Climate policy is hard. Climate justice is simple--> The value to humanity of the next additional ton of carbon is far higher in Senegal than in Germany.

medium.com/energy-for-gro…

Are we even asking the right questions?brookings.edu/blog/africa-in…

There are no words…

Africa’s youth lost out in Glasgow disq.us/t/42yt8ww Africa needs adaptation financing now, not later. Right now, the lowest emitting and poorest region is paying the highest cost for 100 years of Western material gains.

povertyactionlab.org/blog/10-26-21/…

What World Bank needs is less Doing Business and more AidData. cgdev.org/blog/if-world-…

Over the past 50 years, Bangladesh has confronted considerable challenges— from battering of seasonal cyclones to spread of #COVID19 . There are many stories of perseverance, people & partnership that made this possible.

How #IDAworks for them: wrld.bg/fOax50GfPuG #IDAworks

Well, finally - voxeu.org/article/gender…

Individual correlations weak, but overall argument still strong. We now have a pretty good idea that law is the horse pulling WEE.

Tune into this webinar to find out how USAID's enterprise-driven growth programs are adapting to meet the goals of the new administration.

See this feel-good story on a poor country cracking down on corruption. Small potatoes, but still a great start.
devex.com/news/malawi-au…

Read my good news story on Africa's job creation potential - before COVID, some African countries were doing pretty well, all things considered. brookings.edu/blog/africa-in…

Neither predator nor pal – What 100 contracts reveal about China’s development lending economist.com/finance-and-ec…

As we consider the Biden Administration policy proposals, this comment from 2019 is highly relevant.

We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality piie.com/commentary/spe… via Peterson Institute

Now we had the 'I was stupid' defense from a congresswoman explaining why she supported QAnon conspiracy theories? Wow.

House ejects Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees over extremist remarks washingtonpost.com/politics/house…

One of The Economist's favorite (or favourite) charts of 2020
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Unpacking the misconceptions about Africa’s food imports brook.gs/37g8zQZ via The Brookings Institution
FYI - recent work with Thom Jayne showing that SSA is doing pretty well at agriculture, except for mineral exporters and countries in conflict.

Celebrating Sir W. Arthur Lewis! #GoogleDoodle google.com/doodles/celebr… via Google Doodles Yeah - the father of modern Development Economics.

Great advice from Dave Evans: How to Write the Introduction of Your Development Economics Paper cgdev.org/blog/how-write…

The Future of American Politics nyti.ms/2RG0xZU David Brooks has outlined why raw economics is not enough - values are needed as well. Many economists recognize this. Similar to Professor Clair Brown of UC Berkeley's 2017 book on Buddhist Economics .

13 Ways Behavioral Science Improved Lives in 2019 ideas42.org/blog/13-ways-b…

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