Kevin McCarthy @Kevin_J_McC
Work at @CEGA_UC on #tech4dev Joined October 2017-
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“I think I’m crazy enough to do it”, he says. Merriam-Webster: "cra·zy | \ ˈkrā-zē: marked by thought or action that lacks reason". nature.com/articles/d4158…
Another New Orleans legend gone: Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., better known as Dr. John, died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 77. buff.ly/2ImYeVY
"We conclude that the rise of development economics RCTs since roughly 2000 provides a novel opportunity to generate high-quality evidence on the long-run drivers of living standards." New review in Annual Review of Economics annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…
If this is true (verification still pending) Econ needs to *seriously* reconsider all things Stigler. This is disgustingly racist trash. @SandyDarity
New in Annual Review of Economics: "Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Estimate Long-Run Impacts in Development Economics" by Adrien Bouguen, Yue Huang, Michael Kremer and @tedmiguel annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…
@CEGA_UC Berkeley is hiring a Technology/Measurement Manager! This position supports CEGA's Technology and Measurement research portfolio. Please visit jobs.berkeley.edu and search for Job ID# 26872. To learn more about CEGA, visit: cega.berkeley.edu.
In just 5 years, the new academic field of Development Engineering has produced a wide range of solutions scholarship. Read all about it: ow.ly/66EK50ubMcT @NSF @engineer4change @Cal_Engineer
Why has rural electrification in #Kenya stumbled? Because, as UC Berkeley Profs @tedmiguel and Catherine Wolfram's research shows: "Power isn't like water. It isn’t like turning on the tap and getting something that improves your livelihood." ow.ly/jcT050ua7qi @CEGA_UC
After pushing work requirements on SNAP (food stamps), now they want to game the inflation adjustments to the poverty line. Yet SNAP is effective against US poverty. Tax cuts for the rich; spending cuts for the poor. slate.com/business/2019/… via @Slate
This is easily one of the best traveling calls I've ever seen. The little hop, the sheer number of rotations, the exquisite form, the decisive point at the end...I'm speechless
Really insightful contribution to the ongoing conversation on polygenic score portability (and a great read, too).
Really insightful contribution to the ongoing conversation on polygenic score portability (and a great read, too).
We’re looking to work with someone who has strong CS theory chops but who is also interested in real-world applications and who wants to work with data
The Executive Committee of the AEA has voted to permit “Random Order” coauthor names in their journals; signaled with the symbol ⓡ. aeaweb.org/journals/polic…
If you know savvy govt/policy folks in #Kenya in search of their next challenge, please pass along this new leadership role to them w/@EvidenceAction! A lot of our work scaling #evidence-based interventions is thru/with govts, so this is a central capability to our work.
If you know savvy govt/policy folks in #Kenya in search of their next challenge, please pass along this new leadership role to them w/@EvidenceAction! A lot of our work scaling #evidence-based interventions is thru/with govts, so this is a central capability to our work.
Great work today fam
Darin Christensen on project w/ @graemedblair & @renardsexton on a platform that aggregates citizen monitoring of mining operations in South Africa and may improve grievance resolution cega.berkeley.edu/research/engag…
Just saw excellent data collection presentation by Emma Smith from @Kennedy_School (joint with @tedmiguel and colleagues). Important advances in our understanding of life/decision making in refugee camps. #measuringdev
David Yamron from @SFCG_ talking about the Social Cohesion Index funded by @USAID and @UNMILNews. Tracks critical moment in Liberia’s post war history. #measuringdev @CEGA_UC
At #MeasureDev, discussing how we can ethically, effectively, and efficiently use #data in #crises, and at scale. Still an “unresolved conundrum”!
Dasma @Dasma595194
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Diana Chris @DianaCh192
12 Followers 448 Following I like people and am friendly and love to chat with everyone...❤️❤️,I pray for good luck on finding a new love💙
David Sungho Park @DavidSunghoPark
234 Followers 860 Following Assistant Prof at KDI School of Public Policy & Mgt | development economist, works in Liberia and Malawi.
Müller J.Gerb @MullerJeb
188 Followers 1K Following #interests Cosmos|Tech|Science|Philology|Philosophy|Causal Inference| RCTs #Hobbies: ♟🎲🏃♂️🏊♂️👨💻
christine nyaga @christinenyaga5
1K Followers 5K Following Business process manager who loves data and research. Also a product manager and B2B sales expert.
Stanford King Center .. @StanfordKingCtr
3K Followers 1K Following 🌍 Stanford's research hub on global poverty & inequality 🏆 We provide scholars with resources to tackle some of the world's most critical problems
Rage Adem @adam_rage
672 Followers 2K Following Researcher, Innovation former M&E Specialist @Mopwrh_Somalia , currently serves as Director of @BUinnhub @BenadirUniv & PLT Member @CeshCentre Project
Adina Rom 🟣 @AdinaRom
1K Followers 1K Following Executive Director @ETH4D, Founder & CEO Policy Analytics Switzerland. Board member @SOSMedSuisse and TamTam Africa. Alumna @HarvardAlumni, @Fondetudes
Kamala C. Kaghoma @KaghomaC
205 Followers 3K Following
Willa Friedman @willafriedman
3K Followers 3K Following Assoc prof at UH, fellow @OESatGSA, former postdoc @CGDev. Intrigued by health, language, data, peace, thought, behavior, behavioral econ, pol econ, etc
arkadeepkumar @arkadeepkumar
151 Followers 366 Following Applied Materials| nano-manufacturing|UEC @molecularfndry| former ITRI-Rosenfeld Fellow @BerkeleyLab @UCBerkeley| PhD @GeorgiaTech| Energy, Water, Environment
Tewodros Assefa @teddyeassefa
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#Justice for SUDEEP, .. @Shwetawadhawa10
309 Followers 6K Following SHO 5 मंज़िला बिल्डिंग हड़पना के लिए बुजुर्ग माँ बाप पर झूठे केस बनाये,बेटी का गैंग रेप करवाया, एकलौते बेटे ने SHO का नाम लिख किया सुसाइड, SHO के खिलाफ FIR नहीं
Katya Cherukumilli @katyac_h2o
904 Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor at @hcdeUW | Global Water Labs CEO | Changing the 🌎 one💧at a time | (she/her)
Kizito Omala @KizitoOmala
146 Followers 196 Following Statistician,Lecturer of Probability,Trad-Baye-Statistical Inference, and Statistical Quality Modelling.Interests: Impact Evaluation,Educa,Labor &Psychometrics.
grace han @gracehan_24
66 Followers 412 Following Program Manager for @UCBITSS (@CEGA_UC) formerly @McCourtSchool & @gui2de_GU! fiat lux🌟
Data Science Zing @datasciencezing
2K Followers 3K Following Online community for Data Science Enthusiasts #DataScience #BigData #MachineLearning #IOT #AI #DeepLearning #RProgramming #Python #Tableau #DataVisualization
The Strategist @Mshanatz1
443 Followers 4K Following Dev Economist|Policy Analyst|Researcher|University of Nottingham Alumni|Chevening Alumni|CCAF Fellow
Marisa McKasson @MarisaMckasson
21 Followers 100 Following @ColumbiaSIPA student - MPA '23. UC Berkeley - BA Econ '19. Previous @Cega_UC #agriculture and #financialinclusion Senior Program Associate. Views my own.
Kamala Kaghoma @KaghomaKamala
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Brandie Nonnecke, Hos.. @BNonnecke
4K Followers 4K Following PhD, Director @CITRISPolicyLab @citrisnews | Prof. @GoldmanSchool | Co-Director AI Policy Hub @UCBerkeley | Director @BerkeleyLawBCLT
Ghermay A. @ghermay
218 Followers 546 Following Founder and CEO of New Light Technologies, Inc. (also follow us @NewLightTech for the latest company updates.)
Sarah Karanja @Sashkaranja
344 Followers 1K Following Fitness fanatic, book lover, and an upbeat mum. Sometimes I engage in bioethics, research, evaluation and public health in general.
chander kr singh @chanderksingh
72 Followers 340 Following Professor and Dean (Academic) TERI School of Advanced Studies
KJ Zhao (Kejian) @kj__Z
125 Followers 777 Following Tech with heart for sustainable development | Building an impact measurement & learning system @IDinsight | @CEGA_UC @UCBerkeley @univofstandrews alums
Chelsea Downs @chelsea_a_downs
194 Followers 100 Following Project Manager @CEGA_UC, managing CEGA's virtual and in-person fellowship programs
Uliza @TeamUliza
108 Followers 120 Following We're building an internet without language barriers. We provide a voice recognition and translation service in African and Asian languages, for business.
Katie Hoeberling @shrubberling
184 Followers 896 Following Enjoys browning butter, getting outside, dismantling hegemony in science + food | @OpenEnviroData | #openscience #foodsovereignty #climatejustice | she/they
Sean Higgins @SeanKHiggins
3K Followers 4K Following Prof @NorthwesternU @KelloggSchool Finance. I study how technology reduces barriers to financial inclusion
Fiona Burlig @fburlig
3K Followers 3K Following Assistant professor & energy / development economist at @UChicago's @HarrisPolicy & @UChiEnergy.
Natasha Azad Beale @freedombeale
2K Followers 394 Following Assistant Director, Evaluation & Learning Unit @Asia_Foundation; focused on globaldev, pro minorities and women being in charge, anti-foolishness, views=my own
Cesi Cruz @cesicruz
11K Followers 6K Following Associate Prof @UCLA. Political economy but useful/academic posts are rare 🤣 On Mastodon with my 🇵🇭 fam: @[email protected] Rhymes w/ "Messi" she/her/siya
Kuranda Morgan @KurandaMorgan
522 Followers 2K Following Helping the public/social sector innovate, collaborate and evidence their work. Previously @nesta_uk @CEGA_UC @LSESocialPolicy & @UCBerkeley. vmo.
BITSS @UCBITSS
4K Followers 908 Following Part of @CEGA_UC, the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences promotes openness and integrity in social science research. #openscience
Jonah Busch @jonahbusch
4K Followers 4K Following Environmental economist. Climate, forests, sustainable development, biodiversity.
Badrul islam @Badruli48031804
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Kweku Opoku-Agyemang,.. @KwekuOA
8K Followers 6K Following CEO @mlxdoing AI. @DevEconX The next generation. Affiliate @The_IGC. Ex-Prof @UCBerkeley, @cornell_tech. PhD @UWMadison 👉 https://t.co/ywmCg4QU5m
Alex Dobyan @alexdobyan
231 Followers 1K Following
Maya Ranganath @maya_ranganath
388 Followers 298 Following Associate Director of Global Networks & Inclusion @CEGA_UC, formerly @JPAL_SA & @WICI_FVI. @FletcherSchool & @mcgillu grad.
Marshall Burke @MarshallBBurke
7K Followers 430 Following unsolicited commentary on economics and the environment. Stanford prof, +co-founder AtlasAI. @marshallburke.bsky.social
Fernando Hoces de la .. @fhoces
260 Followers 242 Following Project Scientist at @UCBITSS/@CEGA working to increase transparency of research and policy analysis. 🇨🇱 🇺🇸 I check twitter on Thursdays. he/him/el
Teevrat Garg @teevrat
3K Followers 2K Following Associate Professor of Economics @GPS_UCSD. EEE/DEV. Editor @JaereAere, Board @AereOrg. Alum: @GRI_LSE @CornellDyson @LafCol 🏳️🌈 RT/likes ≠ endorsement.
Julius Rüschenpöhle.. @rueschenpoehler
690 Followers 840 Following Economist @NU_GPRL @KelloggSchool. Interested in public policy, evidence in policy-making. Development and behavioral economics.
Katya Cherukumilli @katyac_h2o
904 Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor at @hcdeUW | Global Water Labs CEO | Changing the 🌎 one💧at a time | (she/her)
Kizito Omala @KizitoOmala
146 Followers 196 Following Statistician,Lecturer of Probability,Trad-Baye-Statistical Inference, and Statistical Quality Modelling.Interests: Impact Evaluation,Educa,Labor &Psychometrics.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cor.. @AOC
13.2M Followers 4K Following US Congresswoman, NY-14. In a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. People-Funded, takes no lobbyist💰. Personal account.
350 dot org @350
371K Followers 19K Following We're an international movement of ordinary people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all.
Bill McKibben @billmckibben
398K Followers 1K Following Author, Educator, Environmentalist and founder of https://t.co/RD1mCHAneQ and https://t.co/58WgUpHwRO. Opinions all my own, and expressed at greater length at https://t.co/va0A985uVl
Sunrise Movement 🌅 @sunrisemvmt
265K Followers 3K Following We’re building a movement of young people to stop climate change & create millions of good jobs in the process #GreenNewDeal | Text GND to 88504 for updates ☀️
Carson Christiano @carsonamelia7
288 Followers 202 Following Executive Director at the Center for Effective Global Action, UC Berkeley
California Policy Lab @CAPolicyLab
4K Followers 5K Following The California Policy Lab translates research insights into government impact. Sign up for updates: https://t.co/K5JioqBsAm Press [email protected]
Berkeley Computing, D.. @BerkeleyDataSci
7K Followers 609 Following News on data science and computing research and education from the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society at @UCBerkeley.
Marisa McKasson @MarisaMckasson
21 Followers 100 Following @ColumbiaSIPA student - MPA '23. UC Berkeley - BA Econ '19. Previous @Cega_UC #agriculture and #financialinclusion Senior Program Associate. Views my own.
KJ Zhao (Kejian) @kj__Z
125 Followers 777 Following Tech with heart for sustainable development | Building an impact measurement & learning system @IDinsight | @CEGA_UC @UCBerkeley @univofstandrews alums
chander kr singh @chanderksingh
72 Followers 340 Following Professor and Dean (Academic) TERI School of Advanced Studies
Ghermay A. @ghermay
218 Followers 546 Following Founder and CEO of New Light Technologies, Inc. (also follow us @NewLightTech for the latest company updates.)
Brandie Nonnecke, Hos.. @BNonnecke
4K Followers 4K Following PhD, Director @CITRISPolicyLab @citrisnews | Prof. @GoldmanSchool | Co-Director AI Policy Hub @UCBerkeley | Director @BerkeleyLawBCLT
Fiona Scott Morton @ProfFionasm
13K Followers 80 Following Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management. Primary research areas: competition, antitrust and healthcare; @[email protected]
Catherine Cheney @catherinecheney
6K Followers 3K Following Senior editor, special coverage @devex. Bringing the editorial vision of events to life. Taking a @soljourno approach to #SDGs. [email protected].
Berk Özler @BerkOzler12
4K Followers 278 Following Animal lover/researcher/plant-based eater and cook. Assaggiatore Professionista (https://t.co/axOCcik9a3)
Andrew Zeitlin @AndrewZeitlin
2K Followers 1K Following Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Rasmus Nielsen @ras_nielsen
8K Followers 564 Following Evolution. Statistics. Computation. Genetics. UC Berkeley University of Copenhagen
Osita Nwanevu @OsitaNwanevu
95K Followers 6K Following Contributing Editor | @newrepublic Columnist | @guardian Newsletter | https://t.co/yyoqTnyoMy Recent Work | https://t.co/vzkAQF0jWi
Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff
90K Followers 2K Following Climate @NewRepublic + Fellow @Rooseveltinst & proudly @NYguild 📚 Overheated @BoldTypeBooks, A Planet To Win @VersoBooks, We Own The Future @thenewpress
UC Berkeley IB @berkeleyIB
1K Followers 210 Following Official account of @UCBerkeley Dept. of Integrative Biology || Training today’s students to become tomorrow’s physicians, educators, researchers, and citizens.
Mike Konczal @mtkonczal
52K Followers 1K Following Special Assistant to the President, National Economic Council. Former macro, @RooseveltInst. Liberal. #Rstats fan. Dad. Chicago guy. Personal account.
Bruce Wydick @BruceWydick
2K Followers 610 Following Development Economist at University of San Francisco; Research affiliate Notre Dame & Berkeley CEGA. Lifelong attempt at Christianity with intermittent success.
Stefano DellaVigna @sdellavi
16K Followers 150 Following Behavioral economist at UC Berkeley and Co-director of Initiative in Behavioral Economics and Finance, Coeditor of the American Economic Review
Dan Kopf @dkopf
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Zach Griffen @runzach
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Saru Jayaraman @SaruJayaraman
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Lee Fang @lhfang
320K Followers 3K Following Independent Journalist. Reporting primarily on Substack via https://t.co/HRdowb0oxD Contributing Editor at @Unherd Contact via Signal at (202) 394-9170
Uliza @TeamUliza
108 Followers 120 Following We're building an internet without language barriers. We provide a voice recognition and translation service in African and Asian languages, for business.
David Dayen @ddayen
88K Followers 1K Following Executive editor, @TheProspect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips/pitches at ddayen at prospect dot org.
Hal Singer @HalSinger
13K Followers 3K Following MD @ EconOne | Prof @EconUofU | ED @ UtahProject | NYTimes: "one expert for the plaintiffs" | Prospect:"preeminent watchdog of The Economist's most wrong takes"
Jordan Haedtler @JordanHaedtler
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Ioana Marinescu @mioana
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Seema Jayachandran @seema_econ
37K Followers 947 Following Economics professor on Bluesky: https://t.co/g5QjUJ36y5 on Mastodon: https://t.co/Pg34Q38Al2
Joseph E. Stiglitz @JosephEStiglitz
415K Followers 161 Following The official account of Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate economist @Columbia University. Co-president @policy_dialogue. Co-chair @icrict. Photo: @gaplump.
Martha Olney 🏳️�.. @MarthaOlney
7K Followers 115 Following Justice, econ, Cal women's BBall, WNBA. Economics Teaching Professor Emerita, UCBerkeley. She/her. 🏳️🌈
Pre-registration doesn’t dampen exploratory work. What it dampens is our ability to pass exploratory work off as confirmatory. Anyone still confused can come to my office hours.
The longer I think about @DNC insisting no-one hold a climate debate, the sillier it seems. We've literally never talked about this issue in a presidential debate, and we literally have to deal with it immediately. I don't understand why we shouldn't devote a night to it
Big shout out to the boys in the room who got after it this semester in the classroom. 3.0+ (Thread)
This is what I've been saying! These #DNA tests can "reinvigorate age-old beliefs in essential racial differences." via @voxdotcom youtu.be/IIWlatQt4KE?t=…
Yes! @MehrsaBaradaran featured “Ex-Wall Street Lawyer Is Behind Plan to Have Post Office Compete With Banks” We cannot forget the shameful history of racist banking in the US. wsj.com/articles/ex-wa…
.@tedcruz if you’re serious about a clean bill, then I’m down. Let’s make a deal. If we can agree on a bill with no partisan snuck-in clauses, no poison pills, etc - just a straight, clean ban on members of Congress becoming paid lobbyists - then I’ll co-lead the bill with you.
Here’s something I don’t say often: on this point, I AGREE with @AOC Indeed, I have long called for a LIFETIME BAN on former Members of Congress becoming lobbyists. The Swamp would hate it, but perhaps a chance for some bipartisan cooperation?
@J_C_Suarez Small idea for conferences and seminars: suggest presenters to respond to questions from the public by without addressing the person by their first name. Could help to discourage the club-like environment.
Interesting strategy: Biden calls on physics, chemistry to meet him halfway. Will be curious to see how they respond reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Getting help is always the smart thing to do!
There is a documented mental health crisis among students and postdocs. Potentially controversial opinion: I think there’s also a mental health crisis among faculty. We are just much slower to admit it and seek out help.
The illusion of choice
If you've sat through an economics seminar you will have a hard time comprehending that the American Economic Association appoints, rather than elects, its president to ensure there are ****no hurt feelings****
In 1940, the leaders of the AEA weighed the merits of democratic leadership elections, and decided they were insufficient to justify the hurt feelings of the man (and they did mean man) who might suffer the indignity of standing for election and losing.
Daughters could use some media training, eg don’t pick nose and poke self in eye when talking to camera
.@StanfordEarth’s Marshall Burke studies the social and economic impacts of #climatechange. Here’s a brief explainer on the topic from his daughters Hattie and Zella. #TakeYourKidsToWorkDay
“Joe Biden was on the side of credit card companies.” - @ewarren
WARREN, asked by a reporter about Biden and Wall Street, says their disagreement over bankruptcy legislation “is a matter of public record.” She puts it bluntly: “Joe Biden was on the side of credit card companies.”
if an old person becomes president, they can summon the head of any company to ask them why they can’t download their email
Great meeting this afternoon at the @WhiteHouse with @jack from @twitter. Lots of subjects discussed regarding their platform, and the world of social media in general. Look forward to keeping an open dialogue!
Working on next generation of the Electrochemical water treatment, which is one of the top 5 technologies effective in removing Arsenic from drinking water, with the Ashok Gadgil and team @BerkeleyLab @BerkeleyLabETA @UCBerkeley @Cal_Engineer @Blum_Center @BigIdeasContest
A water-purifying technology from @BerkeleyLab is among the best in the world, according to a recent analysis. bit.ly/2Up0BeF #water @arkadeepkumar
Thrilled to announce that I'll join @NorthwesternU @KelloggSchool as Assistant Professor of Finance in July 2020 after a one-year Post-Doc in #HouseholdFinance at @nberpubs. Many thanks again to everyone who made this possible!
Here is a blog post of the paper round-up: PacDev 2019 by @CEGA_UC. I am glad that my job market paper is featured in the Trade session! link.medium.com/zlzilsylJV
Interested in new development econ research? Check out these 2-3 sentence summaries from @CEGA_UC of papers presented a few weeks ago at #PacDev2019, including work by J-PAL leadership & affiliated researchers 👇
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