Calling Africa’s future leaders! Applications are now open for the 2025 Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowship Program. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to develop your leadership skills and contribute to Africa's #governance. Apply now: bit.ly/3N1u5wU

The Economics Applicant Mentoring Program (AMP) supports underrepresented economics PhD applicants by matching them with PhD student mentors at LSE Department of Economics, CamEcon, Department of Economics, Oxford, UCL Economics, and Warwick Economics. Apply before 1 Oct at: sites.google.com/view/econphdam…

Basketball Hall of Famer and humanitarian Dikembe Mutombo has died from brain cancer at age 58.

The National School Lunch Program served about 236 billion lunches to children and adolescents nationwide from Federal fiscal years 1969 through 2022. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p….

Watching how fast the line of trucks moves at :39 seconds should piss off every single truck driver who’s ever been to a port in the US.

Today marks 64 years of Nigeria’s independence. We join in the celebration as we honour this milestone. #NigeriaAt64 doodles.google/doodle/nigeria…

I want to share some inspiring posts about the job market that have helped me during tough times. I hope they can motivate others as well! 1/ From John A.List

Learn all about applied causal inference powered by machine learning and AI. Don’t miss out on the cutting edge! arxiv.org/abs/2403.02467

The African Development Bank Group’s Climate Change and #GreenGrowth 2023 Annual Report is out! Explore key insights on how we’re accelerating #ClimateAction across #Africa: bit.ly/47tAs5T

Happy 64th Independence Day to #Nigeria, a country that still has a lot of growing up to do. A nation with lots of potential and abundance of natural resources, but equally abundant in bad governance, corruption and weak leadership. #EconomicGrowth #poverty #Inflation

It’s almost time to announce the next #NobelPrize in economic sciences? What is your best guess of the #NobelPrize2024 winner? Which sub-field of #Economics would it be?

How green are the G20 economies? No surprise that Russia isn’t on the clean energy path. The Chinese efforts towards green energy must always be seen from a security point of view but are really impressive so far. Good on you, Brazil.

Congrats to ISP's very own Titus Awokuse who has been recommended as MSU's next vice provost and dean for International Studies. MSU CANR MSU AFRE MSU Institutional Diversity and Inclusion MSU AAP isp.msu.edu/news_article/2…

Titus Awokuse has been recommended to serve as the next vice provost and dean for International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University, effective Feb… Source: MSUToday | Michigan State University search.app/U7oJ7S9a8MRFBi…

Today’s view from my office on the MSU university campus. Snowing and cold, but it looks and feels like a very beautiful winter wonderland. WELCOME back to Spartan students who started spring semester classes yesterday. #Gogreen

For those trying to figure out the economic damage from the new tariffs going into effect today, this tweet and the discussion that follows are useful. My own take is that this is an own goal for team USA. The only question is how much economic damage this will cause if the

Love this visual periodic table. It will make intro chemistry a bit easier.

I’m filled with gratitude for the AAEA

I'm thrilled to share about this recently published paper (with Mohammed Beroud) on how nations could be more resilient to global food price inflation and shocks. Check it out. Buffer or Conduit? Global Agri‐food Value Chains and Food Price Transmission onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cj…

The World Food Prize Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina to the Foundation’s Council of Advisors! 👏✨🌍 Learn more about Dr. Adesina: bit.ly/3FQxGOw