A first ever Olympic medal for #DOM in the women's 400m! Congrats, Marileidy Paulino! #StrongerTogether | #Tokyo2020 | World Athletics

Check out this new paper with my amazing coauthors Pietro Calice and Federico Diaz. We found material exposure of Brazilian banks to the loss of biodiversity through their lending to non-financial corporates. documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…

Cool job opportunity!

Hi, #Econtwitter! I am officially on the job market! #EconJobMarker Here is a short 🧵about me. You can check out my website for more detail: elisataveras.com

Join us tomorrow at 9:00 ET—I’ll discuss our project of the shift from formal to informal channels to remit in Mexico during the COVID-19 crisis (joint with David Jaume @hernanwinkler_ and Eduardo Medina)

For those interested in learning about the effectiveness of virtual survey methods to collect sensitive data from caregivers, look at this short thread summarizing our recent work with @sofiafamaral Patricio Dominguez Steffanny Romero Esteban Santiago PEREZ VINCENT 👇🏽

Banks and their supervisors need far greater awareness of material risks to ecosystem services of the natural world arising from their lending and investment activities. #biodiversity #finance #brazil

Interesante blog sobre un estudio que analiza el efecto de la pandemia en la inclusión financiera “… el 11% de los adultos en ALC adoptó la modalidad de pagos digitales en comercios durante el primer año de la pandemia...”

Inclusión financiera 💡

In my last blog, I summarize some practical tips for the design of text-based parenting programs (# of SMS, timing, personalization) that my coauthors and I have learned from the evidence and applied to our research blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

La actual coyuntura del mercado inmobiliario, con precios significativamente elevados, ha generado un terreno fértil para la proliferación de fraudes. Ahora, que Raquel Peña ha tomado iniciativa de crear una mesa técnica, se hace propicio el momento para socializar medidas

Today in our blog post with Alaka Holla, we refer to our meta analysis (joint with Iva Trako and Magda B) on preschool programs around the World to motivate the need of financial instruments to increase investment in preschool. blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati… via @worldbank

León F. Guzmán (León F. Guzmán) is an applied microeconomist whose research combines structural modeling and econometric tools to examine how organizational decisions within higher education can impact students' learning outcomes. Learn more at leonguzman.github.io/LG/

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✅Representantes del sector público, privado, financiero, referentes del sector forestal y la academia conversaron sobre el #desarrollosostenible y la economía del sector forestal en Paraguay, en el “Día de la Inversión Forestal”, organizado por el Banco Mundial y la Agencia

Excited to share that starting in August, I'll be based in Brasília, continuing my role as researcher at the WB Research Group. Many thanks to the director, manager, & colleagues at World Bank Research for your support. Look forward to engaging with the brilliant research community in🇧🇷

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¡Gran noticia para la República Dominicana! blogs.worldbank.org/es/latinameric…