David Evans
@daveevansphd.bsky.social
Economist at the Center for Global Development. Formerly: Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, RAND Corporation, & my local movie theater. I mostly share about international development research plus books and movies. Views mine, not my employer's.
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David Evans
@daveevansphd.bsky.social
· Jan 15
Violence against students in schools is a major problem around the world. We have the data to show that.
But most education systems don't have the data to see if they're making progress in reducing violence, nor to pinpoint who is perpetrating violence. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But most education systems don't have the data to see if they're making progress in reducing violence, nor to pinpoint who is perpetrating violence. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
With The Running Man movie coming out, I recommend the low-budget, indie take with a related premise I saw the other night: Self Reliance. www.imdb.com/title/tt2608... Great fun, great cast: Jake Johnson, Andy Samberg, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Morales...
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
With The Running Man movie coming out, I recommend the low-budget, indie take with a related premise I saw the other night: Self Reliance. www.imdb.com/title/tt2608... Great fun, great cast: Jake Johnson, Andy Samberg, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Morales...
Corrected proofs submitted!
(The up-to-date working paper version is available now www.cgdev.org/publication/...)
(The up-to-date working paper version is available now www.cgdev.org/publication/...)
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Corrected proofs submitted!
(The up-to-date working paper version is available now www.cgdev.org/publication/...)
(The up-to-date working paper version is available now www.cgdev.org/publication/...)
What drove poverty changes in Latin America & the Caribbean over the last decade?
documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
Employment and earnings growth: 37 percent
Public transfers: 23 percent
(Data from 13 countries)
documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
Employment and earnings growth: 37 percent
Public transfers: 23 percent
(Data from 13 countries)
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What drove poverty changes in Latin America & the Caribbean over the last decade?
documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
Employment and earnings growth: 37 percent
Public transfers: 23 percent
(Data from 13 countries)
documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
Employment and earnings growth: 37 percent
Public transfers: 23 percent
(Data from 13 countries)
Getting implementation right: 12 experiments to refine tutoring at scale www.wwhge.org/wp-content/u... Evidence from Botswana by @noamangrist.bsky.social, Cullen, & Magat
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Getting implementation right: 12 experiments to refine tutoring at scale www.wwhge.org/wp-content/u... Evidence from Botswana by @noamangrist.bsky.social, Cullen, & Magat
Can anyone point me to documented examples of country governments doing content-knowledge assessments with teachers?
I've seen analysis from regional tests (eg nicspaull.com/wp-content/u...) & from the World Bank's service delivery indicators (eg tessabold.com/uploads/7/0/...). Others?
I've seen analysis from regional tests (eg nicspaull.com/wp-content/u...) & from the World Bank's service delivery indicators (eg tessabold.com/uploads/7/0/...). Others?
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Can anyone point me to documented examples of country governments doing content-knowledge assessments with teachers?
I've seen analysis from regional tests (eg nicspaull.com/wp-content/u...) & from the World Bank's service delivery indicators (eg tessabold.com/uploads/7/0/...). Others?
I've seen analysis from regional tests (eg nicspaull.com/wp-content/u...) & from the World Bank's service delivery indicators (eg tessabold.com/uploads/7/0/...). Others?
This weekend is the North East Universities Development Consortium conference. It's a great program: neudc2025.com/program/ We'll have a round-up of the papers related to human development a few days after: education, early childhood, health, social safety nets, plus a few more.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This weekend is the North East Universities Development Consortium conference. It's a great program: neudc2025.com/program/ We'll have a round-up of the papers related to human development a few days after: education, early childhood, health, social safety nets, plus a few more.
"The intervention raised the pass rate in the national exam that determines progression from elementary to secondary school from 51% to 75%." drive.google.com/file/d/1aclW... Big substantive and persistent effects from a teacher professional development intervention in Uganda.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"The intervention raised the pass rate in the national exam that determines progression from elementary to secondary school from 51% to 75%." drive.google.com/file/d/1aclW... Big substantive and persistent effects from a teacher professional development intervention in Uganda.
Simple pleasures: I love it when conference put your name on both sides of the name badge so I don't realize after an hour that I'm flashing a blank badge to the world.
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Simple pleasures: I love it when conference put your name on both sides of the name badge so I don't realize after an hour that I'm flashing a blank badge to the world.
Come join our Global Education & Child Well-Being team!
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November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Come join our Global Education & Child Well-Being team!
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
I love the captcha that Letterboxd gives before you post a review of Bugonia.
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I love the captcha that Letterboxd gives before you post a review of Bugonia.
This collection of studies on inequality in Latin American and the Caribbean, now in a special issue of Oxford Open Economics, is excellent!
lacir.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/the-vo...
lacir.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/the-vo...
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This collection of studies on inequality in Latin American and the Caribbean, now in a special issue of Oxford Open Economics, is excellent!
lacir.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/the-vo...
lacir.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/the-vo...
Nearly 1 in 3 people in Latin America & the Caribbean live in poverty, and 1 in 7 in extreme poverty.
Jillie Chang, @daveevansphd.bsky.social, & Carolina Rivas-Herrera use data from household surveys to show who the poor are, where they live, & how they make a living ⬇️
https://go.cgdev.org/49bq8Cv
Jillie Chang, @daveevansphd.bsky.social, & Carolina Rivas-Herrera use data from household surveys to show who the poor are, where they live, & how they make a living ⬇️
https://go.cgdev.org/49bq8Cv
Ten Findings about Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
Approximately one in three people in Latin America and the Caribbean live in poverty and one in seven in extreme poverty. This paper provides an overview of who the poor are and how they live, using 1...
go.cgdev.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Deployment of health workers, rather than shortages, may be among the principal challenges. academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Deployment of health workers, rather than shortages, may be among the principal challenges. academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
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Despite evidence that letting pregnant girls stay in school doesn’t raise teen pregnancy rates, Catholic schools in the Congo have imposed a ban.
@daveevansphd.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social warn of the costs: worse employment, wellbeing & more. Read on:
https://bit.ly/3Kq77lm
@daveevansphd.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social warn of the costs: worse employment, wellbeing & more. Read on:
https://bit.ly/3Kq77lm
Catholic Schools in the Congo Ban Pregnant Girls
Almost everywhere, girls who get pregnant in school are allowed to finish their education. Only five countries still have explicit bans or restrictions: Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Kuwait, a...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Despite evidence that letting pregnant girls stay in school doesn’t raise teen pregnancy rates, Catholic schools in the Congo have imposed a ban.
@daveevansphd.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social warn of the costs: worse employment, wellbeing & more. Read on:
https://bit.ly/3Kq77lm
@daveevansphd.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social warn of the costs: worse employment, wellbeing & more. Read on:
https://bit.ly/3Kq77lm
I loved this movie.
I am once again saying we must watch Pig (2021). "Every day you'll wake up, and there'll be less of you... we don't get a lot of things to really care about in this world."
youtu.be/s3CDAs2hkQc
youtu.be/s3CDAs2hkQc
That Restaurant Scene from PIG (now on Netflix) David Knell as Chef Finway - Entire Scene
YouTube video by David Knell
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I loved this movie.
"Ten Findings about Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean" www.cgdev.org/publication/... Forthcoming in *Economía* and now available as a @cgdev.org working paper, by Chang, @Caro_Curasuui, and me.
I'll give away five of the findings below.
I'll give away five of the findings below.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Ten Findings about Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean" www.cgdev.org/publication/... Forthcoming in *Economía* and now available as a @cgdev.org working paper, by Chang, @Caro_Curasuui, and me.
I'll give away five of the findings below.
I'll give away five of the findings below.
Nuance to the benefits of teacher coaching: particularly good for novice teachers (unsurprisingly) and for students who are girls academic.oup.com/wber/article...
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nuance to the benefits of teacher coaching: particularly good for novice teachers (unsurprisingly) and for students who are girls academic.oup.com/wber/article...
How much of the gap between household incomes and the poverty line do cash transfers close? On average across 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries, just one third. publications.iadb.org/en/cash-tran...
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How much of the gap between household incomes and the poverty line do cash transfers close? On average across 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries, just one third. publications.iadb.org/en/cash-tran...
Today I jogged a few miles, which marks day #2,000 of running at least one mile every single day.
To celebrate the personal landmark, I wrote about my experience. sites.google.com/site/davidke...
To celebrate the personal landmark, I wrote about my experience. sites.google.com/site/davidke...
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today I jogged a few miles, which marks day #2,000 of running at least one mile every single day.
To celebrate the personal landmark, I wrote about my experience. sites.google.com/site/davidke...
To celebrate the personal landmark, I wrote about my experience. sites.google.com/site/davidke...
Not every horror movie with a solid premise sticks the landing. But Sleep had a satisfyingly bonkers third act and ending. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sleep_2023
October 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Not every horror movie with a solid premise sticks the landing. But Sleep had a satisfyingly bonkers third act and ending. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sleep_2023
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Thank you @eeshani.bsky.social and @charlesjkenny.bsky.social for articulating these points so clearly
"There are three reasons the World Bank needs an independent research department: rigor and accountability, blue sky thinking, and generating public goods."
The World Bank Group is planning to reorganize its research functions. The results could be even uglier than the powerpoint: an end to independent research at the institution and conflicts of interest all over...
New blog with @eeshani.bsky.social, link in reply.
New blog with @eeshani.bsky.social, link in reply.
October 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thank you @eeshani.bsky.social and @charlesjkenny.bsky.social for articulating these points so clearly
"There are three reasons the World Bank needs an independent research department: rigor and accountability, blue sky thinking, and generating public goods."
The World Bank Group is planning to reorganize its research functions. The results could be even uglier than the powerpoint: an end to independent research at the institution and conflicts of interest all over...
New blog with @eeshani.bsky.social, link in reply.
New blog with @eeshani.bsky.social, link in reply.
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"There are three reasons the World Bank needs an independent research department: rigor and accountability, blue sky thinking, and generating public goods."
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"malaria is associated with lower student performance. Female students are disproportionately affected, widening the gender gap in education. Abatement such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) help to moderate the effects of malaria on students’ performance."
academic.oup.com/wber/advance...
academic.oup.com/wber/advance...
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"malaria is associated with lower student performance. Female students are disproportionately affected, widening the gender gap in education. Abatement such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) help to moderate the effects of malaria on students’ performance."
academic.oup.com/wber/advance...
academic.oup.com/wber/advance...
At Environmental and Resource Economics, we don't (usually) publish traditional reviews but we are certainly open to meta-analysis, so that would put us in your second group.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Methodology Matters: A Careful Meta-Analysis of Climate Damages - Environmental and Resource Economics
Environmental economists widely use meta-regression to combine estimates from multiple studies to strive for consensus Nelson and Kennedy (Environ Resour Econ 42(3):345–77, 2009). Despite its wide-sca...
link.springer.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM