Wilson King
@wilsonmking.bsky.social
PhD Student at Berkeley ARE • Former J-PAL/LSE • Development Economics, Global Health, Science of Science, et al • 🏃♂️🧗♂️🗺🌈
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Exactly this.
Reviewing foreign aid for consistency w/admin policy goals is reasonable. Many programs can absorb a 90 day pause w/o catastrophic impact.
But a real stop work on bi-partisan malaria & HIV programs--delivering lifesaving medicines & bednets--quite literally means people will die.
Reviewing foreign aid for consistency w/admin policy goals is reasonable. Many programs can absorb a 90 day pause w/o catastrophic impact.
But a real stop work on bi-partisan malaria & HIV programs--delivering lifesaving medicines & bednets--quite literally means people will die.
Glad to read there has been a waiver for emergency food aid, but the same has to urgently apply to other programs providing life-saving support where 90 days could be too late: PEPFAR, PMI...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump pause applies to all foreign aid; Israel, Egypt get waiver, says State Dept memo
U.S. President Donald Trump's 90-day foreign aid pause applies to new and existing assistance, according to a State Department memo seen by Reuters on Friday, which also states that waivers have been issued for military financing for Israel and Egypt.
www.reuters.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Exactly this.
Reviewing foreign aid for consistency w/admin policy goals is reasonable. Many programs can absorb a 90 day pause w/o catastrophic impact.
But a real stop work on bi-partisan malaria & HIV programs--delivering lifesaving medicines & bednets--quite literally means people will die.
Reviewing foreign aid for consistency w/admin policy goals is reasonable. Many programs can absorb a 90 day pause w/o catastrophic impact.
But a real stop work on bi-partisan malaria & HIV programs--delivering lifesaving medicines & bednets--quite literally means people will die.
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Studying the problem of estimating the average causal effect of treating every member of a population, as opposed to none, using an experiment that treats only some, from Stefan Faridani and Paul Niehaus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33319
January 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Studying the problem of estimating the average causal effect of treating every member of a population, as opposed to none, using an experiment that treats only some, from Stefan Faridani and Paul Niehaus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33319
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In economics, editors, referees, and authors often behave as if a published paper should reflect some kind of authoritative consensus.
As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.
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As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.
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December 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
In economics, editors, referees, and authors often behave as if a published paper should reflect some kind of authoritative consensus.
As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.
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As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.
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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.
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*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 16, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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.
🧵
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Today's #econjmp is by Steven Brownstone (UCSD). He does a village level RCT in Telangana, India, introducing drum seeders to rice farmers. He shows mechanization by some farmers then lowers the wages others have to pay, & how this depends on women's job options blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
When is agricultural mechanization most effective for development? Guest post by Steven Brownstone
When is agricultural mechanization most effective for development? Guest post by Steven Brownstone
blogs.worldbank.org
December 3, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Today's #econjmp is by Steven Brownstone (UCSD). He does a village level RCT in Telangana, India, introducing drum seeders to rice farmers. He shows mechanization by some farmers then lowers the wages others have to pay, & how this depends on women's job options blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?