Berkeley’s Edward Miguel and Gettysburg’s Linus Nyiwul point to Addis Ababa’s transformation, sustained sectoral reforms, and climate-resilient green economy programs as evidence Ethiopia is emerging as a continental benchmark.
U.S. Based Professors Laud Ethiopia’s Urban Transformation, Climate Action
Berkeley’s Edward Miguel and Gettysburg College’s Linus Nyiwul point to Addis Ababa’s rapid infrastructure growth, sustained economic reforms, and expanding climate resilience programs as models for the region.
GERD Huge Impetus for Ethiopia’s Economic Dev’t: US-Based Economics Professors
Gettysburg College’s Linus Nyiwul and UC Berkeley’s Edward Miguel point to the dam as a model of domestic resource mobilization, driving industrial growth and cementing Ethiopia’s shift toward renewable energy.
Cheating at Work Isn’t Just About Character—It’s About Conditions
Sometimes economic hardship can turn good people into reluctant rule-breakers, says research by Livia Alfonsi. But companies can take steps to deter grifting and support employees.
AI, transparency, and trust: rethinking open science in development research
Researchers, policymakers, and data experts discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping transparency, reproducibility, and trust in development research during MeasureDev 2026.
CEGA Launches Zambia Mining and Local Development Fellowship 2026 for PhD Researchers
The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced applications for its Remote Fellowship: Zambia Mining and Local Development, offering an exciting opportunity for Zambia-based PhD researchers to strengthen their quantitative research skills while contributing to a major study on the social and economic impacts of mining development.
Finding Confidence and Community at UC Berkeley
As part of the Places You’ll Go series, a new CERGE-EI blog interview features PhD student Winnie Wanjiru Njoroge and her research stay at UC Berkeley, where she immersed herself in seminars, Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) meetings, development economics classes, and discussions with faculty and students.
Replication games’ test the robustness of social-science studies
A large-scale assessment of the reproducibility and robustness of 110 articles published in leading economics and political-science journals finds that more than 85% were computationally reproducible, and 72% of statistically significant results remained significant and in the same direction in robustness checks. About 25% of the evaluated articles contained non‑trivial coding errors.
The Simplest Way to Save Lives With Your Money
Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving.
Just money, with no strings attached’: how direct cash transfers are giving women in rural Kenya a new life
Financial support given directly to the women in Kilifi county has cut both infant mortality and deaths among under fives, while boosting village businesses
Let’s get negative about scholarly publishing
This blog post from Reciprocal Space discusses recent research on publication bias the reluctance to publish null and negative results and suggests some solutions.
Cutting aid could kill children. Giving cash could save them
Opinion: Maternal deaths are rising for the first time in decades, and every year, children die before their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable causes. But the answer may not entirely lie in medicine — it’s also a question of money.

