Matt
Matt Collin is the creator of Aid Thoughts. Currently a DPhil student in Economics at the University of Oxford, he is a former ODI Fellow, having worked for two years as a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance of Malawi.
Homepage: http://goodlyframe.net
Posts by Matt
Africa, the safest web region?
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Posted in Africa, Research | 2 Comments
The migrant’s dilemma
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Tags: Gallup, migration
Posted in Development, Political Economy, Research | 3 Comments
Return to the poverty safari
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Tags: poverty safari
Posted in Africa, Poverty porn | 9 Comments
Randomized trials are so 1930s
Monday, August 9th, 2010Tags: randomistas, RCTs
Posted in Economics, Research | 4 Comments
Questionable parentage
Monday, August 9th, 2010Tags: geek-out, HDI, MPI, poverty measurement
Posted in Development, Research | 4 Comments
Best laid plans
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Tags: coordination failure, USAID
Posted in Aid, Development, Political Economy | 15 Comments
How does the MPI measure up?
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Tags: HDI, indices, MPI, poverty, trade-offs, welfare
Posted in Development, Research | 3 Comments
Counting desires
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Tags: DALY, global health, preference aggregation, voting
Posted in Aid, Economics, Governance, Research | 4 Comments
Who wants to get pumped up?
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Tags: and the lamentation of their women, Conan, film, playpumps
Posted in Africa, Aid, Worst practices | No Comments
The burden of proof
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Tags: deep impact, impact analysis
Posted in Aid, Development, Research | 1 Comment
