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Absolutely delighted to announce the launch of my new blog series on "African urbanisation: what can (and can’t) be learned from China about growing cities" with The Conversation Africa Here the first installment and watch this space for the next one soon! theconversation.com/african-urbani…

Very interesting speech by IMF Africa Director Abebe Selassie at the Africa Economic Symposium in Rabat. One of his points is that domestic debt markets will be an inherently limited source of development finance for many African economies because ... imf.org/en/News/Articl…

The tampon tax is an ineffective distraction from policies to close persistent gender gaps. Instead we need policies that address underlying causes of inequality. Read more from Hazel Granger & Laura Abramovsky in part 5 of our gender finance series. buff.ly/3Y0gGMG

A Critical Macroeconomic Assessment of IMF conditionality on Kenya: 2021-present. It was a privilege to launch our paper with co-authors Kwame Owino and Mo Wanja for IEA Kenya and IDEAs Network today in Nairobi. We salute Kenyan Gen-Z. ieakenya.or.ke/?wpdmdl=3433

Ugh 🤦‍♀️ By all means, increase the aid budget to create opportunities at home. But don't do it on the assumption that it will stop migration. Evidence suggests it won't. Linking the two runs the risk that otherwise good projects will be cut and the rationale for aid undermined.

And it's even better with the link! theguardian.com/business/artic…

Toumani Diabate was a legend, an incredible musician. What a great loss. May he rest in peace.

Public financial management in health matters and global health agencies are coming together to take action! More at our latest blog at the Montreux Collaborative. World Health Organization (WHO) World Bank Health UNICEF The Global Fund Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance pfm4health.net/blog

Great battle as we come up short in the final preparations for Paris.

Remembering Nicolas van de Walle, the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government in CornellArts&Sciences. Van de Walle, who played a formative role in the field of comparative politics, died on July 15. He was 67. Cornell Government news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…

The South Sudan Men’s Basketball story is incredible. The youngest country in the world (established 2011) with a GDP of under $10B. Former NBA player Luol Deng funded the country’s basketball program (travel, hotels, gyms) for years on his own and believes South Sudan can

In their first Olympic appearance, South Sudan nearly qualified for quarterfinals. They huddled at center court after loss to Serbia and were showered with loud applause. Crowd favorites all week.

New insights from ODI Trade | @odi-trade.bsky.social on how #SriLanka 🇱🇰 can shift from debt default to transformative growth. odi.org/en/publication… Crafted by Sri Lankan & international experts. I added a chapter on the following lessons from the debt crisis...🧵

How much is the USD’s exorbitant privilege worth? 👉(spoiler)About 22% higher debt/GDP ration ➡️ new calculations VoxEU 🔗 cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…. CEPR UW Economics NYU Economics

The IEA's Women in Economics program (IEA-WE) is funding research on interventions to advance women in economics in developing countries. See RFP here iea-world.org/research-paper…

Look at the chart on the right. Most of the action, most of the time, is in making the social spending more redistributive, not taxation.

Be like Daron.

Kudos to the British Museum and curator Zoe Cormack. Ethiopia's Maqdala plunder is now labeled as Ethiopia's Maqdala plunder in the display. Plus context. Plus - a big deal - a chance to see the back of the diptych! "The Museum is actively engaged in dialogue," it says. It is.

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