Paper Round

Author: Ranil Dissanayake and Matt Collin

Ranil Dissanayake and Matt Collin read and discuss topical and important papers in international development and economics, with frequent diversions into pop culture. Join us for a monthly deep dive into development wonkery and Batman jokes. Follow Matt and Ranil on Twitter at: @aidthoughts and @scepticalranil
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Much, much higher learning
Episode 5
Wednesday, 23 February, 2022

After a hiatus, Ranil and Matt return to meet IN PERSON to discuss the learning crisis in developing countries and two papers: "Large Learning Gains in Pockets of Extreme Poverty: Experimental Evidence from Guinea Bissau" and "How much can we remedy very low learning levels in rural parts of low-income countries? Impact and generalizability of a multi-pronged para-teacher intervention from a cluster- randomized trial in The Gambia" Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yberpjwb4l3js87/transcript.pdf?dl=0 Links to papers: http://www.alexeble.com/s/Eble-et-al-JDE-2021-Gambia-RCT.pdf http://www.alexeble.com/s/Fazzio-Eble-et-al-JPubE-2021-Large-Learning-Gains.pdf Episode editing and mastering by Sam Atkinson - samatkinsonaudio@gmail.com