Russian economic history could look somewhat ironic: 1. Stalin's slaves built industry at the cost of millions of lives 2. Yeltsin transformed these plants to Ltd's 3. Putin destroyed their value in a war 3. Chinese bought these slave-built assets for nothing Trust the plan

When we say Kyiv is winning the information war, far too often we only mean information spaces we inhabit. Pulling apart the most obvious RU info op to date (as we did using semantic modelling), very clear it is targeting BRICS, Africa, Asia. Not the West really at all.

There’s no difference between a refugee from Syria or Afghanistan or Ukraine or El Salvador. They’re all people literally running for their lives. We have room for all of them.

In a new Center for Global Development survey, 75% of development agencies said that in light of current global challenges, aid principles must be reformed. @RachaelCalleja & Beata Cichocka 🇺🇦🌻 analyze findings & propose 4 paths for reform ⤵️ Global Partnership @OECDev #GPEDC #DevCoop cgdev.org/blog/it-time-r…

Join EDFI's #EDD22 lab debate on 22/06 from 11:10-11:55 CET “Mobilising private capital for a just #transition– Accelerating the #cleanenergy transition by unlocking entrepreneurs’ potential" 📍 Studio 5 Brussels Expo #EDFInetwork

#EDD22 in full swing with lots of promotional rhetoric about the #GlobalGateway but still light on substance!

Polish Development Bank Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego 🇵🇱 says at #EDD22 that they are preparing a request for a budget guarantee from the European Commission for digital investment in sub-Saharan Africa. Expect EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 will be happy to see “Team Europe” get a new player.

Is the effectiveness agenda still relevant? Find out: go.unu.edu/kaY9m This #WIDERWorkingPaper by @RachaelCalleja and Beata Cichocka 🇺🇦🌻 was presented at the conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation. Global Partnership EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺

New - today we launch the Center for Global Development Commitment to Development Index 2023 #CDI2023 Looking at how committed 40 countries are to development, based on quantitative measures of their policies. This is the 20th anniversary of the index. Five takeaways:

In his speech today at #COP29 in Baku, #China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang stated, "Since 2016, China has provided and mobilized project funds of more than 177bn RMB ($24.5bn), strongly supporting other developing countries in addressing #climatechange." 🧵 1/8

🧵China doesn’t track its climate finance, but is it a major player anyway? Its climate contributions total a massive $3 billion a year. Beata Cichocka 🇺🇦🌻 and Ian Mitchell explore how that compares to what the US has done over the years #COP29 ⬇ cgdev.org/blog/has-china…

Love this new Center for Global Development blog by Beata Cichocka 🇺🇦🌻 & Mikaela Gavas about how donors need to shift in this new aid landscape. They won't be able to do everything, everywhere, so seems particularly sensible to focus on clarifying and enforcing comparative advantage. cgdev.org/blog/developme…