Ted’s talk starts at 19:30. He mentioned that Artificial Intelligence is the future and will impact research world and policy.
TBC: AFRICA EVIDENCE SUMMIT LAKUTANISHA WATAFITI | TATHIMINI KATIKA SERA YAPIGIWA CHAPUO
Ted’s talk begins at 04:48. He highlighted why the Africa Evidence Summit is so exciting: 1. Most of the research presented is conducted by African scholars within a global collaborative framework, and 2. CEGA is at the forefront of utilizing high-quality data and advanced methodologies, while the new generation is generating a wealth of new insights.
Backstory: Edward Miguel and Paul Niehaus on the General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers
In this episode of backstory, host Aakash Bhalothia interviews development economists Edward Miguel and Paul Niehaus about their Frisch award-winning paper, “General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya.” They discuss the paper’s groundbreaking findings on the macroeconomic impacts of cash transfers in rural Kenya. The conversation delves into how the authors started working together, designing long-term experiments, and the broader motivations behind Ted and Paul’s research. The paper is co-authored with Dennis Egger, Johannes Haushofer, and Michael Walker. Here is the link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3982/ECTA17945
Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research
The Einstein Foundation Berlin is to honor Belgian bioinformatician Yves Moreau, the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences, and the Responsible Research Assessment Initiative with this year’s Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2023.
Does heat make us more aggressive? Researchers put it to the test
Periods of sweltering temperatures like the current global heat wave seem to drive up civil conflicts. But why? To find out, researchers put thousands of people in hot rooms – with surprising results.