#Poverty

Matt Lowe

hmmlowe

A classic question in development economics is whether (and what types of) poverty traps exist. This new paper by Balboni, @orianabandiera, Burgess, @maitreesh, @anton_heil finds evidence for poverty traps in

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brigadiertheta

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Angee (Angelika)

AngeeGabs

It will probably get drowned out because it's a big news week, but I wanted to share a moment I had as a white ally in a POC space where

End Homelessness St. John's

EHSJ709

It's important to remember that many Income Support recipients were eligible for the CERB, and were encouraged to apply for it. End Homelessness St. John's is glad there is a

Dr. Meghan J. Clark

DrClarkM1

Food for thought: whether they agree or disagree, in 10yrs of teaching, I have never ever had a Catholic student unaware of church teaching on abortion. I regularly have students

Keith Grammar

KeithGrammar

Some of our pupils feature in these #CostoftheSchoolDay materials. We have tried to limit the back to school costs by not wrrying if pupils are in school uniform with Covid19

Prof Morag Treanor

MoragTreanor

I've just been on @bbc5live at 10am saying why families should get a direct cash payment as their free school meal replacement. I had only a brief time so couldn't

fighting the forever coup

benFranklin2018

Why is everyone mad at Pelosi and Schumer? They did a great job inflicting meaningful consequences on Trump, saved ordinary people from poverty during the coronavirus , bravely called out

Shlomo

hapoelorient

Of course I am opposed to Anti-Semitism, my family is all from Poland but this boycott is non-senseIt achieves nothing & misses the point which is Anti-Semitism is NOT the

Patrick Butler

patrickjbutler

The Great Food Bank Dilemma (a thread): "Coteau often wonders if food banks are a mistake... if it would be better to shut food banks down entirely, and force the

Ben Norton

BenjaminNorton

The US/NATO are attempting a "color revolution" to overthrow the government in Belarus, the only remaining ex-Soviet state that still has socialistic policies and state control over the economyStratfor, "the

UBI Lab Network

UBILabNetwork

Turns out the £660bn "national cost of UBI" quoted here is the result of Cllr @RossMackinnonWB simply multiplying the UK population by the UBI they'd get, without factoring in the

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fraserjfstewart

I realise that I’ve never really explained my research/work to Twitter before, but I think it can be good practise for communicating clearly and I would like to get it

Dr Arun Verma (he/him)

drarunverma

Today is my last day at @savechildrenuk. It's been a beautiful journey and having worked with leading international researchers, I can truly say that I have worked with the most

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

Last year I wrote an open letter to Steven Pinker, questioning his triumphalist narrative about global poverty reduction. I never received an answer. But I've worked on this issue a

Roadside Mum 🐯

RoadsideMum

You know what's a really hurtful myth about food insecurity? That if you're fat, you can't be under-nourished. There are so many ways poverty and food insecurity make you fat,

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