After being alerted about possible misconduct, the I4R are reproducing published papers that use data from a specific NGO (GDRI). This thread releases the first 2 reports and provides more information about the work and responses/statements from authors journals and journals. 🧵

Léonard Wantchekon's autobiography is spectacular. What a life. Tortured by the regime in Benin in his student days. Years in prison. Escaped to Nigeria, then Côte d'Ivoire, from there to Canada. PhD at Northwestern, first job at Yale. Founder of the African School of Economics.
Highly recommended 👇

‘We already have quasi universal income’: What the rise of cash transfers mean for the ‘India story’
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