May 25
#GDRI_rep Update 10
The orphan article has finally been retracted! Took more than a year, but at last.
Read about our investigation (x.com/I4Replication/status/1…) and updates ( #GDRI_rep).
A good summary: a-ortmann.medium.com/the-asa… and a-ortmann.medium.com/tallyin…
24 Feb 2025
After being alerted about possible misconduct, the I4R are reproducing published papers that use data from a specific NGO (GDRI). This thread releases the first 2 reports and provides more information about the work and responses/statements from authors journals and journals. 🧵
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30 Oct 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 9: We have been waiting a couple of months to make two announcements. A few journals were in the process of retracting GDRI article. The editors informed the authors and then lawyers got involved. Who knows how long it will take.
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23 Sep 2025
Well, in some cases the stories were right 🤭
(though likely not the ones you're referring to)
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22 Sep 2025
We officially entered the "Randomization doesn't necessarily mean treatment was randomized because i heard stories" part of the discourse.
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27 Aug 2025
Update 8b:
Read 🧵8a and others here #GDRI_rep.
Our diagram hints at other studies linked to EER. We refer to many of these studies as the cyclone papers. We reached out to the Journal of Risk & Uncertainty about this paper: “Natural disaster and risk-sharing behavior”...
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27 Aug 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 8a: Major updates coming up over the next few weeks.
1st update: We reproduced "Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes" some time ago. The paper was then retracted by the editors of the Euro Econ Rev.
Additional studies are connected (see diagram)
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27 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 7: Retraction! Our comment of "Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes: Evidence from a developing country" has led to the paper being retracted. Our comment is accepted as is.
Short 🧵
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25 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 6: Some of the authors have responded to our report on "Raising Health Awareness in Rural Communities" @restatjournal. Authors received our report Feb 6. A short 🧵
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14 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 5: We have a new report. We reproduced the paper entitled "Partisan Effects of Information Campaigns in Competitive Authoritarian Elections: Evidence from Bangladesh" by Ahmed, Hodler and Islam published at @EJ_RES. See below for links to report and responses.
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11 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 4: We have a new report. We reproduced the paper entitled "Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes" by Islam @ European Economic Review. See below for links to report and author's response.
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11 Mar 2025
And how many NGOs/research organizations run experiments & collect data for a single PI, who also happens to be its founder?
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9 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 3: The paper "Improving Hygiene and Sanitation through Parental Skill Training" by Asadul Islam, Umair Khalil and Tabassum Rahman was conditionally accepted at Economic Development and Cultural Change. We requested a replication package. It has now been withdrawn
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3 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 2: I4R sent a report to the original authors for the PLOS One article "“Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country". All authors have now emailed PLOS One to withdraw their names. osf.io/7tzek/
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3 Mar 2025
We have a new report out about the #GDRI_rep. The paper has not been retracted but all three authors have withdrawn their names.
3 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 2: I4R sent a report to the original authors for the PLOS One article "“Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country". All authors have now emailed PLOS One to withdraw their names. osf.io/7tzek/
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3 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 2: I4R sent a report to the original authors for the PLOS One article "“Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country". All authors have now emailed PLOS One to withdraw their names. osf.io/7tzek/
3 Mar 2025
We completed a full report on “Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country” @PLOSONE and shared it with the authors and journal. Two out of three authors have already requested to withdraw their names.
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3 Mar 2025
#GDRI_rep Update 1: I4R are now reproducing all published papers that use data from GDRI (x.com/gdri_research), or are closely related in other ways. Here is a first update on our work. 🧵
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