
FCDO Growth Research
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FCDO Growth Research
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UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (@FCDOGovUK) Research team leading on economic growth and infrastructure. Retweets are not endorsements.

















Are you a PhD student working on conflict and economic development? We are looking for papers for the PhD poster session at the ReCIPE inception conference in PSE (13-14 February): recipe.cepr.org/event/4553. The deadline is 15 December. @cepr_org @dominic_rohner @PSEinfo

@FCDOGovUK invites you to an EME session for the Evidence on Evidence Use Programme, which aims to enhance understanding of the use of evidence in policymaking. Date: 12 December 2024 Time: 9:30–11:00 GMT Sign up: bit.ly/EMEevidenceone… @FCDOResearch @unibirmingham

Earlier today, YL Deputy Director Kath Ford spoke at #COP29. Drawing from 20+ yrs of longitudinal data across 4 countries in the Global South, Kath shared YL’s unique insights into the long-term & intergenerational impacts of extreme weather events on human development. 🧵 1/2

From diplomacy to development, this government is putting women and girls at the heart of all we do. That includes supporting programmes that boost women’s economic empowerment and grow our economy. I’ve been driving this forward at the World Bank this week 👇

The #IRF2024 Open Plenary concluded successfully! We had the privilege of opening with an inspiring speech from the President of the Republic of Türkiye and an esteemed panel led by @AslanTV, featuring @a_uraloglu , @DMandalozis , Robert de Groot @EIB, @DMariyasin @UNECE , @Young_T_KIM @ITF_Forum, Elizabeth Jones @FCDOGovUK , and @mguercankarakas @Togg2022 A big thank you to all our speakers and attendees for making this a truly memorable session!


Great to be on @BBCPolitics to kick-start the discussion on how to reach a fully decarbonised grid by 2030. @TheSmithSchool @INETOxford 24 mins onwards - bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

ECMA is happy to announce the 2024 Frisch Medal has been awarded to Dennis Egger, Johannes Haushofer, Edward Miguel, Paul Niehaus, & Michael Walker for their outstanding paper: General equilibrium effects of cash transfers: experimental evidence from Kenya econometricsociety.org/prizes/frisch-…



