
Paul Gubbins
@pgubb
I use data, visualization and research to help advance public policies and innovations for a better world.
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http://pgubb.github.io 12-11-2010 17:49:50
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This was a great webinar highlighting the findings and applications of the World Bank Findex data. I found Jonathan Morduch's short reflections (towards the end of the session) on financial resilience particularly thought provoking and useful. Thanks for this Innovations for Poverty Action!





Very good article by Adam Taylor cites my recent work with Paul Gubbins & Anne Bakilana. It highlights the 2 main points: COVID deaths & infections in Africa are likely greater than official numbers, and there’s lot of uncertainty washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/…


My new post with Paul Gubbins & Anne Bakilana examining counts of obituaries in Kenya as a way to get some sense of pandemic excess deaths🧵blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/coul…


Learned a lot from this event on wastewater testing as a surveillance tool in public health. The returns to investments in building wastewater testing capabilities appear to be massive from a prevention standpoint, hope to see more advances & adoption! Congrats Jeremy Veillard!

A new paradigm for economics?
Markets in everything -> (cultural) mismatch everywhere
Fascinating lecture by Nathan Nunn