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Coding in the Congo: Not Random Links.

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Thursday, November 29, 2012. A very interesting read: " Broaden Your Horizons by Randomizing Your Reading Material. Meeting last May at UC Berkeley. The movie "Stealing Africa" on Dutch TV: info here. Why Zambia doesn't profit from higher prices of copper. Answer: the big foreign companies earn the money and avoid paying tax in Zambia. (h/t Maarten). Peter Van der Windt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Initially this blog...

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Coding in the Congo: What to write in your acknowledgements or preface?

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Monday, October 15, 2012. What to write in your acknowledgements or preface? In the last few days I've read several articles by Oded Stark. In the acknowledgements of his 1985 paper "Motivations to Remit: Evidence from Botswana" with Robert Lucas in the Journal of Political Economy, Oded Stark writes:. 8220;Since this is a joint product, the authors would like to blame each other for all remaining errors.”. Peter Van der Windt.

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Coding in the Congo: I'm on Twitter.

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Friday, September 21, 2012. Since a few minutes I'm on Twitter. Let's see if I can get into this:. Peter Van der Windt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What to pack for fieldwork? A guide to dining in Bukavu. Causality, RCTs and Impact Evaluations. Books that made a big impact on me. Abbott, Edwin Abbott. 1884. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. London: Seely and Co. Books on the DRC. Le Carre, John. 2006. Th...Meale...

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Coding in the Congo: Survey Response to Moral Issues.

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Sunday, September 23, 2012. Survey Response to Moral Issues. By making use of a survey 'magic trick' researchers show how people can be tricked into reversing their opinions on moral issues, even to the point of constructing good arguments to support the opposite of their original positions. More in the video below and here. In our household survey in Congo we did something similar (design document: here. But we are currently...

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Coding in the Congo: Wageningen University: Here I come.

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Wageningen University: Here I come. After a cancelled flight last week due to Hurricane Sandy, I'm currently at Heathrow waiting for my flight to Amsterdam. Destination: the Development Economics Group. DEG) at Wageningen University and Research, where I will be a pre-doctoral researcher during November and December. Peter Van der Windt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Books on the DRC. Clark,...

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Coding in the Congo: Manuscript Submission to a Journal? Some Useful LaTeX Code.

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Sunday, September 16, 2012. Manuscript Submission to a Journal? Some Useful LaTeX Code. The manuscript double-spaced throughout;. Footnotes, references, tables, and graphs on separate pages at the end of the document;. To follow The Chicago Manual of Style;. The below is the only thing to be changed. Indicate whether you want the normal work version (deselect " issubmissiontrue"), or whether it's for submission (deselect ...

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Coding in the Congo: Merry Christmas.

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Tuesday, December 25, 2012. For the occassion a lovely song (ht my little brother):. Peter Van der Windt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What to pack for fieldwork? A guide to dining in Bukavu. Causality, RCTs and Impact Evaluations. Books that made a big impact on me. Abbott, Edwin Abbott. 1884. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. London: Seely and Co. Books on the DRC. Le Carre, John. 2006. The Mission Song...Meale...

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Coding in the Congo: Migration in Congo's South Kivu province.

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Coding in the Congo. A not-really academic blog for family, friends and others. Thursday, July 4, 2013. Migration in Congo's South Kivu province. To obtain a deep understanding of migration patterns in the DRC I conducted a survey in 24 randomly selected villages of the Buhavu Chiefdom in Congo's South Kivu province - an area known for its large migrant populations in part due to conflict. Migration features prominently in the Buhavu chiefdom. Of the individuals in our sample 85% have moved at least ...

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Mothers Ruin: March 2011

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Trials and tribulations and trivialisations of family life. Wednesday, 30 March 2011. How Michael Jackson really died. OK - so, hands up - I admit it - I bailed out, I chickened it, I froze in the headlights of physical activity. I didn't do the half marathon. And what a goddamned relief that was too! And not just once a week - like, 3 times a week. People really are disgusting. And onto something very different. Did you know how Michael Jackson REALLY died? Tuesday, 1 March 2011. So what does one take i...