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My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith, and this is The Aftermath.

Hey, everyone, thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath.

Today we're speaking with guest

expert, Professor Ahmed Mushfik Mubarak. Dr. Mubarak is a professor of economics at Yale University

and the founder and faculty director of the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale.

He has several ongoing research projects in Bangladesh,

Sierra Leone, and Nepal, and conducts field experiments exploring ways to induce people in

developing countries to adopt technologies or behaviors that are likely to be welfare improving.

Let's hear what he has to say about the Bola Cyclone.

Professor Mubarak, thank you so much for joining us today.

Thank you for having me.

So we're going to get to the Bola Cyclone.

But first, for context, I was wondering if we could start off with

some history on East and West Pakistan and its history with India. I know that this is a lot

to cover, but perhaps just an overview of how Pakistan became a nation?

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