The Lockdown Runner Rose Harvey only took up running 10 years ago - to meet people and get fit. Today she was told she is off to the Olympics with Team GB marathon team. 👏

What happens to the local economy when you give people cash?

Well deserved. Ian Birrell is a model of an outstanding journalist. He doggedly and determinedly stands up for those who do not have voice or power.

London. One 30sec snapshot.
Imagine if every UK town and city moved around like this.

In awe of samantha ridley - 59 years old and she has just smashed the centurionrunning South Downs 50 in 9:22 and won her 50-59 age group. Here’s to super speedy 50 plus women 👏👏👏👏 (she’s also Susie Chan cousin - in the genes!)

Striking stats in excellent Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery talk by David Obura, showing global inequality in responsibility and impacts of climate change, from wid.world/wp-content/upl…. The wealthiest countries must drastically reduce their emissions for a just transition to a sustainable future

This is a very good thread.

We should be cautious about adopting the culture of software engineering, in which development cycles are short, in other contexts where innovation is time consuming and costly.

Delighted that @cgdev will this year be cohosting the World Bank’s long standing annual flagship research conference. Bring your ideas and questions.

The always excellent Leif Wenar on effective altruism is worth 10 minutes of your time.

On World Water Day, read about how simple loans for water tanks can transform the lives of dairy farmer.

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Time for some personal news, as they say. I am delighted to be handing over to Niriksha Shetty.

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This is what gets us Precision Development (PxD) out of bed each day.
(h/t Pseudoerasmus)