Marijo Silva-Vargas
@marijosilva.bsky.social
Development economics and public policy researcher at J-PAL Europe & LISER
Photographer of social stories https://www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/335374
Science comms with visual stories
Bolivian & naturalised-Italian
Photographer of social stories https://www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/335374
Science comms with visual stories
Bolivian & naturalised-Italian
Pinned
Photographing stories in research & development has always been, for me, an act of change & resistance.
In the first edition of Reframe Development, I share reflections incl. the #WorldBank development impact photo & a Bolivian girl charging 2 bs for photo consent. Link below! /1
In the first edition of Reframe Development, I share reflections incl. the #WorldBank development impact photo & a Bolivian girl charging 2 bs for photo consent. Link below! /1
Photographing stories in research & development has always been, for me, an act of change & resistance.
In the first edition of Reframe Development, I share reflections incl. the #WorldBank development impact photo & a Bolivian girl charging 2 bs for photo consent. Link below! /1
In the first edition of Reframe Development, I share reflections incl. the #WorldBank development impact photo & a Bolivian girl charging 2 bs for photo consent. Link below! /1
July 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Photographing stories in research & development has always been, for me, an act of change & resistance.
In the first edition of Reframe Development, I share reflections incl. the #WorldBank development impact photo & a Bolivian girl charging 2 bs for photo consent. Link below! /1
In the first edition of Reframe Development, I share reflections incl. the #WorldBank development impact photo & a Bolivian girl charging 2 bs for photo consent. Link below! /1
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A Peruvian farmer has lost a landmark climate case against German energy giant RWE. Saul Luciano Lliuya had argued the company should help fund flood defenses near his Andean home, citing its role in global warming.
Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant
A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company's emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown.
n.pr
May 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A Peruvian farmer has lost a landmark climate case against German energy giant RWE. Saul Luciano Lliuya had argued the company should help fund flood defenses near his Andean home, citing its role in global warming.
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🆕 Development Dialogues: Are vocational training programmes effective? 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Stefano Caria (University of Warwick) & Munshi Sulaiman (BIGD) examine the real impact of vocational training programmes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
Today on VoxDevTalks, Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Stefano Caria (University of Warwick) & Munshi Sulaiman (BIGD) examine the real impact of vocational training programmes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🆕 Development Dialogues: Are vocational training programmes effective? 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Stefano Caria (University of Warwick) & Munshi Sulaiman (BIGD) examine the real impact of vocational training programmes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
Today on VoxDevTalks, Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Stefano Caria (University of Warwick) & Munshi Sulaiman (BIGD) examine the real impact of vocational training programmes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
How can RCTs help development organizations make better decisions? With @liser.lu and @j-paleurope.bsky.social , we tried to break it down in just 4 minutes
Plus, we walk through a real-world example: a vocational skills training program 🛠️🎓
Check it out 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqM2...
Plus, we walk through a real-world example: a vocational skills training program 🛠️🎓
Check it out 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqM2...
Impact Evaluation Essential: A Closer Look at Randomised Controlled Trials
YouTube video by Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
How can RCTs help development organizations make better decisions? With @liser.lu and @j-paleurope.bsky.social , we tried to break it down in just 4 minutes
Plus, we walk through a real-world example: a vocational skills training program 🛠️🎓
Check it out 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqM2...
Plus, we walk through a real-world example: a vocational skills training program 🛠️🎓
Check it out 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqM2...
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In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Personal initiative training continues to yield positive benefits after 7 years, but impacts vary with gender
blogs.worldbank.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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On American aid cuts/disruptions: www.africanistperspective.com/p/american-a...
On American aid cuts/disruptions
When the music stops, those who’ve outsourced their ambitions get exposed
www.africanistperspective.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
On American aid cuts/disruptions: www.africanistperspective.com/p/american-a...
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📸 We are proud that one of the pictures from our photo documentary project, Yhdessä (Together), was selected for a Foto Futuro Lab online exhibition: www.fotofuturolab.com/visions-of-2...
Check out the full project here:
www.povertyactionlab.org/yhdessa-toge...
@marijo-silva-v.bsky.social
Check out the full project here:
www.povertyactionlab.org/yhdessa-toge...
@marijo-silva-v.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
📸 We are proud that one of the pictures from our photo documentary project, Yhdessä (Together), was selected for a Foto Futuro Lab online exhibition: www.fotofuturolab.com/visions-of-2...
Check out the full project here:
www.povertyactionlab.org/yhdessa-toge...
@marijo-silva-v.bsky.social
Check out the full project here:
www.povertyactionlab.org/yhdessa-toge...
@marijo-silva-v.bsky.social
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While Bolivia has huge lithium resources, it has produced very little so far.
This data comes from the United States Geological Survey.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and @pablorosado.com.)
This data comes from the United States Geological Survey.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and @pablorosado.com.)
February 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
While Bolivia has huge lithium resources, it has produced very little so far.
This data comes from the United States Geological Survey.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and @pablorosado.com.)
This data comes from the United States Geological Survey.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and @pablorosado.com.)
Reposted by Marijo Silva-Vargas
The world’s lithium is mined in just a handful of countries
February 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The world’s lithium is mined in just a handful of countries
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Sharing the latest article on @voxdev.bsky.social by my brilliant colleague and mentor at @wfueconomics.bsky.social & @wakeforest.bsky.social Leah Lakdwala. Check it out! 📚🔥
🆕 Reducing child labour: Lessons from Bolivia’s legalisation experiment
Today on VoxDev, Leah Lakdawala and Diana Martinez Heredia explore the impacts of a Bolivian law that legalised and regulated the work of young children: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
Today on VoxDev, Leah Lakdawala and Diana Martinez Heredia explore the impacts of a Bolivian law that legalised and regulated the work of young children: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
Reducing child labour: Lessons from Bolivia’s legalisation experiment
A unique Bolivian law that legalised and regulated the work of young children led to unexpected declines in child employment without improving working conditions.
voxdev.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Sharing the latest article on @voxdev.bsky.social by my brilliant colleague and mentor at @wfueconomics.bsky.social & @wakeforest.bsky.social Leah Lakdwala. Check it out! 📚🔥
My first post is a shot that combines some of my obsessions: dogs, working in cool places like Egypt, and shooting with a Rolleiflex from the ’50s - which always makes me feel like an old-fashioned explorer (though I keep burning shots in the airport scanners!!!) #film #photography
December 3, 2024 at 7:35 PM
My first post is a shot that combines some of my obsessions: dogs, working in cool places like Egypt, and shooting with a Rolleiflex from the ’50s - which always makes me feel like an old-fashioned explorer (though I keep burning shots in the airport scanners!!!) #film #photography
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A paper in which we learn that pollution is about twice as bad for the economy as we previously thought, once you account for skilled workers' differentially larger emigration responses to avoid escalating pollution.
egc.yale.edu/research/how...
egc.yale.edu/research/how...
How does pollution affect the migration and productivity of workers in China?
EGC affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak and coauthors study the migration response to pollution in Chinese cities, identifying the unequal productivity and welfare consequences for skilled and unskilled workers...
egc.yale.edu
December 3, 2024 at 5:32 AM
A paper in which we learn that pollution is about twice as bad for the economy as we previously thought, once you account for skilled workers' differentially larger emigration responses to avoid escalating pollution.
egc.yale.edu/research/how...
egc.yale.edu/research/how...
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Estamos experimentando con publicar algunas gráficas de OWID en español.
Por ahora iniciamos con esta cuenta de instagram: www.instagram.com/ourworldinda...
La gráfica de hoy: distancia de ingresos entre el 10% más rico y el 10% más pobre (después de impuestos)
Por ahora iniciamos con esta cuenta de instagram: www.instagram.com/ourworldinda...
La gráfica de hoy: distancia de ingresos entre el 10% más rico y el 10% más pobre (después de impuestos)
November 29, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Estamos experimentando con publicar algunas gráficas de OWID en español.
Por ahora iniciamos con esta cuenta de instagram: www.instagram.com/ourworldinda...
La gráfica de hoy: distancia de ingresos entre el 10% más rico y el 10% más pobre (después de impuestos)
Por ahora iniciamos con esta cuenta de instagram: www.instagram.com/ourworldinda...
La gráfica de hoy: distancia de ingresos entre el 10% más rico y el 10% más pobre (después de impuestos)
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My new, very brief article is about economic growth — highlighting nine countries in Africa where incomes have more than doubled since 1990.
November 28, 2024 at 4:46 PM
My new, very brief article is about economic growth — highlighting nine countries in Africa where incomes have more than doubled since 1990.