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Dr N. Brodie נחמה
brodiegal
So, I did the work the journalist and politician should have done. I found the source of the '15 million unregistered people' at the World Bank the TL;DR is the
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Tim Searchinger
TSearchinger
7 key rules for reforming ag subsidies:1.Redirect more money toward low-carbon agriculture: higher production on the same land while avoiding deforestation.2.Condition subsidies on not converting forests, prairies and native habitats.
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Sentient.
ZainabAchem
Stop glossing over how dangerous childbirth is. Women having kids in Nigeria are like soldiers going to war.In 2015, 58,000 women died from childbirthing.Nigerian women are 500 times more likely
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Soumaya Keynes
SoumayaKeynes
(1/n) New paper from Alvaro Espitia, Aaditya Mattoo, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta & Deborah Winkler @WorldBank looking at COVID-19 & TRADEDid global value chains leave sectors VULNERABLE to shocks, or
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Jason Hickel
jasonhickel
People mistakenly assume that the World Bank's poverty line ($1.90 PPP per day) represents what an American might be able to buy with $1.90 in poor countries abroad. But in
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David Evans
DaveEvansPhD
Once I asked policy makers in a middle-income country what I could do to make sure an education report I was writing would be useful to them. One said, “Stop
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Colin Church
DrColinChurch
So here’s a thing. @iom3 has just been refused gas supply from @ecotricity because we ‘clash with Ecotricity’s environmental policy as they are against anything that can damage the planet,
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Justin Sandefur
JustinSandefur
Highly anticipated World Bank audit report is out.Finding: 9 of 15 staff members on the Doing Business team say management pressured them to manipulate data.8 complied.https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2020/12/16/world-bank-group-
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Jim Cust
jimcust
“Natural Resource Discoveries, Citizen Expectations and Household Decisions”New WB paper from @myjumens and me. We measure how much citizen’s expectations and behavior changes following major oil and gas discoveriesLink to
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George Selgin
GeorgeSelgin
While simply "eliminating" deposit insurance is not a wise prescription for reform, show me an economist who denies that it can encourage excessive risk taking, and has done so in
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Hannah Ryder (芮 婉 洁)
hmryder
The @WorldBank has been forecasting that #remittances will fall dramatically as a result of #COVID19. This excellent podcast sets out the evidence to date and explores the reasons why forecasts
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David Evans
DaveEvansPhD
School leadership is incredibly important, but that doesn't mean training school leaders is easy! This new evaluation out of Argentina by @SamFreel & @AGanimian shows that training workshops don't always
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Steve Everley
saeverley
The World Bank released its latest report on global flaring. There will no doubt be headlines about how the U.S. is among the top countries in flared volumes. But that
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Justin Sandefur
JustinSandefur
World Bank's initial C-19 forecasts were far too optimistic, particularly for poor countries. Subsequent revisions imply the number of people falling into poverty will be roughly x2 as high.+131m
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James Hawkins
jamMhaw
1) THREAD: The 2019 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs) Climate Finance was released yesterday. I look at how this finance has changed over time and what is being
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Alexis Le Nestour
Alenestour
@SFCarvalho_edu , @AnaMinardi1 and I have been looking at what could happen to household education spending following the Covid-19 economic shock. A short summary thread. https://twitter.com/CGDev/status/1334906178665664512 In developing co
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