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Biniam Bedasso

@biniegu

Research Fellow @CGDEV, Formerly: @CABRI_SBO, @UniofOxford, @Princeton, @econrsa; glomad; Audi alteram partem

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Joined September 2018
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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdSep 22
The case for funding the GPE is good and getting better cgdev.org/blog/gpe-worth-fun…
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David Moinina Sengeh
@dsengehAug 6
The Chief's Diary: Can You Guess How Many Steps There are from the Office of the Chief Minister to the Office of the President? I do this roundtrip about 3-5 times a day and today, I decided to count. Did you guess it right?
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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdMay 15
New @CGDev paper! What can you actually do about lead poisoning? Nutritional supplements probably help a bit, are very cheap, but far from solve the problem. A systematic review/meta-analysis of a very thin literature (more research needed!)
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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdApr 30
There's lead in those toys. In 10-40% those in LMICs. New @CGDev blog from Caroline Mallory and @Mariajot
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David Evans@DaveEvansPhDApr 27
Sierra Leone's Minister of Education Conrad Sackey on school meals at a recent @CGDev / @GPforEducation event on education financing. The whole conversation cgdev.org/event/sustainable-… More on what school meals do for education from @biniegu & @AcostaAminaM cgdev.org/blog/do-school-mea…
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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdApr 20
Join us for a webinar this Thursday on the economics of foundational learning (1pm London time) with - Jishnu Das - Clio Dintilhac - Brad Wong
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It is heart breaking to read that 6.2 million children are not going to school in Amhara, Tigray, and Oromia regions of #Ethiopia this year. 2,672 schools couldn't take students because of "natural and man made problems," presumably conflicts. ethiopiainsider.com/2026/177…
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David Evans@DaveEvansPhDApr 14
We have a great event on education tomorrow (Wednesday, 4/15) at @CGDev. We'll hear from government ministers from Zambia, Sierra Leone, and Grenada, plus the CEO of the Global Partnership for Education. (I'm even sharing some evidence.) Register here cgdev.org/event/sustainable-…
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Noam Angrist
@angrist_noamApr 14
🔎 Are aid agencies paying attention to the evidence? See our new analysis collating detailed information from project documents at the @WBG_Education & @FCDOEducation over the past decade tracking references to “smart buys." A steady increase in mentions in project documents of two of the best buys - “structured pedagogy” + “targeted instruction”. A lot more to dig into -- this is just part 1 in a series. cgdev.org/blog/are-aid-agenc…
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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdApr 9
"New research from the Center for Global Development shows the clear link between aid cuts and conflict. Within the last year, conflict and conflict-related deaths have risen 5%. Part of the solution must be to restore aid cuts" time.com/article/2026/04/08/…
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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdMar 23
Are Aid Agencies Paying Attention to What Works in Education? New blog with @angrist_noam @biniegu Maleeha Hameed @euanritchie
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Ken Opalo@kopaloMar 19
Africa after aid is more resilient than you might think. economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
Africa after aid is more resilient than you might think

Africa after aid is more resilient than you might think

But more needs to be done to ensure a prosperous future

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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdMar 16
New blog: How Foreign-Trained Health Workers Saved the NHS £14 Billion
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David Evans@DaveEvansPhDFeb 25
Earlier this month, the @CGDev hosted a research workshop on the topic of school-related violence. Here is a round-up of every research paper we saw. cgdev.org/blog/what-are-we-l… If you want more, you can watch videos of the conference here. cgdev.org/event/call-papers-…
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Lee Crawfurd@leecrawfurdFeb 11
How African Governments Responded to the 2025 Aid Shock New @CGDev blog by @biniegu cgdev.org/blog/how-african-g…
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Check out this great primer on school meals, "the world's biggest social program" (get out of the way cash transfers) voxdev.org/topic/free-school… featuring @Biniegu & @fabiosanchez_to
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James Nalton@JDNaltonJan 18
"If you don't want it, I know a guy in America who'll take it."
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…meanwhile ⁦@flyethiopian⁩ proudly conquers the sky over New York (from @benjimk). Why can’t we learn from African failures and successes, instead of constantly mimicking our demons? What does Ethiopian Airlines know that other African airlines happily ignore?
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Benjamin Piper@benlpiper30 Oct 2025
#OutNow: The new report on effective reading instruction from @GEEAP_ provides compelling guidance on how children learn to read and how to teach them most effectively. Evidence-based teaching matters. documents.worldbank.org/en/p…
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David Evans@DaveEvansPhD16 Oct 2025
With Jishnu Das, @LeeCrawfurd, Jo Bourne, Jennifer Swift-Morgan, & me!
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How big are the returns to early investments in literacy and numeracy?📚 Tomorrow, join @CGDev for a timely discussion on the economic and policy case for prioritizing foundational skills. There's still time to register: bit.ly/3VRRSE8
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