Talent is universal, but opportunity is not. 11-year-old artist from Nigeria creates beautiful works of art 🇳🇬🎨

Today I made a zine summarizing recent evidence on the impact of school feeding in Africa. [a short thread]

“If technological innovation is to serve society, the direction it takes must reflect social priorities.” | Democratizing Innovation by Dani Rodrik Project Syndicate prosyn.org/Ms9xhDG

What is the pathway to development in a world with less international integration? Former WorldBank Chief Economist Pinelopi Goldberg discusses how in an era of #deglobalisation, developing countries need more equality within their borders: ow.ly/Dp2750B1wmh

'The best memorial we can build for those who lost their lives to the pandemic is a better, greener, smarter, fairer world.' 📕 Read more: bit.ly/2XVvyLA

[9/20] The possibility to influence the perceived mechanisms & views on tax policy suggests that explanations (rather than just provision of simple facts) can be useful at least as a 1st step in elevating the policy debate. The goal: help understand, not push in a given direction

As people in poor countries get richer, they have a *greater* tendency to emigrate. I just released two major studies, one joint with Mariapia Mendola, exploring this remarkable phenomenon. Long-read summary here: cgdev.org/blog/emigratio… Topline in this thread —>

🚨 ¿Sabías que Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo tiene cerca de 40 proyectos que se enfocan en la 🔸economía del comportamiento🔸 en #AmLat? ⤵️ Descarga este libro y conoce ➕aquí: bit.ly/3j5rb9o @BIDeducacion @BIDgente @BID_Trabajo @BID_Igualdad @IDB_Research ideas42 @B_I_Tweets

The Experts We Need by Andrés Velasco Project Syndicate prosyn.org/VOMmYqr

The #HDR2020 journey has incorporated the voices and wisdom of many experts around the world, including our Advisory Board of distinguished leaders, academics & policy makers. Stay tuned as this accumulated knowledge culminates in the launch of our report. hdr.undp.org/en/towards-hdr…

A new Washington consensus is born on.ft.com/324cygf | opinion

"Most development research takes place in developed country research centres and universities, and by researchers in developed countries. Building research capacity in the South is crucial to that value chain of scientific knowledge." @OECD_Centre oecd-development-matters.org/2021/05/07/rev…

With all the difficult news, it can be hard to remember the huge progress humanity has achieved over recent decades. So here's a thread with some of these achievements. They are important to keep in mind to avoid falling into resignation. From OWID: ourworldindata.org/problems-and-p… 1/n

Big problems are solvable, we can make the world a better place. The map shows how far the world has come in reducing the death of children. In my post on child deaths I write about how far we still have to go, and can go: ourworldindata.org/child-mortalit…

Nice "Dos and don’ts of data visualisation" by EU EnvironmentAgency eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/…

"Problems are solvable. Given enough time we can end the horrors of today. Poverty is not inevitable. Diseases that are incurable today might be curable in just a few generations." From Max Roser's new post on the vast future that is ahead of us ourworldindata.org/longtermism

1/A thread of all my "country development" posts so far. 🇧🇩🇮🇩🇩🇴🇵🇱🇹🇷🇵🇭🇯🇲🇲🇽🇺🇦🇵🇰🇭🇹

Buckle up and take a great tour of the #socialprotection literature! By Banerjee Rema Hanna Ben Olken & Lisker economics.mit.edu/sites/default/…

Electricity consumption is highly correlated with economic development — that’s fairly intuitive. But to what extent? Most people have seen the chart on the right. It’s mostly used by people who push for massive expansion in energy consumption to achieve welfare for all. But

When growth does–and does not–reduce poverty @CarterPaddy, Michele Davies, Eva Dziadula, Joseph Kaboski & Paul Segal's report draws on the experiences of countries that have successfully translated growth into rapid poverty reduction British International Investment Read ⤵️ bii.co.uk/en/news-insigh…