cycle of poverty
gui2de affiliate Adriana Kugler outlines the facts and analyzes the effectiveness of conditional cash transfers in the latest Econofact memo
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gui2de affiliates and former RA examine education in Tanzania, and are featured in this year’s CfEE Research Digest
Research by McCourt School faculty and gui2de affiliates Andrew Zeitlin and Jacobus Cillers, and former gui2de RA Sam Solomon, on education in Tanzania with the RISE Programme is featured in the Center for Education Economics Annual Research Digest.
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