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3rd Call for Papers: Humans Lacea Network
Call for Papers, Submit by December 15, 2024
Humans was created to improve the dissemination of high-quality research in the specific area of Migration in Latin America. Although the predominant focus of the conference is on work related to migration (internal and international) for the Latin American region, papers for any country are also welcome. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome too. The deadline for submitting complete papers is December 15, 2024. The conference will be held at ITAM, Mexico City from April 10-11, 2025.
Reflexivism: Reducing the Distance between Citizens & Policy
Keynote Presentation, January 19, 2024
In this keynote presentation, Vijayendra Rao talks about "reflexive policymaking", which argues that local control should be given to local issues. Additionally, Rao shares that this paradigm of policymaking emphasizes that people who are impacted by policy decisions should be centrally involved in forming the policies that affect their rights. This presentation focuses on four central themes: 1) deliberation, 2) democratizing data, 3) incentivizing politicians, and 4) the added value of local democracy.
Strengthening Health Systems for Pandemic Preparedness and Other Emerging Challenges
Policy Research Talk, February 6, 2024
While the world appears to have transitioned out of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on society and health systems has been profound. In this talk, World Bank Lead Economist Damien de Walque highlights and discusses some of the lessons learned through this crisis and the response to it. Stressing how beneficial the investments in health—including vaccination—have been during the pandemic, he also places the disruption brought by COVID-19 in perspective with the current evolving burden of diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
Longitudinal Survey of Forced Migrant Children from Venezuela - VenRePs-Kids
Brief, 2024
It is estimated that by early 2021, there were more than 110 million displaced people, of whom 41% are children under the age of 18. One of the main obstacles to progress in this field is the lack of longitudinal data and information on the human development status of children. The Longitudinal Survey of Forced Migrant Children (VenRePs-Kids) was developed to contribute in this direction.
Spanish Version | Discrimination Toward Migrants During Crises | Life out of the Shadows (Feature Story)
Development Research Group Expert Wins Best Paper Award
Award Announcement, January 2024
Oyebola Okunogbe recently won the Best Paper Award from the American Economic Association for her paper “Technology, Taxation, and Corruption” alongside co-author Victor Pouliquen. They use experimental variation to examine the impact of electronic tax filing (to replace in-person submission to tax officials) using data from Tajikistan firms. The pair of researchers find that e-filing reduces the time firms spend on taxes by 40 percent. Further, among firms previously more likely to evade, e-filing doubles taxes paid.
Technology, Taxation, and Corruption: Evidence from the Introduction of Electronic Tax Filing | Twitter Post | Feature Story | Policy Research Talk | More Research from Oyebola Okunogbe