Uttam Sharma (@uttamsha) profile picture

Interested in Development, Education, and health issues

Joined July 2009
Uttam Sharma retweeted
The government should not be in the business of running a cigarette factory. Here's why: himalkhabar.com/news/135820 @PM_nepal_ @mofnepal
Big News 😮: नेपाल सरकारले बन्द अवस्थामा रहेका ७ सरकारी उद्योगहरूलाई PPP (Public-Private Partnership) मोडेलमार्फत पुनः सञ्चालन गर्ने प्रक्रिया अघि बढाएको छ। अर्थ मन्त्रालयले पहिलो चरणमा ती उद्योगहरूको अडिट तथा मूल्यांकन कार्य सुरु गरिसकेको छ। पुनः सञ्चालनका लागि छनोट गरिएका उद्योगहरू: १. गोरखकाली रबर उद्योग २. जनकपुर चुरोट कारखाना ३. बुटवल धागो कारखाना ४. नेपाल मेटल कम्पनी ५. नेपाल ओरिण्ड एण्ड म्याग्नेसाइट ६. हेटौडा कपडा उद्योग ७. उदयपुर सिमेन्ट उद्योग
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'Create a culture so that every single teacher in the school BELIEVES they can improve - not because they are not good enough because they can be even better.' @dylanwiliam
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-चौधरीले मास्क बनाउन थाले -मेडिकल इक्युप्मेन्टका एजेन्टले निःशुल्क मर्मत गर्दिए -निसानले सयवटा एम्बुलेन्स दियो -ज्योति ग्रुपले स्यानिटाइजर बाँड्यो -गोल्छाले क्वारेन्टाइनमा बस्नेको खानाको जिम्मेवारी लियो -यतिले नाफारहित सेवा दियो ..... नेपालीको यस्तो पढ्ने भाग्य यही ट्विट नै रछ त!
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Can we dream of something similar happening in Nepal and many other developing countries?: BBC News - Why schools are at the centre of Delhi polls bbc.com/news/world-asia-indi…
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When I don’t finish all my delicious food, my waiter approves of my (rare) self control and then kindly explains the concept of sunk costs to me. Quotes his wise mom: “waste not waist”. (Spelling assumed.)
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Uttam Sharma retweeted
ओलीको ओइलाएको अनुकूलता setopati.com/opinion/165528 by @SwarnimWagle
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Here are 5 straw man arguments against basic income: voxeu.org/article/arguments-… And here is my (uncrisp) attempt to tackle the difficult choice between guaranteed income and guaranteed employment: cgdev.org/sites/default/file… Bottom line: Stay open on policy options. All depends.
Crisp critique here in that famous rag of the people, the FT
Will you be employed? Skills demanded by the changing nature of work tinyurl.com/yaecn63f via @wb_research
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कास्कीको मादी गाउँपालिकामा कुनै पनि कार्यक्रममा अतिथिहरुलाई ब्याच वितरण नगर्ने, खादा/माला नलगाउने तथा वक्ताहरुले मञ्चमा आसिनजति सबैलाई सम्बोधन नगर्ने प्रचलन शुरू गरेर उत्तम काम गरेछन। अरूले पनि अनुकरण गर्ने की? annapurnapost.com/news/10369…
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प्रधानमन्त्रीले ढुंगा बोकेर, मेयरले बढारेर काम हुने भए ज्यामी, कुचीकारलाई प्रधानमन्त्री, मेयर बनाए भै हाल्थ्यो नी । सरकारको काम विदेशी कन्सलट्यान्ट र आईएनजीओ डलरमा तलब लिएर गर्छन, हामी भाषणै मात्र गरौ । जय होस् ।।
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Uttam Sharma retweeted
On my adviser Jeff Williamson’s office door while I was at @HarvardEcon
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Next time someone complains about “rich athletes” protesting racial inequality, ask yourself how often we listen to the voices of the poor
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Kenya: Free education means nothing if it’s bereft of quality and equity flexlearnstrategies.net/keny…
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*New Book* Contemporary Asian Perspectives on South-South Cooperation: goo.gl/CKhmr6 I have co/authored two chapters.
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Migrants are our brothers and sisters in search of a better life, far away from poverty, hunger, and war.
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And thanks to you for illustrating Sample Selection Bias
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This is how studying impact evaluation has ruined me for casual causal inference in my personal life. freshspectrum.com/what-is-ev…
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अनुसन्धानको अभावमा कमजोर बौद्धिक shar.es/1FuPjU via @setopati
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