As the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) decided to start its annual meeting on Halloween, here are some spooky jovial papers. your guess is as good as mine as to which are crunchy treats and which are veiled tricks. And yes, all of these treats are from colleagues from the IDB. You can call it shameless institutional promotion, if you wish. … [Read more...] about Trick-or-Treat Halloween: LACEA 2013
Five steps you need in education evaluation
One thing that you probably needed when you first learned how to count was your ten fingers (or twenty if you count your toes too). So it is very handy that the IDBs new Guide on evaluating education projects comes in five steps. Not easy steps, mind you, but if you take them one at a time, it will save you a lot of time next time you want to know if hiring extra teachers is … [Read more...] about Five steps you need in education evaluation
The intangible costs of domestic violence
Domestic violence is among the most pervasive types of violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, and a major challenge to public health. It is negatively linked to women’s health outcomes and children whose mothers suffered from physical violence have worse health outcomes, both in the short and the long term. Recent research from the IDB shows that domestic violence is … [Read more...] about The intangible costs of domestic violence
10 links for the weekend (and how to read them faster)
1. The 5 basic laws of human stupidity 2. Debraj Ray on when African Dictator Meets the White Man 3. The 11th Midwest International Economic Development Conference is announced (here are the papers for the 2013 conference held at the University of Wisconsin) HT @MFBellemarle 4. And the @UNUWIDER conference on inclusive growth (and the papers including @JustinSandefour … [Read more...] about 10 links for the weekend (and how to read them faster)
Cash and Crime
I find it very hard to work or write on airplanes so in my last trip, I watched Rounders. Matt Damon –whose smile lights up any smoke-filled room – is a reformed gambler and current law student whose girlfriend (a translucent Gretchen Moll) wants him to kick the habit. He picks up his best friend (Edward Norton, appropriately called the “worm”) from prison, and the worm goes … [Read more...] about Cash and Crime