Susannah Hares
@susannahhares.bsky.social
Tweets are personal views. #fuckcancer She/her
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This week's links include Lant Pritchett on how the (low) poverty line distorts development economics, the decline in sole authorship at top journals, long-run impacts of test score gains, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Weekly links May 9: learning long-term, the continued rise of co-authoring, distorted development economics, and more…
blogs.worldbank.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This week's links include Lant Pritchett on how the (low) poverty line distorts development economics, the decline in sole authorship at top journals, long-run impacts of test score gains, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
I wrote a piece for @voxdev.bsky.social on the economic and social impact of US tariffs on Bangladesh.
It’s bleak
It’s bleak
🆕 US tariffs on Bangladesh threaten decades of economic and social progress 🇧🇩
Today on VoxDev, @susannahhares.bsky.social outlines how export-led manufacturing boosted women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh & explores the threats posed by US tariffs: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
Today on VoxDev, @susannahhares.bsky.social outlines how export-led manufacturing boosted women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh & explores the threats posed by US tariffs: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
US tariffs on Bangladesh threaten decades of economic and social progress
The US has imposed a 37% tariff on Bangladeshi garment exports, a sector that employs more than 4 million people. Rigorous evidence shows that export-led manufacturing in Bangladesh has boosted female...
voxdev.org
April 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I wrote a piece for @voxdev.bsky.social on the economic and social impact of US tariffs on Bangladesh.
It’s bleak
It’s bleak
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🆕 US tariffs on Bangladesh threaten decades of economic and social progress 🇧🇩
Today on VoxDev, @susannahhares.bsky.social outlines how export-led manufacturing boosted women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh & explores the threats posed by US tariffs: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
Today on VoxDev, @susannahhares.bsky.social outlines how export-led manufacturing boosted women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh & explores the threats posed by US tariffs: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
US tariffs on Bangladesh threaten decades of economic and social progress
The US has imposed a 37% tariff on Bangladeshi garment exports, a sector that employs more than 4 million people. Rigorous evidence shows that export-led manufacturing in Bangladesh has boosted female...
voxdev.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🆕 US tariffs on Bangladesh threaten decades of economic and social progress 🇧🇩
Today on VoxDev, @susannahhares.bsky.social outlines how export-led manufacturing boosted women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh & explores the threats posed by US tariffs: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
Today on VoxDev, @susannahhares.bsky.social outlines how export-led manufacturing boosted women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh & explores the threats posed by US tariffs: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
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Each dot represents 10 people whose lives depend on US foreign aid, just for HIV prevention & treatment.
Without it, 1.6m people could die *per year*.
Without it, 1.6m people could die *per year*.
March 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Each dot represents 10 people whose lives depend on US foreign aid, just for HIV prevention & treatment.
Without it, 1.6m people could die *per year*.
Without it, 1.6m people could die *per year*.
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Renaissance Philanthropy is hiring a fellow to work on "next-generation lead detection technology". I'm so excited about this role - even in wealthy countries like the US, many children do not get needed blood lead level testing because of the expense and inconvenience.
February 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Renaissance Philanthropy is hiring a fellow to work on "next-generation lead detection technology". I'm so excited about this role - even in wealthy countries like the US, many children do not get needed blood lead level testing because of the expense and inconvenience.
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A thread on USAID, and why it’s a long way from over…
The wanton disruption of US assistance has been murderous. By now, kids will have died from malnutrition or one of the afflictions of camp life –perhaps dehydrating diarrhea.
The wanton disruption of US assistance has been murderous. By now, kids will have died from malnutrition or one of the afflictions of camp life –perhaps dehydrating diarrhea.
February 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A thread on USAID, and why it’s a long way from over…
The wanton disruption of US assistance has been murderous. By now, kids will have died from malnutrition or one of the afflictions of camp life –perhaps dehydrating diarrhea.
The wanton disruption of US assistance has been murderous. By now, kids will have died from malnutrition or one of the afflictions of camp life –perhaps dehydrating diarrhea.
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Curious how many mothers and children worldwide will die from slashing USAID programs?
We'll never know, because we're gonna stop counting.
We'll never know, because we're gonna stop counting.
If it's true that future collection of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data "will cease," this would be a staggering loss to the global community. 1/6
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
February 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Curious how many mothers and children worldwide will die from slashing USAID programs?
We'll never know, because we're gonna stop counting.
We'll never know, because we're gonna stop counting.
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Preventing Unintended Mortality from the 90-Day Assistance Freeze
Blog and thread. US assistance has been at the forefront of global victories against famine and pestilence worldwide. The 90-day assistance freeze (still) threatens that.
www.cgdev.org/blog/prevent...
Blog and thread. US assistance has been at the forefront of global victories against famine and pestilence worldwide. The 90-day assistance freeze (still) threatens that.
www.cgdev.org/blog/prevent...
Preventing Deaths During the 90-Day Assistance Freeze
US assistance has been at the forefront of the global fight against famine and pestilence worldwide. Any delay or disruption of that support will have an immense cost.
www.cgdev.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Preventing Unintended Mortality from the 90-Day Assistance Freeze
Blog and thread. US assistance has been at the forefront of global victories against famine and pestilence worldwide. The 90-day assistance freeze (still) threatens that.
www.cgdev.org/blog/prevent...
Blog and thread. US assistance has been at the forefront of global victories against famine and pestilence worldwide. The 90-day assistance freeze (still) threatens that.
www.cgdev.org/blog/prevent...
Looking forward to this conversation today! Please do join us if you can.
We have some exciting new findings and a phenomenal group of speakers for our PLAY webinar:
‘Introducing PLAY – Measuring Adult-Child Interactions that Boost Learning’
Tuesday 21 January 2025 at 2.00 – 3.30pm GMT | 9.00 – 10.30am EST
Register here: bit.ly/4flF5kG
‘Introducing PLAY – Measuring Adult-Child Interactions that Boost Learning’
Tuesday 21 January 2025 at 2.00 – 3.30pm GMT | 9.00 – 10.30am EST
Register here: bit.ly/4flF5kG
January 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Looking forward to this conversation today! Please do join us if you can.
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"When the Data You Have Aren’t the Data You Need: School-Related Violence Data Availability in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (with @susannahhares.bsky.social, @gsmarrelli.bsky.social, and Wu) is now forthcoming at World Development!
Read the working paper here www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Read the working paper here www.cgdev.org/publication/...
January 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"When the Data You Have Aren’t the Data You Need: School-Related Violence Data Availability in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (with @susannahhares.bsky.social, @gsmarrelli.bsky.social, and Wu) is now forthcoming at World Development!
Read the working paper here www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Read the working paper here www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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Apropos of nothing, childhood cancer mortality has been driven down substantially thanks to cancer research and better cancer therapies.
December 20, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Apropos of nothing, childhood cancer mortality has been driven down substantially thanks to cancer research and better cancer therapies.
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Very important paper:
2 billion dollars could save approx 500,000 children from dying from malaria.
That's a very high ROI, easy to scale, and an issue we shouldn't drag our feet on.
It took years of funding struggles to develop malaria vaccines in the first place. We can't let that happen again.
2 billion dollars could save approx 500,000 children from dying from malaria.
That's a very high ROI, easy to scale, and an issue we shouldn't drag our feet on.
It took years of funding struggles to develop malaria vaccines in the first place. We can't let that happen again.
New @cgdev.org policy paper:
*MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out.
We examine why, and how to go faster.
🧵
*MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out.
We examine why, and how to go faster.
🧵
December 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Very important paper:
2 billion dollars could save approx 500,000 children from dying from malaria.
That's a very high ROI, easy to scale, and an issue we shouldn't drag our feet on.
It took years of funding struggles to develop malaria vaccines in the first place. We can't let that happen again.
2 billion dollars could save approx 500,000 children from dying from malaria.
That's a very high ROI, easy to scale, and an issue we shouldn't drag our feet on.
It took years of funding struggles to develop malaria vaccines in the first place. We can't let that happen again.
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Cool RCT on air purifiers -> test scores in China. Air purifiers on day of test improved scores by 0.1sd! Reduction in indoor PM2.5 from purifiers was ~20ug in their setting. So, effect would prob be smaller at avg US PM levels, but maybe larger on wildfire smoke day. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Reducing Indoor Particulate Air Pollution Improves Student Test Scores: A Randomized Double-Blind Crossover Study
Short-term exposure to air pollution is associated with a decline in cognitive function. Standardized test scores have been employed to evaluate the effects of air pollution exposure on cognitive perf...
pubs.acs.org
December 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Cool RCT on air purifiers -> test scores in China. Air purifiers on day of test improved scores by 0.1sd! Reduction in indoor PM2.5 from purifiers was ~20ug in their setting. So, effect would prob be smaller at avg US PM levels, but maybe larger on wildfire smoke day. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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I agree with @atheendar.bsky.social here.
Health/edu/ welfare etc have big, complex challenges. The share of nudge-y compliance treatments seems sub-optimally high (compared to
system level efforts that are potentially complex but could bring much bigger gains).
Health/edu/ welfare etc have big, complex challenges. The share of nudge-y compliance treatments seems sub-optimally high (compared to
system level efforts that are potentially complex but could bring much bigger gains).
I'm glad we are testing interventions like this.
But I am concerned that we (in general) are investing a lot of brainpower and $$ to pluck "low-hanging fruit" when the problems we are trying to fix are incredibly complex.
But I am concerned that we (in general) are investing a lot of brainpower and $$ to pluck "low-hanging fruit" when the problems we are trying to fix are incredibly complex.
Text message reminders targeting patients who delay refilling their cardiovascular medications did not improve medication adherence based on pharmacy refill data or reduce clinical events at 12 months.
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December 19, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I agree with @atheendar.bsky.social here.
Health/edu/ welfare etc have big, complex challenges. The share of nudge-y compliance treatments seems sub-optimally high (compared to
system level efforts that are potentially complex but could bring much bigger gains).
Health/edu/ welfare etc have big, complex challenges. The share of nudge-y compliance treatments seems sub-optimally high (compared to
system level efforts that are potentially complex but could bring much bigger gains).
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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is a major public health and inequality concern. It's not clear what causes it or how to reduce it. Gaby Deschamps' JMP considers that IPV is positively correlated with motherhood, and asks if we can understand why. www.gabrieladeschamps.com/research
November 27, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is a major public health and inequality concern. It's not clear what causes it or how to reduce it. Gaby Deschamps' JMP considers that IPV is positively correlated with motherhood, and asks if we can understand why. www.gabrieladeschamps.com/research
High five to whichever @economist.com staffer titled this chart.
November 23, 2024 at 7:06 PM
High five to whichever @economist.com staffer titled this chart.
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I am absolutely floored that my book "Raised to Obey" shifted a Nobel Laureate's perspective 😲🤗😃
Thank you, James Robinson, for engaging with my work!
Launching NOV 19 with @princetonupress.bsky.social
Thank you, James Robinson, for engaging with my work!
Launching NOV 19 with @princetonupress.bsky.social
November 1, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I am absolutely floored that my book "Raised to Obey" shifted a Nobel Laureate's perspective 😲🤗😃
Thank you, James Robinson, for engaging with my work!
Launching NOV 19 with @princetonupress.bsky.social
Thank you, James Robinson, for engaging with my work!
Launching NOV 19 with @princetonupress.bsky.social
The NHS was so severely decimated by the Tories that when it works fast, I alway think the worst.
So when I got a phone call today, just six days after a major operation, my heart hit the floor. But it was good news. Pathology results confirm: no cancer detected
#thankyouNHS #fuckcancer
So when I got a phone call today, just six days after a major operation, my heart hit the floor. But it was good news. Pathology results confirm: no cancer detected
#thankyouNHS #fuckcancer
October 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The NHS was so severely decimated by the Tories that when it works fast, I alway think the worst.
So when I got a phone call today, just six days after a major operation, my heart hit the floor. But it was good news. Pathology results confirm: no cancer detected
#thankyouNHS #fuckcancer
So when I got a phone call today, just six days after a major operation, my heart hit the floor. But it was good news. Pathology results confirm: no cancer detected
#thankyouNHS #fuckcancer
⭐️New CGD paper by @justsand.bsky.social et al⭐️
“Phonics and Foreign Aid"
They estimate the impact of USAID's global portfolio of early-grade reading programs, drawing on 12 RCTs + 15 diff-in-diffs + another 16 projects with before/after learning data
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
“Phonics and Foreign Aid"
They estimate the impact of USAID's global portfolio of early-grade reading programs, drawing on 12 RCTs + 15 diff-in-diffs + another 16 projects with before/after learning data
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
November 21, 2023 at 4:53 PM
⭐️New CGD paper by @justsand.bsky.social et al⭐️
“Phonics and Foreign Aid"
They estimate the impact of USAID's global portfolio of early-grade reading programs, drawing on 12 RCTs + 15 diff-in-diffs + another 16 projects with before/after learning data
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
“Phonics and Foreign Aid"
They estimate the impact of USAID's global portfolio of early-grade reading programs, drawing on 12 RCTs + 15 diff-in-diffs + another 16 projects with before/after learning data
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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Today's job market post by Dev Patel looks at how farmers in Bangaldesh form and update beliefs about soil salinity with a changing climate blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...
Growing Problems: How Farmers Learn About and Adapt to Climate Change: Guest Post by Dev Patel
Climate change Water salinity Adaptation Bangladesh
blogs.worldbank.org
November 13, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Today's job market post by Dev Patel looks at how farmers in Bangaldesh form and update beliefs about soil salinity with a changing climate blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...
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“Lead poisoning constitutes a global health crisis that has been 'extraordinarily neglected' by donors and political leaders”
Great piece in the Guardian on the CGD Lead Working Group final statement
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Great piece in the Guardian on the CGD Lead Working Group final statement
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
October 20, 2023 at 12:16 PM
“Lead poisoning constitutes a global health crisis that has been 'extraordinarily neglected' by donors and political leaders”
Great piece in the Guardian on the CGD Lead Working Group final statement
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Great piece in the Guardian on the CGD Lead Working Group final statement
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
There’s always a lot written about people who are perennially late. But what about people like me. I get stressed unless I’m on track to be at least 20 mins early.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Are you a time optimist? Why some people are perennially late – and how to be more punctual
While timekeepers naturally arrive early, time optimists set off with the assumption the lights will be green and the roads will be empty, getting ever more anxious as the minutes tick away. The good ...
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2023 at 9:57 AM
There’s always a lot written about people who are perennially late. But what about people like me. I get stressed unless I’m on track to be at least 20 mins early.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Not saying CGD is perfect, but that this is the senior staff of a major think tank concerned about human welfare is beyond belief
www.piie.com/experts/seni...
www.piie.com/experts/seni...
October 13, 2023 at 9:46 AM
Not saying CGD is perfect, but that this is the senior staff of a major think tank concerned about human welfare is beyond belief
www.piie.com/experts/seni...
www.piie.com/experts/seni...
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Latin #EconKsy: I'm on the ballot for the executive committee of LACEA (lacea.org/portal/index...). I feel humbled to be in such great company. All are top-notch scholars and more importantly amazing people. So there is no way you can go wrong with your vote, but pls vote!
lacea.org
October 2, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Latin #EconKsy: I'm on the ballot for the executive committee of LACEA (lacea.org/portal/index...). I feel humbled to be in such great company. All are top-notch scholars and more importantly amazing people. So there is no way you can go wrong with your vote, but pls vote!