Making sense of human behavior with magic, economics, common sense and hugs
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3 Nov 2025
#agora2025 starts. Standing room only…strengthening research, policy and private sector co-creation of solutions for growth in Africa
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Renos Vakis retweeted
19 Oct 2025
No more CTRL F through long PDFs. Our new research tool, AVA, answers your questions with insights from @WorldBank reports, in your language, with citations. Learn more and start exploring: wrld.bg/n86v50XejVr #Ideas4Impact
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6 Aug 2025
RT @IndermitGill: A useful new AI tool from the @WorldBank's Institute for Economic Development. If you're looking for a quick way to soak…
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Information? Norms? Money? Trying to get men to share parental leave in Uruguay. @ailintomio @p_p_ @rvakis @zeina_afif #embed @WBG_Poverty
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Renos Vakis retweeted
25 Feb 2023
Interesting piece on @WBG_Education programs — foundational learning & a growth mindset are vital.
24 Feb 2023
Interesting research from the World Bank on why the teaching of a growth mindset can make a huge difference in education. Have a look at my latest Forbes article... and have a good weekend.
buff.ly/3ZfZ9x3
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2022 RIDGE MAY FORUM
You are invited to participate in the upcoming
LACEA BRAIN Workshop
🗓️May 17-18
Check the program here:
ridge.uy/wp-content/uploads/…
Join the meeting:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Renos Vakis retweeted
27 Apr 2022
Recently accepted at EJ: "Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can productive safety nets help households manage climatic variability?" by Karen Macours, Patrick Premand @PatrickPremand & Renos Vakis @rvakis @PSEinfo academic.oup.com/ej/advance-…
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Renos Vakis retweeted
27 Apr 2022
Combining cash transfers with vocational training or a productive grant protects households against droughts, by facilitating income diversification and migration, smoothing consumption and income.
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17 Mar 2022
A year later, some reflection of our efforts
Vaccine hesitancy: 10 lessons from chatbotting about COVID-19 in 17 countries blogs.worldbank.org/health/v… via @worldbank
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9 Mar 2022
Our short piece on applying behavioral science policy makers is finally out!
Mirror, mirror on the wall: Applying a behavioral science lens to decision-making blogs.worldbank.org/developm… via @worldbank
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19 Jun 2021
Share to your networks. Looking forward to your submissions.
Lets BRAIN!
CALL FOR PAPERS
XIII RIDGE FORUM
LACEA BRAIN
(Behavioral Insights Network)
Date: September 27, 28 and 29, 2021
To view the Call for Papers, visit:
ridge.uy/2021-virtual-forum/
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7 Dec 2020
Join us tomorrow!
29 Nov 2020
Very happy to announce the fantastic *virtual* program for the 2nd. @the_IDB @RIDGE_uy @voxlacea Behavioral Economics' conference of LACEA BRAIN on Dec 8 & 9. Keynote by @paul_gertler. If interested, register 👉 bit.ly/33gSBnz @BIDgente @IDB_Research
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10 Oct 2020
On this World Mental Health day, 5 coping tips from Yale’s Laurie Santos: exercise, sleep, gratitude, socialize, acknowledge your emotions youtu.be/kCQim9VrnDY?list=PL…
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30 Sep 2020
Fresh off the press
30 Sep 2020
Organizations around the world are using #data #behavioral science to create impact. Excited to feature @OECD, @UNICEF, @USAID, @SLRCtweet, @impacteval, @WHO, @UNmigration, @UN_Women and others in a new report from #embed_wb. wrld.bg/sbzP50BFzRq
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Renos Vakis retweeted
22 Sep 2020
The power of a Growth Mindset on national TV! @MineduPeru adapts work done with @WBG_Education, @GRADEPeru, @ClassDojo and #embed_WB to bring remote learning content for all 12 and 13-year-olds in Peru wrld.bg/8Ba150BxiMK
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Renos Vakis retweeted
4 Dec 2019
Attention Philippines (@DepEd_PH ): only one third of Philippines students think that their intelligence can change much. The graph below shows a strong correlation between growth mindset and average reading performance
#PISA2018
@unicefphils
@rvakis
3 Dec 2019
The robust relationship between growth mindset and performance is the most important result in #PISA2018 @OECDEduSkills @BIDeducacion @joboaler @CarolDweckDSU @solebos @adriviterip
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20 Nov 2019
Summer in DC eMBeDing? Please share with your networks @danariely @florlopezboo @KaliTJames @bailenson
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30 Oct 2019
Behavioral-lacea-brain - Call for papers in our Latin America research network. Join us in Uruguay and help our BRAIN grow!! #wb_embed iadb.org/en/research-and-dat…
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