#Worldbank

Jessica Leight

leightjessica

New week, new twitter project! In recent years more and more randomized trials have analyzed interventions targeted at non-cognitive skills (soft skills, life skills, socio-emotional skills) broadly defined in developing

Dan Honig

rambletastic

I have a new paper out in @Gov_Journal! Tl;dr: Just putting @WorldBank personnel in the field doesn’t do much. Country Directors DO matter; but only after the Strategic Compact gave

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

This thread is more personal than most of the things I share here, but I’m at my limit with Jason Hickel.I want to explain why I dislike him so much

Cory Morningstar

elleprovocateur

New important thread.Explored: Rockefeller communique on #contacttracing, Verified (UN) guide on #vaccine #communications, insights via #vaccine Confidence Project, & a Behavioral Insights report. Today> special report from Oct 15 20

Widas 🌙

WidasSatyo

[THREAD]POVERTY TRAP – Never Ending CycleKemiskinan seringkali dianggap sbg kesalahan individu. Mereka dianggap kurang berusaha, misalnya. Dalam tulisan ini, saya coba paparkan perspektif lain kalo konsep kemiskinan itu lebih kompleks

Paasha Mahdavi

paashamahdavi

Some good news amidst the storm: Thrilled to announce that my new book Power Grab is out from @CUP_PoliSci! It’s about how leaders survive in power by nationalizing oil, metals,

Arthur Wittenberg 🇧🇷🇬🇧

APWittenberg

Webinars of the week - 26 OctoberThis is a week with some interesting webinars on the role of banks and central banks, lobbying and advocacy, corruption and a 2-day conference

e k

phoenixemk

I wanna be wrong, but I think this coronavirus thing is this: http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/scenario.html. Here are their resources, http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/resources (Look at the fact sheets.), and

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

There are many remarkable ideas in this interview of @bryan_caplan with @nntaleb. One of them pertains to the need to impart "professional education" to school kids - an idea explored

lady gaga

sillyolyou

Anyways starting a thread on Chinese poverty stats that I'll try to work on throughout the day Dengists and other social fascists commonly used China's reduction in poverty as a

Sura Mbaya

surambaya

1/On 28 Feb 2006, the US Embassy in Nairobi sought authorization for the suspension of entry into the US of Chris Murungaru, Alfred Getonga, Anura Perera, Deepak Kamani, and Joseph

Cory Morningstar

elleprovocateur

This is going to be one of my most important threads. On Oct 24 2020 we analyzed the Rockefeller Foundation "Message Handbook - #Covid19 Testing & #Tracing, Sept 2020".This thread

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

As we mark 100 days since the first case of what we now call #COVID19 now was notified to WHO, here is the timeline of key events and efforts taken

Chase Sova

ChaseSova

Some information starting to emerge on how #COVID19 #coronavirus could impact global #foodsecurity. Here is my personal take: THREAD 1/16 Former @IFPRI DG, @ShenggenFan: "COVID-19 is a health crisis. But

Roderic Day

RodericDay

I'm gonna make a thread about key resources that I encountered as I researched Xinjiang/Uyghur accusations. No particular order, maybe vaguely chronological.This documentary critique by Sun Feiyang was the first,

TXgrlWatching💻⚔🛡

VeritasTXgem

Where to start I need to combine some threads with all the supporting documents while adding more documents I've collected. ThreadDossier by Dr David Martin …https://foreignaffairsintelligencecouncil.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/the-fa