Very useful guide for applied environmental economists. academic.oup.com/reep/advance-a…

Economists in Norway have united on a common platform to initiate and disseminate economic analyses of the Covid-19 crisis in Norway: sites.google.com/site/oslomacro…

Interesting list... richtopia.com/top-lists/econ…

A new R package for spatial RDD has been released by Alex Lehner. Very useful tool for R users. Check it out github.com/axlehner/Spati…

Which programming language is best for economic research? | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal voxeu.org/article/which-…

NEW: The concept of issuing #greenbonds as a tool for unlocking significant capital for sustainability-related investments has been gaining ground in Africa. But what is the state of the green bond market - and what is the outlook for its development? bit.ly/2Ft56DT

🚨NEW for WB/IMF annual meetings🚨 Is the World Bank’s COVID Response Big Enough, Fast Enough? We scraped >1/2 million transactions from the Bank's website to judge. Blog: cgdev.org/blog/new-data-… Paper: cgdev.org/publication/wo… with Julian Duggan @Morris_ScottA & G Yang 1/

New visual libraries for R and Stata users blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati… via WorldBank

We are hiring a post-doc in environmental economics. Please spread the word! slu.se/en/about-slu/w…

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Read our new ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) publication "Understanding The Role of DFIs in Promoting Development: An Assessment of Three African Countries" sei.org/publications/d… with George Marbuah Alberto F Lemma Jodie Keane Samantha Attridge ▶️ Argues DFIs should become more strategic actors

Read our new report with Dirk Willem te Velde Alberto F Lemma Jodie Keane Samantha Attridge

Join us and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) for the next dialogue on development research with Stefan Dercon discussing his latest book Gambling on Development 📗 🗓️8 June, 13 CEST 📍Online Sign up today: swedev.dev/event/dialogue… Stefan Dercon #Agenda2030 #SustainableDevelopment

A new brief summarizing our report on DFIs and national development priorities in Africa. Dirk Willem te Velde Samantha Attridge Jodie Keane Alberto F Lemma

George Marbuah SEI Climate contributed with his expertise to the maiden #Finance chapter "Transforming the finance sector to enable the #ParisAgreement implementation" in the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2022, to be launched today at 1 pm CEST. Watch the launch youtube.com/watch?v=f91SPE…

George Marbuah SEI Climate contributed with his expertise on #Finance and #development to chapter 7 on transformation of the financial sector. Important read ahead of #COP27 sei.org/featured/trans…

Unlocking #SustainableDevelopment requires rethinking and revitalizing #SDG financing according to a new study by IDOS_research IDDRI & Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Urgent reforms and international cooperation are essential. Via IISD buff.ly/3P1epdV

The international financial architecture is failing to channel resources to the most vulnerable economies at the scale & speed required. For IDOS_research, IDDRI & Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), effective funding of #SDGs is possible when 4 main conditions are met👇 sdg.iisd.org/commentary/gue…

Delays in implementing the #ParisAgreement and #2030Agenda come partly from unmet financing needs plus the inability and unwillingness of G20 to move away from #fossilfuelsubsidies Our guest authors identify four conditions for effective SDG financing sdg.iisd.org/commentary/gue…

International financial institutions’ reform: where do we stand? This is the theme of this week's newsletter, with the following content: -Anchoring the reforms at the regional & national levels -Insights from Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico & Senegal Read more👉bit.ly/3F3GQ6f