The U.S. really wins on brain drain. In fact, between 2001 and 2010, it received more inventors than everyone else combined. Its net inventor receipt makes it hard to see anyone else on the chart!

Today, the IDEAS team and the authors of our latest report—Assoc Prof Dr Renato Lima de Oliveira and Dr. Pieter Stek—had the honour of meeting with YBM 🇲🇾 Nik Nazmi, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam. Our report, 'Asserting Climate Change

Me reading that a single investment on a data centre in Elmina will create 20 thousands jobs.

When in doubt; defer to the wisdom of Bandra… 🤣

The M’sian consumer in one handy figure👇 Visualize ...ALL the ringgits spent on ...ALL goods & services ...ALL over M’sia everything from life-saving healthcare services to luxury handbags, watches & jewelry (!)... What do u think is the richest's share of all these ringgits

Everyone thought that the US and Europe would electrify our vehicles first and then the developing world would keep buying gas vehicles for a while before electrifying but it looks like it might be the opposite. The cost advantage and overnight charging convenience of small,

Have you noticed recently how peak hours have been in Europe ? Simple, very high. But why? How? A quick thread 🧵 1. Prices for tomorrow at 8 PM. Peak in Poland at 290 €/MWh. Germany and Southern Nordics at 200 €/MWh. 1/8

The world’s solar capacity hit 1,419 gigawatts in 2023, radically more than forecast by any major forecaster 🚀🚀

My top 5 findings from the Energy Institute's latest data dump 1. While nuclear remains the fastest and most proven technology for the rapid build-out of clean electricity, recently, many countries have made a strong case for wind and solar. Credit to Sweden and the UAE for

The world’s data centers combined use more power than large countries like Italy 🇮🇹 and Spain 🇪🇸

We're excited to share the following episode of #ConsiderThis with Melisa Melina Idris, featuring Faculty Director Prof. Southeast Bayesian 🌺 & Senior Research Associate Rachel Decruz! Watch the full interview to learn about where & how refugee stereotypes are formed.youtube.com/watch?v=M-pZJe…

I've finalised next year's outline for my course, "Development Economics", which I teach at Cambridge. Here are the 10 key books on the reading list.

Stop targeting activists and abolish the Sedition Act!

What’s going on with lithium-ion battery prices? In short, they’re plummeting, and the implications are just starting to ripple out across the automotive and power sectors. A short thread:

This is a good read by a former GM executive, analysing the extraordinarily fast rise of China's domestic car makers and the resulting drop in the sales of foreign car brands: newsletter.dunneinsights.com/p/china-is-don… The key driver was of course the rise of EVs: "The EV share of total car sales

Kind of a big deal: GPT-4 simulates people well enough to replicate social science experiments with high accuracy Note this is done by having the AI prompted to respond to survey questions as a person given random demographic characteristics & surveying thousands of "AI people"

#Sarawak seems to be developing its own kind of "green nationalism", as an ambitious "green" economic agenda combines with a greater willingness to assert its political autonomy. Welcome policy competition? Worrying policy entrepreneurship? See my article: eastasiaforum.org/2024/08/16/sar…

While you’re at it: 📄Read our report on carbon pricing here: 📄 ideas.org.my/ideas-report-r…

I predict the emergence of a Rent-a-MyKad industry... I will ask MatGrab to pump petrol for me, and we share the profit! (80% for me of course). In all seriousness, really curious how this will work...

What does Trump's re-election mean for ESG in Southeast Asia? It's basically a wake-up call that ESG policies and practices cannot afford to leave vulnerable groups behind. It cannot be an elite project. eco-business.com/opinion/what-t…