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Sep 25, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
So .. did anyone grow up with the only shoe store in town really being Bata shoes?

I always thought they were a Kenyan company... I learnt today my Indian friends always thought it was an Indian company... turns out the company started out in what is now the Czech republic...
A friend just emailed me a Bata advert from 1922...
Confession: As a gift, I bought my PhD advisor a pair of #Bata safari boots "from Kenya". I guess I have to tell him they are not Kenyan... 15 years later!!
@IDE_Michael

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Sep 15, 2020
Thanks for the shout out @KelseyTuoc @voxdotcom

Awesome to see growing literature on impacts of mobile money in the article

Three more to add. Work in:
Tanzania: @EmmaRiley19
Mozambique: @cbatista_econ @pedrocvicente
Bangladesh: @Abu_Shonchoy @saravana_econ @JMorduch + others
Here are links to papers by @EmmaRiley19

Her Tanzania work: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

And some brand new work on microenterprises in Uganda (and her job market paper): emmaalriley.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/resist…
Here is the link to the paper on Mozambique by @cbatista_econ and @pedrocvicente

pedrovicente.org/mmoney.pdf
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Jul 19, 2020
What's that? 👇 Image
Slightly harder one. What's that? 👇 Image
An even slightly harder one. What's that? 👇 Image
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May 9, 2019
Super excited: this week @vox_dev we have a brand new series on the #US-#China #tradewar. This series was one of my favorites to curate - gonna be some cool articles & audio for it. Please tune in: voxdev.org

I guess the timing of this series couldn't be better!! Image
First in our #US-#China #tradewar series: how did China move up global value chains? Liberalizing trade & FDI key to promotion of domestic value added into a countrys exports as per the Chinese experience
#HiauLooiKee @heiwai_tang @wb_research @SAISHopkins
voxdev.org/topic/firms-tr…
Next in our #US-#China #tradewar series: fantastic interview from #VoxDevTalks. Listen to @johnvanreenen on who wins & who loses in the technology trade war. Technology transfer in a globalized world isn’t a zero sum game
@MITSloan @MITEcon @timsvengali
voxdev.org/topic/firms-tr…
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Apr 29, 2019
Tradition @MIT: a brand new #hack in celebration of #AvengersEndgame
The grand dome is turned into the #CaptainAmerica shield!! Cool!
Can I see this from somewhere in Cambridge without being in the air??
Have to say MIT hacks are one reason I love MIT!!
I even own this book: Image
One of my favorite @MIT hacks, #Nightwork has a beautiful color picture of it! Image
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Apr 24, 2019
My amazing assistant (most efficient assistant ever): I won't be in tomorrow
Me: No worries, hope all is well?
My assistant: Taking my dog to his doggie day care entrance exam
Me: An entrance exam for doggie day care??!!
Me 4 hours later: An entrance exam for doggie day care??!!
Update: Melvin passed the entrance exam!! Apparently he did so well (I guess that is the right sign) on the placement exam that he got put in w/ the big dogs. John thinks Melvin is way too small to be in with the big dogs... so not sure he will be using the doggie day care... Image
Email from my assistant last weekend: He has tenure now, so don’t ask him to do any tricks.
Attached to the email: the picture below of Melvin the dog in my office Image
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Mar 8, 2019
In honor of #InternationalWomensDay here are some cool @vox_dev columns and videos that I went back to this morning...
First up, a great interview from #VoxDevTalks with #ChrisWoodruff on how women are becoming managers in #Bangladesh @timsvengali
voxdev.org/topic/firms-tr…
Second: the role of skill building and training for adolescent girls in #Uganda & #Libera by @markus_gold
"Gender-sensitive youth employment programmes combining income generation & life skills training can be effective in helping adolescent girls succeed"
voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…
Third: the long term effects of #Mexico's Progressa cash transfer program by @susanwparker_mx and #TomVogl
"Conditional transfers in childhood improve education, labour, and economic outcomes in adulthood, especially for women"
voxdev.org/topic/public-e…
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