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Elevate your institution’s digital presence and achieve transformative results. Harnessing the power of causal inference, we deliver tailored marketing strategies that enhance student recruitment, alumni engagement, and institutional reputation. Our approach goes beyond traditional analytics, providing you with actionable insights that drive enrollment, increase donations, and strengthen your position in the competitive higher education landscape.
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KWEKU OPOKU-AGYEMANG, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS X FOUNDER.
Kweku has been a dedicated and invaluable member of the UC Berkeley Big Ideas and Mastercard Foundation Alumni Scholars program, serving as a judge and mentor. His unwavering commitment and passion have consistently provided students with exceptional feedback and support as they embark on launching early-stage social ventures. Kweku’s enthusiasm for fostering the next generation of changemakers is evident in his willingness to share his extensive experience, expertise and networks. His contributions have not only empowered aspiring social entrepreneurs, but also inspired them to reach their full potential. Kweku’s dedication to nurturing innovation and positive impact is truly commendable, making him an indispensable asset to the Big Ideas and Mastercard Foundation Scholars community.
Phillip Denny, Director, Big Ideas Contest, Blum Center for Developing Economies, University of California, Berkeley.
We invent for and deliver development.
We create economic & social solutions, using the best research methods, data analyses and innovations to design and evaluate high-impact interventions.
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Development Economics X Founder Wins Award from Astera Institute
NEWSROOM. June 26, 2024. TORONTO, ON, CANADA.
Our founder, Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang recently received an award from the Astera Institute for his innovative concept for effectively scaling synthetic biology for economic and social impact.
Read our press release. His winning statement, on Modular Bioreactor Systems is here.
Randomized experiments in continuous time with Development Economics X
NEWSROOM. September 6, 2023. TORONTO.
Are you looking to measure the impact of your interventions in real time? Our framework designs and evaluates interventions that vary over time in complex settings from health and medicine to development.
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Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang chats with economics Nobel Prize winner for California Magazine
NEWSROOM. March 21, 2022. TORONTO. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang in his private capacity led a Q and A conversation with 2021 economics Nobel Prize winner David Card and former colleague for California Magazine. They discussed causal inference methods that are changing the world.
Randomized controlled trials with distribution functions with Development Economics X
NEWSROOM. July 18, 2023. TORONTO. Do you want to know your true impact on the full distribution of outcomes, going beyond average effects?
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Get Scientific Digital Marketing Solutions for your nonprofit or university from Development Economics X
NEWSROOM. September 16, 2022. TORONTO. Whether you are a nonprofit foundation or university, it’s critical that you have as much support as possible.
Development Economics X presents next-generation digital marketing solutions for social impact, all compatible with existing applications.
Computational Ethics journal article published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
NEWSROOM. March 29, 2022. TORONTO. Computational Ethics, co-authored by Director and CEO Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, is published by Trends in Cognitive Sciences, the world’s top journal in experimental and cognitive psychology.
Research by Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang covered in Zing, the leading digital news site in Vietnam
NEWSROOM. May 15, 2022. TORONTO. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang (in his private capacity) was covered in Zing, the leading digital news site in Vietnam on policy efforts in Singapore. Read the website article (in Vietnamese).
Development Economics X releases We are…the Next Generation Video
NEWSROOM. May 2, 2022. TORONTO. Development Economics X delivers development with an emphasis on the next generation.
Development Economics X for enhancing service delivery
NEWSROOM. March 11, 2022. TORONTO. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang calls for enhancing service delivery with innovation, economic history and the political economy of development.
Research Impact Highlight
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT. March 11, 2022. TORONTO. In this research impact highlight, Kweku Opoku-Agyemang discusses his role doing research in 2016 on a novel social media platform for farmers in India.
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A behavioral economics breakthrough for global value chains
Projects in Development
A new political economy for the next generation
Data-driven, rigorous solutions for the next-generation of impact
Marketing as market mechanism
Fighting crime for development
Organizational culture and customer service development
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Getting development economics right is critical. Slower progress has translated into lowered expectations about what is possible. Research and decision-making must drastically improve.
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS X is an approach for development economics to boost social impact faster and more effectively
Development Economics X researches and builds economic, social and technological systems inspired by political economy, economic history and related fields. The goal is to provide efficient decision solutions for the private sector, governments, and international institutions throughout (what I call) the economic development stack for faster and better development.
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Harnessing the history and future of development economics
Delivering enhanced standards of living around a fast-changing world
Getting international development right is essential for the living standards of billions. Current experimentation and other rigorous analyses are vital, but still unnecessarily slow and can suffer from uncoordinated policy making.
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Featured Development Economics X Paper Model: Supply Chain Self-Control
Development Economics X Paper Models
A working paper archive focusing on poverty, political economy and inequality, in history and the present, with the impact evaluations of the future.
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