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As #DigitalCredit has become popular in #EmergingMarkets, reports of misconduct, scams and over-indebtedness have become more common. This featured article discusses a Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) Innovations for Poverty Action report which explores causes for concern — and optimism: bit.ly/3UEdrqN
Have you checked out Social Science Prediction Platform recently? Exciting news: (i) the most active projects we have ever had; (ii) we have a $10k prize for the best forecasting survey; (iii) the Superforcaster Panel ensures 50+ predictions per project Eva Vivalt Edward Miguel Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA)
THREAD: I. 📊 Just launched! World Bank 🇰🇪 Poverty and Equity Team presents a new dashboard with detailed data on forced displacement in Kenya. Check out the facts and figures here: worldbank.org/en/data/intera…
📢 Excited to announce that World Bank, UNHCR KENYA, and Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) are hosting a Policy Research Forum on refugees and host communities in Kenya. Join the conversation online with #RefugeesandHostsKE and stay tuned for insights! 🌍👥
🚨Happening now! Launch of the first ever nationally representative survey of refugees and hosts in Kenya! 🥳 UNHCR together with World Bank Kenya & Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) put together the Kenya Longitudinal Socioeconomic Survey of Refugees & Hosts (K-LSRH) 🔗👇🏾 bit.ly/3WMbdXe
🆕Applying insights from psychology to help farmers plan and save for the future Supreet Kaur Berkeley Economics, Kelsey Jack Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), Ned Augenblick Haas School of Business, Felix Masiye The University Of Zambia & Nick Swanson Stanford King Center on Global Development outline their research in Zambia⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/agricult…
#DIVUSAID supported Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) to study the effectiveness of a behavioral approach to help subsistence farmers budget how they will make their maize🌽stores last until the next harvest in #Zambia. Read what they learned ⬇️
Exciting opportunity with Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA)! 🚀 Join as the Deputy Program Manager for CEGA's new program, Promoting Impact and Learning with Cost-Effectiveness Evidence (PILCEE), and integrate evidence into decision-making. Apply here: cega.berkeley.edu/career/deputy-…
In a new partnership with Pharo Foundation, CEGA will invest $100,000 to generate evidence about critical issues in the Horn of Africa. CEGA will award grants through its Development Economics Challenge to projects focusing on education, water, and work. cega.berkeley.edu/announcements/…
🚨 CEGA is #Hiring 🚨 CEGA seeks data scientists to provide technical support, training, and oversight to the Togo Data Lab’s efforts to institutionalize the use of MOSAIKS, a multipurpose earth image analysis tool. Based in Togo, working with Cina Lawson cega.berkeley.edu/career/gis-dat…