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Stephane Straub

@stephanestraub

Chief economist for infrastructure at the World Bank. Formerly professor of economics at Toulouse School of Economics

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The World Bank and Lingnan College of Zhongshan University, Guangzhou are partnering for the fifth annual Infra4Dev Conference, to be held on the 15th and 16th May 2025 in Guangzhou, China. Submit your paper online: worldbank.org/en/events/2024… via World Bank

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Inviting everyone in my network to submit your papers to our annual #infra4dev event bringing together top academics and practitioners working on #Infrastructure

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#econtwitter The call for papers for the #Infra4dev conference in Guangzhou in May 2025 is out. Submit your work on infrastructure and development by December 31!

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👏Congratulations to Anaïs Fabre, currently working at IFS (Institute for Fiscal Studies) and present on jobmarket 2024, who has just been awarded the Prix Philippe Martin for the best thesis in economics by Conseil d'analyse économique ℹ️tse-fr.eu/anais-fabre-aw…

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🆕 How Paraguay’s dictator turned infrastructure into a tool for repression Today, Felipe González Queen Mary University of London, Josepa Miquel-Florensa TSE, Mounu Prem EIEF - Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance & Stephane Straub World Bank explore how infrastructure can be exploited for political power: voxdev.org/topic/infrastr…

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Let me explain why I think this conference is important, and you should send us your best papers. First, Infra4dev is THE conference on infrastructure and development where frontier research can get to talk to both policymakers, MDBs, and private sector folks.

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Second, it’s a unique opportunity to bring that knowledge to an emerging country audience. While the 1st edition was in Toulouse (I co-organized it when still on the faculty there), and the following ones I joint with Berkeley and LSE-IGC…

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… since last year we have decided to hold the conference in countries the World Bank Works with. In 2024, it took place in Rabat, Morocco, at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, and in 2025, we are headed to Sun Yat-sen University, in Guangzhou, China. Finally…

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Guangzhou is at the center of the fascinating Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, the largest urban agglomeration on the planet with around 70 million inhab. and part of the Pearl River Delta economic zone. We'll probably be organizing some visits around the conference.

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💡 CALL FOR PAPERS How can infrastructure transform the developing world? 🌍 Share your insights on themes like low-carbon transportation, digital advancements, and the #EnergyTransition at #Infra4Dev 2025. 🗓️ Submit by: December 31, 2024 🔗 Learn more: wrld.bg/z2io50UvVUr

💡 CALL FOR PAPERS

How can infrastructure transform the developing world? 🌍 Share your insights on themes like low-carbon transportation, digital advancements, and the #EnergyTransition at #Infra4Dev 2025. 

🗓️ Submit by: December 31, 2024
🔗 Learn more: wrld.bg/z2io50UvVUr
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How Paraguay’s dictator turned infrastructure into a tool for repression Last week Felipe González Queen Mary University of London, Josepa Miquel-Florensa TSE, Mounu Prem EIEF - Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance & Stephane Straub World Bank explored how infrastructure can be exploited for political power: voxdev.org/topic/infrastr…

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Great upcoming conference at the World Bank, organized by my colleagues of the research department and the poverty global practice. Apply now! Eleventh Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality worldbank.org/en/events/2025… via World Bank

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Good background to the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development taking place from June 30 to July 3 in Seville, Spain lemonde.fr/en/opinion/art…

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Duflo: "Overall, aid flows are at their lowest since 2005, and the total pales in comparison to the billions that poor countries pay in interest on their debts."