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.
To put that in the context of some other professional development studies in low- and middle-income country environments, check out our review. academic.oup.com/wbro/article...
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
To put that in the context of some other professional development studies in low- and middle-income country environments, check out our review. academic.oup.com/wbro/article...
Thanks to @anamibanez.bsky.social for sharing over on the other site!
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thanks to @anamibanez.bsky.social for sharing over on the other site!
We began this work while we were all at the IDB. We seek to complement the excellent and extensive work being done by other organizations, like the World Bank and CEPAL.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We began this work while we were all at the IDB. We seek to complement the excellent and extensive work being done by other organizations, like the World Bank and CEPAL.
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There are twice as many findings and much more nuance in the paper. Obviously, there is lots of variation across and within countries. (The paper shows much of the former; the latter we leave for country-specific studies.)
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
There are twice as many findings and much more nuance in the paper. Obviously, there is lots of variation across and within countries. (The paper shows much of the former; the latter we leave for country-specific studies.)
Finding E: The non-poor are five times more likely to be in formal employment than the extreme poor and twice as likely as the moderate poor.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Finding E: The non-poor are five times more likely to be in formal employment than the extreme poor and twice as likely as the moderate poor.
Finding D: The poor are much less likely to have a computer but not much less likely to have a mobile phone. (This has implications for how you deliver information!)
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Finding D: The poor are much less likely to have a computer but not much less likely to have a mobile phone. (This has implications for how you deliver information!)
Finding C: Poverty has dropped by roughly half since 2003, with almost all of that improvement in the first ten years.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Finding C: Poverty has dropped by roughly half since 2003, with almost all of that improvement in the first ten years.
Finding B: On average, 88 percent of households in extreme poverty were also chronically poor.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Finding B: On average, 88 percent of households in extreme poverty were also chronically poor.
Finding A: Afro-descendants, Indigenous people, and children are all between 11 and 15 percentage points more likely to be poor than the overall population.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Finding A: Afro-descendants, Indigenous people, and children are all between 11 and 15 percentage points more likely to be poor than the overall population.