Meet our guests: 🎙️ Rema Hanna, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of Southeast-Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School 🎙️ Tia Palermo @tiapalermo.bsky.social, President at @prestopolicy.bsky.social

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Over two episodes, we will run down some commonly held views and misperceptions about social protection. We’ll review the evidence for and against, with the purpose of debunking ‘myths’ where appropriate. Listen now to Part 1: tinyurl.com/SPpodcast54 +

Is social protection just a handout? Does it discourage work? Or are the systems plagued by fraud? In this episode, we unpack some of the biggest myths surrounding social protection systems and explore the real data behind the rhetoric. +

We had the pleasure of working with an incredible group of researchers at JOOUST and are excited to see how they apply their new skills to advance research in economics, public health, and beyond. #impactevaluation #globalhealth #publichealth #economics #research

Our interdisciplinary team of experts—spanning public policy, economics, and public health—specializes in turning complex data into actionable insights
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She presented how adverse childhood events influence program impacts of a cash plus intervention on youth productive outcomes in Tanzania, as part of a study done in collaboration with PRESTO under AIR’s P3 mentoring program.

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This research was conducted jointly with PRESTO researcher @tiapalermo.bsky.social & co-authors at @unicef.org Innocenti, under @airinforms.bsky.social P3 Mentoring program.

(2/2) 📑 This research is a collaborative effort with PRESTO, @unicef.org Innocenti, UNICEF Ghana, ISSER, and AIR’s P3 Mentoring Program.

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