FYI: 2016 ABCDE "Data and Development" Please broadcast to interested participants

[Sandra P. Moscoso]

Call for Papers: Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) 2016: "Data and Development", Deadline February 29, 2016

The next ABCDE will take place on June 20-21, 2016 at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The theme of the conference will be "Data and Development<http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2015/11/10/annual-bank-conference-on-development-economics-2016-data-and-development>". The age of data is here to stay. New technologies are digitizing and storing all types of social, economic, political, and environmental activities. At the same time, new methods are being used to better measure economic development, deepen our understanding of development, and trace the consequences of different policies or events. This link between data and solid analysis - which shows what works, what does not, and why -- is critical for policymakers as they look for ways to integrate these advances into policy design. The ABCDE Organizing Committee is issuing a call for papers using novel data and/or empirical methods to address issues relevant to development. Possible topics include: randomized control trials, big data, administrative data, measurement issues, and research Administrative Data. Deadline February 29, 2016

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