Jacobus Cilliers
@JacobusCilliers
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South African development economist, focusing on education | Faculty at @McCourtSchool | @gui2de_GU and @jpal affiliate | previously at @WBG_Education
Washington, DC
Joined March 2015
We have a new working paper out. Comparing targeting instruction of home language literacy, vs English as a second language in South Africa. Working paper: Blog:
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RT @leightjessica: *Extremely* timely EDCC article #econtwitter #econsky about effectiveness of foreign aid in building soft power. . .for…
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RT @kopalo: This cannot go on any longer. Paul Kagame must be stopped from meddling in Congolese affairs. Enough is enough.
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RT @JustinSandefur: Millions of lives saved. And now the PEPFAR data website is no more. Ironically, the original landmark JAMA study show…
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RT @WWHGlobalEd: Kick off the year with exciting updates from @WWHGlobalEd in our first newsletter of 2025! Discover: ✨ A New Year messag…
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@leecrawfurd This was my favorite sentence in your blog, but I decided not to tweet it because it could be taken out of context. Turns out it was… 😏
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RT @leecrawfurd: Letting Asylum Seekers Work Is Not a “Pull Factor” - why do politicians get away with repeating this evidence-free argumen…
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Education: Food systems: Carbon storage: Climate justice: Forest landscape restoration: More about ASCEND:
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RT @AnneFitz13: Differentiated learning holds so much promise for improving learning around the world. See link below for research on thi…
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RT @singhabhi: Really happy to see this in print. Will do a full thread later but big picture take-aways: (1) Admin data on learning in…
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RT @WWHGlobalEd: Well-designed programmes with prior evidence of success often fail when scaled up by government. ⤵️ Discover how we ident…
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RT @matthewchjukes: Two take-aways from our paper: 1) Clear long-term (to Grade 7) effects of an early grade (Gs 1-3) reading intervention.…
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RT @JustinSandefur: Food > money? Most Ghanaian parents prefer school meals to the equivalent sum in cash. Fear of food price inflation a…
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RT @Mpumi_NLM: Excited to see our paper published. Early intervention matters and it persists! We intervened in Setswana in Gr 1-3 & the be…
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RT @marome1: Hola #EconTwitter. I'm looking for several RAs (and/or research managers) for various projects. See the ads here: https://t.co…
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RT @dmckenzie001: In a new working paper, @JacobusCilliers, @nour_elashmawy & I look at the use of PDS Lasso for selecting control variable…
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RT @dmckenzie001: A new paper by researchers at Stanford takes on both the question of whether we are adapting to climate change and, indir…
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RT @WWHGlobalEd: Want to learn more about our work in India🇮🇳, Pakistan🇵🇰, Tanzania🇹🇿and Rwanda🇷🇼? Join the discussion on @WWHGlobalEd coun…
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RT @robert_a_blair: Come work with me as a post-doc next year Can be remote. Pls apply / spread the word
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