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Dean Yang

@deanyang
Development economist. Prof at @UMichEcon and @FordSchool. Founding President, International Development Economics Association (IDEA) @ideadevecon
Ann Arbor, MI
umich.edu/~deanyang
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    Dean Yang
    @deanyang
    Jun 24
    Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon ... Open to every development economist, everywhere. Join the community: idea.devecon.org Please share 🌍
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    Dean Yang
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    These virtual Ph.D. courses offered by @ideadevecon partners BREAD and @The_IGC are an amazing resource for the global development economics community... I'm very much looking forward to this fall's Political Economy course! All are welcome and strongly encouraged to register...
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    International Development Economics Association
    @ideadevecon
    Aug 25
    BREAD & IGC are offering a free PhD-level course on Political Economy & Development! More information is at the link in first reply 🔗
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    Dean Yang
    @deanyang
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    The @Lahore_School really put on an amazing conference... I'm looking forward to maintaining the connections with the academics I met there!
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    Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
    @fordschool
    Aug 25
    Economist @deanyang recently discussed international migration and the developing world at the 8th International Conference on Applied Development Economics in @Lahore_School, Pakistan. Read more about his presentation: myumi.ch/VDVNq
    Dean Yang presenting at the International Conference on Applied Development Economics.
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    Dean Yang
    @deanyang
    21h
    Thank you for the signed copy of your book, @jcpunongbayan ! Really looking forward to reading it on my flight back to the US on Friday... Cheers!
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    JC Punongbayan
    @jcpunongbayan
    Aug 24
    Today I got to give the renowned economist @deanyang of the University of Michigan @umichECON a copy of my latest book #TwinPlagues. Dean was supposed to go to the book launch 10 days ago but the launch was postponed to Sept 4 due to inclement weather.
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    Dean Yang
    @deanyang
    Aug 23
    Excited about @ideadevecon's first Philippine in-person meetup, at UP School of Economics, Diliman, Metro Manila. Tomorrow Mon, 3-5 pm. Co-hosted with @jcpunongbayan! Come share your insights on what IDEA should be and do! Link to register on our home page:
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