Victoria Fan @FanVictoria
Senior Fellow @CGDev. Health systems, financing, policy, economics. Views my own. cgdev.org/expert/victori… Washington, DC Joined February 2010-
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The pesticide acephate belongs to a class of compounds linked to autism, hyperactivity & reduced scores on intelligence tests in kids. But rather than ban it, as Europe did 20 years ago, the EPA recently proposed easing restrictions on acephate. propub.li/3UxrIXx
"The net effect of these deviations from the free-market ideal is that prices are high, compromising affordability.… The United States thus favors producers over consumers by allowing the industry to take more than its share of drugs’ economic value." nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Following the serious global shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, which revealed key weaknesses in the global health architecture, inequities, and unhelpful behaviors by few actors, we must seize the moment, avoid complacency that will perpetuate cycles of panic-and-neglect. It was…
The campaign against small pox was so successful that if all development aid ever contributed nothing other than small pox eradication it would still be cost-effective (HT @willmacaskill). Development & mass production of new malaria vaccines is another major win for development
The campaign against small pox was so successful that if all development aid ever contributed nothing other than small pox eradication it would still be cost-effective (HT @willmacaskill). Development & mass production of new malaria vaccines is another major win for development
The wealth of the 400 richest Americans was equivalent to 2% of US GDP in 1982 (first year of the Forbes ranking) and now reaches 17% of GDP
Esther Duflo: Rich world owes $500bn in ‘moral debt’ to poor countries ft.com/content/2fa578…
I am honored to be delivering the 2024 Adam Wagstaff Memorial Lecture at the @WorldBank +@USAIDGH + @theGFF Annual Health Financing Forum. My lecture is titled "Healthcare Supply Chain Reform: Approaches, Evidence, and Political Economy". April 17th, 8.30am-9.30am US ET,…
Best thing I've read this week. Org theory lessons from the demise of Boeing.
Best thing I've read this week. Org theory lessons from the demise of Boeing.
New working paper on climate, wildfire smoke, and mortality, expertly led by @minghao_qiu @StanfordECHOLab . We find that by mid-century in the US, damages from mortality from wildfire smoke are about equal to the sum of all other climate damages in recent estimates 🧵
New working paper on climate, wildfire smoke, and mortality, expertly led by @minghao_qiu @StanfordECHOLab . We find that by mid-century in the US, damages from mortality from wildfire smoke are about equal to the sum of all other climate damages in recent estimates 🧵
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The "Our Common Air" Commission says that airborne toxins are currently a threat to our climate, health, and economies, but that the issue is not yet getting the attention it deserves. Proud to be part of the Commission. euronews.com/business/2024/…
IDB, World Bank reports on emergency capital could pave way for expanded lending straitstimes.com/world/idb-worl…
Ending lead poisoning in low & middle income countries could help improve learning and reduce violence - as I wrote back in June 2023 ggd.world/p/toxic-mascul… Congratulations to @JustinSandefur and colleagues @CGDev for championing this overlooked aspect of public health. Bravo.
Ending lead poisoning in low & middle income countries could help improve learning and reduce violence - as I wrote back in June 2023 ggd.world/p/toxic-mascul… Congratulations to @JustinSandefur and colleagues @CGDev for championing this overlooked aspect of public health. Bravo.
Digital health funding for COVID-19 vaccine deployment across four major donor agencies @UNICEF @KarinKallander @WHO @WorldBank @WBG_Health @G20 @gavi @GlobalFund thelancet.com/journals/landi…
Thanks to Evidence for Policy Design for highlighting our work on "Building State Capacity : What Is the Impact of Development Projects?" documents.worldbank.org/en/publication… with evidence from Tanzania, by @vincenzodimaro, Khemani, @thiagoscot & me (Spoiler: In this case, answer = zero.)
Thanks to Evidence for Policy Design for highlighting our work on "Building State Capacity : What Is the Impact of Development Projects?" documents.worldbank.org/en/publication… with evidence from Tanzania, by @vincenzodimaro, Khemani, @thiagoscot & me (Spoiler: In this case, answer = zero.)
Inequalities in stunting and in overweight in Latin America From publications.iadb.org/en/health-ineq… @papiteide @BancalariA @Dolodelamata et al @the_IDB
Tedros Adhanom Ghebre.. @DrTedros
2.0M Followers 2K Following Director-General of the World Health Organization. Retweets are not endorsements
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @paimadhu
96K Followers 4K Following Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health @McGill_SPGH. Canada Research Chair in Epi & Global Health. Editor @PLOSGPH. Tweets: own views. He/him.
Amanda Glassman @glassmanamanda
27K Followers 19K Following Executive Advisor to the President @the_IDB ; proud alumna of @CGDev @BrookingsInst @usaid @prb ; former Board @globalinnovfund @prb ; Personal views, she/her
Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn
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Center for Global Dev.. @CGDev
734K Followers 3K Following The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev 🌍 Celebrating 20 yrs of independent research & ideas for global prosperity. #CGDtalks [email protected]
Kalipso Chalkidou @kchalkidou
4K Followers 912 Following Head, Health Finance, The Global Fund; formerly @CGD; Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, Kings College London. Tweets personal. RTs NOT endorsements
Robert Marten @MartenRobert
11K Followers 1K Following Work @AllianceHPSR @WHO on #HealthSystems, #PHC, #NCDs, #HealthTaxes, #ClimateCrisis. @LSHTM PhD. Former @RockefellerFdn @WHOSierraLeone @WHO India.
Susannah Hares @susannahhares
8K Followers 2K Following Education research @CGDev #LFC. Tweets are personal views. #fuckcancer She/her
Prof Gavin Yamey @gav.. @GYamey
41K Followers 8K Following Professor of Global Health & Public Policy @DukeU. Director, Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ @wxdu. TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Joe Kutzin @JoeKutzin
4K Followers 327 Following Ex-WHO Health Financing. Tweets are my personal views, RTs not necessarily endorsements.
David Evans @DaveEvansPhD
48K Followers 798 Following Economist @the_IDB. Formerly @CGDev and @WorldBank. My views, not my employer's.
kent buse @kentbuse
17K Followers 1K Following Bereft of dog. Cook. Fighting for feminist social justice. Dir Healthier Societies @georgeinstitute. Co-Director @GlobalHlth5050. Ex chief strategy UNAIDS.
UHC2030 @UHC2030
33K Followers 4K Following The global movement to build stronger health systems for universal health coverage. #UHC #UHC2030 #UHCHLM #HealthForAll RT ≠ endorsement.
Justin Sandefur @JustinSandefur
34K Followers 3K Following Development economist. Senior fellow @CGDev.
Masood Ahmed @MasoodCGD
4K Followers 225 Following KCMG. President of @CGDev. Fmr @IMFNews, @WorldBank, @DFID_UK. BSc & MSc from @LSEnews. Tweet on #development policy, IFIs & multilateralism. Views are my own.
Michael Clemens @m_clem
52K Followers 6K Following Professor of Economics at @GeorgeMasonU and Fellow at @PIIE. Also @IZA_bonn, @CReAM_Research, & @CGDev. Personal views only.
Helen Branswell 🇨�.. @HelenBranswell
221K Followers 2K Following I cover infectious diseases @statnews. 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. #H5N2 #birdflu #Covid #polio #flu, #RSV. I have not paid for a blue checkmark.
Alice Evans @_alice_evans
51K Followers 2K Following Visiting Fellow @Stanford Writing ‘The Great Gender Divergence’ with @PrincetonUPress
Rob Yates @yates_rob
11K Followers 2K Following Universal Health Coverage #UHC saves lives, stimulates growth, reduces poverty and builds nations. Political commitment + PUBLIC financing are the keys to UHC.
Nina Wu 🕊️ @ecotraveler
7K Followers 6K Following Reporter @StarAdvertiser | Health and sustainability issues | Berkeley @UCBSoJ @FletcherSchool grad. Opinions are my own.
Gastón Nievas Offida.. @gatonievas
142 Followers 68 Following PhD student at Paris School of Economics. International Political Economy, Geoeconomics, Globalization and Inequality. National Accounts coordinator WIL
Elaine Baruwa @ebaruwa
654 Followers 483 Following
Alexander Kustov @akoustov
4K Followers 3K Following Professor @UNCCharlotte. Migration & Governance. Previously: @Yale, @Princeton
@[email protected].. @interfluidity
22K Followers 17K Following @[email protected] https://t.co/KOrJiAg0dp https://t.co/fNb7jrjzS9 https://t.co/H3CF3PW82c
Viviana Munoz Tellez @vivicmt
580 Followers 438 Following PhD Tech Management, #Health, #AMR #innovation #Intellectualproperty #Biodiversity @South_Centre
Bhavesh Jain भा�.. @bhaveshjain28
634 Followers 1K Following Chief of Party @USAID_HSSATL @LHSSproject Timor-Leste @AbtGlobalImpact. Tweets are my views. following is not endorsing
Alaka Halder @HalderAlaka
675 Followers 498 Following 🤖 Healthcare research engineer | @PrincetonEcon, @getgarner 🧭 Salon host: tech, econ, society @interintellect_ 🥾 Often hiking + combing 🐛 out of my hair
Chen @Zengqiang_Chen
129 Followers 463 Following Focus on dealing with legal matters. I enjoy spending my free time enjoying the outdoors, fishing, and relaxing with friends playing billiards
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29 Followers 311 Following If you want to make friends, you can contact me anytime TG：https://t.co/RWUffb7VOf WS：https://t.co/Y0vEftecti
Dr James Avoka Asaman.. @jamesavoka
266 Followers 434 Following Health Systems, Health Economics, Health Workforce and Healthcare modelling World Health Organisation
Tesfahun Taddege | �.. @TesfahunTaddege
312 Followers 4K Following Epidemiologist, Public Health Emergency Management, Analytics and Data Visualization
Rodrigo Henríquez @docmundele
5K Followers 2K Following Primary care, clinical decision-making, health economics & global health. Research fellow HIV&TB Unit @itmantwerp - Opinions Are My Own
Antonella Bancalari @BancalariA
2K Followers 1K Following Senior Research Economist @TheIFS | Research Affiliate @EconUCL @iza_bonn | Development Economist 🇵🇪 | PhD and MPA @LSEPublicPolicy
Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp
2K Followers 1K Following Health policy & systems researcher | Prof @jcu | Board @H_S_Global | A/Editor @GlobalHealthBMJ | #governance #power #accountability #trust | Views my own
Dali L. Yang @Dali_Yang
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Scott Kominers @skominers
26K Followers 10K Following Market Design/Entrepreneurship Professor @HarvardHBS & Faculty Affiliate @Harvard Economics; Research @a16zcrypto; Editor @restatjournal; Econ @Quora; … | #QED
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Dr. Suneet Peepre @SuneetPeepre
243 Followers 2K Following Health Systems Officer (Health Financing) WHO | Ex-GIZ, AB PMJAY | Dentist | MPH | Public Health | Health Policy & Financing | TISS Mumbai | Views are personal
Diana Bowser @DianaBowser8
75 Followers 98 Following Health economist, health system researcher, professor, better health services for all individuals
Samira Asma @DrSamira_Asma
9K Followers 963 Following Assistant Director-General @WHO for Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact. We use the power of data to make measurable progress towards a healthier world.
Sasyto @Sasyto134026
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Maggie @Phoshe152837
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Fitzgerald @steyteaut68206
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Letosey @letosey57375
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Antoine de Bengy @AdeBengyP
650 Followers 498 Following PhD fellow at @sum_uio. The politics of pandemic preparedness & response; public-private cooperation; #GlobalHealthPolitics Tweets in 🇬🇧🇳🇴
P4H Network @P4HNetwork
2K Followers 272 Following Social Health Protection | Health Financing Collaborative for UHC. Cross-sector catalyst, knowledge broker and change agent for social impact.
Ken Shimizu @kenshimizu_fao
811 Followers 3K Following FAO Country Representative for Bhutan and Nepal. Tweets are personal.
William Edgar @DrWilliamEdga
317 Followers 4K Following Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon Specialist in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery,Total Knee Replacement and Joint Replacement Surgery.
Maarten Vanhaverbeke @Maartenvh
468 Followers 3K Following PhD candidate @LSHTM @cmmid_lshtm @NHM_london @OneZooCDT 💻🦠 prev @WHO_Europe, @UGent alum | Everything Epi & ID | ☕️🚲🏸enthusiast | He/Him
Poshe @Poshe228665
53 Followers 651 Following
Joshua Blake @JoshBiostats
706 Followers 315 Following Final-year PhD @MRC_BSU. Epidemiological/statistical modelling with @ONS Coronavirus Infection Survey data to better understand the pandemic.
Emily Warwick @emwarwick12
158 Followers 392 Following @politicsUVA PhD student | Urban development, public service provision, informality, local governance, environmental/health politics, Latin America
ICAI @icai_uk
7K Followers 2K Following The Independent Commission for Aid Impact – responsible for scrutinising the impact and effectiveness of UK aid.
Shengqiao Lin 林声�.. @linshengqiao
2K Followers 2K Following ON THE JOB MARKET | Ph.D. Candidate @UTGovernment | Political Economy, State-Business Relations, International Business, China | #FirstGen
vardev (vorathep sach.. @vorathep112
407 Followers 2K Following PhD at OHMD UoE 🏴| sports | comedy | curious about everything | my nonsense is better | opinions are my own | he/they
Michelle Kuo (郭怡�.. @kuokuomich
7K Followers 2K Following Author of READING WITH PATRICK, on literacy & prison // teach at National Chengchi Uni // words at @nybooks @nytimes @LAReviewofBooks. Working on book two.
Han Sheng Chia @hanshengchia
306 Followers 809 Following Snr Advisor, Office of the Chief Economist USAID, Fellow @CGDev, U.C. Berkeley Global Policy Lab. Previously @GiveDirectly
Richard Nerland @Nerland87
363 Followers 946 Following Trying learn to live with doubt, uncertainty, and not knowing. (he/him)
Hippocrate Ex @lordofsiddi
486 Followers 4K Following Believe in Science Fiction want to change the perception skeptics through the knowledge of wisdom
Michael Lange @lange_mich95547
119 Followers 420 Following Health is wealth Private account I'm new here
Willa @phoughsa62961
99 Followers 726 Following
Kaustav Chakraborty @KaustavC9
104 Followers 578 Following Indian | Bengali | Student | Statistics | Demography BHU'19-22. International Institute for Population Sciences '22-24
DeandraCottier @CottierDea3581
115 Followers 2K Following
Chris Ah San @ChrisAhSan
281 Followers 911 Following
Tedros Adhanom Ghebre.. @DrTedros
2.0M Followers 2K Following Director-General of the World Health Organization. Retweets are not endorsements
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @paimadhu
96K Followers 4K Following Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health @McGill_SPGH. Canada Research Chair in Epi & Global Health. Editor @PLOSGPH. Tweets: own views. He/him.
Amanda Glassman @glassmanamanda
27K Followers 19K Following Executive Advisor to the President @the_IDB ; proud alumna of @CGDev @BrookingsInst @usaid @prb ; former Board @globalinnovfund @prb ; Personal views, she/her
Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn
62K Followers 12K Following
Center for Global Dev.. @CGDev
734K Followers 3K Following The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev 🌍 Celebrating 20 yrs of independent research & ideas for global prosperity. #CGDtalks [email protected]
Kalipso Chalkidou @kchalkidou
4K Followers 912 Following Head, Health Finance, The Global Fund; formerly @CGD; Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, Kings College London. Tweets personal. RTs NOT endorsements
Robert Marten @MartenRobert
11K Followers 1K Following Work @AllianceHPSR @WHO on #HealthSystems, #PHC, #NCDs, #HealthTaxes, #ClimateCrisis. @LSHTM PhD. Former @RockefellerFdn @WHOSierraLeone @WHO India.
Susannah Hares @susannahhares
8K Followers 2K Following Education research @CGDev #LFC. Tweets are personal views. #fuckcancer She/her
Prof Gavin Yamey @gav.. @GYamey
41K Followers 8K Following Professor of Global Health & Public Policy @DukeU. Director, Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ @wxdu. TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Joe Kutzin @JoeKutzin
4K Followers 327 Following Ex-WHO Health Financing. Tweets are my personal views, RTs not necessarily endorsements.
David Evans @DaveEvansPhD
48K Followers 798 Following Economist @the_IDB. Formerly @CGDev and @WorldBank. My views, not my employer's.
kent buse @kentbuse
17K Followers 1K Following Bereft of dog. Cook. Fighting for feminist social justice. Dir Healthier Societies @georgeinstitute. Co-Director @GlobalHlth5050. Ex chief strategy UNAIDS.
UHC2030 @UHC2030
33K Followers 4K Following The global movement to build stronger health systems for universal health coverage. #UHC #UHC2030 #UHCHLM #HealthForAll RT ≠ endorsement.
Justin Sandefur @JustinSandefur
34K Followers 3K Following Development economist. Senior fellow @CGDev.
Masood Ahmed @MasoodCGD
4K Followers 225 Following KCMG. President of @CGDev. Fmr @IMFNews, @WorldBank, @DFID_UK. BSc & MSc from @LSEnews. Tweet on #development policy, IFIs & multilateralism. Views are my own.
Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny
25K Followers 561 Following Senior Fellow, CGD, author: Life, Liberty & Utility; Getting Better; The Upside of Down; & The Plague Cycle. Tweets are personal opinions.
Michael Clemens @m_clem
52K Followers 6K Following Professor of Economics at @GeorgeMasonU and Fellow at @PIIE. Also @IZA_bonn, @CReAM_Research, & @CGDev. Personal views only.
Helen Branswell 🇨�.. @HelenBranswell
221K Followers 2K Following I cover infectious diseases @statnews. 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. #H5N2 #birdflu #Covid #polio #flu, #RSV. I have not paid for a blue checkmark.
early modern boy-actr.. @economeager
43K Followers 5K Following Despite appearances I am an applied econometrician. Also trying to write art things at https://t.co/UBlzYddnTE 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇦🇺
Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan
161K Followers 1K Following 1) Income inequality; 2) Politics; 3) History; 4) Soccer. Author of "Global inequality" and "Capitalism, Alone" (2019). Stone Center, CUNY; LSE, London
IsDB Group @isdb_group
34K Followers 659 Following The Islamic Development Bank #IsDB is an MDB that promotes comprehensive development in 57 member countries & among #Muslim communities in non-member countries
Ben Greiner @bgreiner_tweets
1K Followers 282 Following Experimental economist @ WU Vienna interested in trust in markets, bargaining, AI, political economy, methods. Code & Data Editor @ Management Science
Africa CDC @AfricaCDC
160K Followers 4K Following @AfricaCDC is a continental autonomous health agency of the @_AfricanUnion strengthening the capacity of MS to respond quickly & effectively to disease threats.
Kweku Opoku-Agyemang,.. @KwekuOA
8K Followers 6K Following CEO @mlxdoing AI. @DevEconX The next generation. Affiliate @The_IGC. Ex-Prof @UCBerkeley, @cornell_tech. PhD @UWMadison 👉 https://t.co/ywmCg4QU5m
Maarten Vanhaverbeke @Maartenvh
468 Followers 3K Following PhD candidate @LSHTM @cmmid_lshtm @NHM_london @OneZooCDT 💻🦠 prev @WHO_Europe, @UGent alum | Everything Epi & ID | ☕️🚲🏸enthusiast | He/Him
Ken Shimizu @kenshimizu_fao
811 Followers 3K Following FAO Country Representative for Bhutan and Nepal. Tweets are personal.
Dr James Avoka Asaman.. @jamesavoka
266 Followers 434 Following Health Systems, Health Economics, Health Workforce and Healthcare modelling World Health Organisation
Alaka Halder @HalderAlaka
675 Followers 498 Following 🤖 Healthcare research engineer | @PrincetonEcon, @getgarner 🧭 Salon host: tech, econ, society @interintellect_ 🥾 Often hiking + combing 🐛 out of my hair
Bhavesh Jain भा�.. @bhaveshjain28
634 Followers 1K Following Chief of Party @USAID_HSSATL @LHSSproject Timor-Leste @AbtGlobalImpact. Tweets are my views. following is not endorsing
Radhika Jain @radhi_jain
1K Followers 742 Following Health economist working on inequality, healthcare policy in India. Assistant Prof at UCL. Into dogs, secret lives of plants & animals, low budget travel.
Le Monde @lemondefr
10.9M Followers 405 Following L'actualité de référence par la rédaction du Monde | Piloté par @hpagesy @gregorbrandy & @PBerhouet Nos comptes Twitter associés : https://t.co/oTLSxaY8TR
Michaël Szadkowski �.. @szadkowski_m
22K Followers 7K Following Directeur de la rédaction @LeHuffPost. Previously @pixelsfr @lemondefr. J'aimais transformer vos tweets en articles, mais c'est devenu irrespirable ici.
Luc Bronner @lucbronner
68K Followers 2K Following Grand reporter au Monde. Directeur de la rédaction (2015-2020) - Chaudun, la montagne blessée (Le Seuil) - La loi du ghetto (Calmann-Lévy)
Nabil Wakim @NabilWakim
29K Followers 10K Following Journaliste @lemondefr - auteur de "L'arabe pour tous" - Podcast Chaleur Humaine - Ce compte est désormais inactif, retrouvez-moi sur LinkedIn ou BlueSky merci
Cécile Prieur @cecileprieur
19K Followers 3K Following Directrice de la rédaction du Nouvel Obs - @Le_NouvelObs
Pauline Croquet @VengeurMasK
6K Followers 3K Following Journaliste @lemondefr @pixelsfr 👾/ ✒️ commus en ligne, réseaux sociaux, pop culture et manga / Autrice de « Naruto, les arcanes de Konoha » (Pix’n Love)
Clément Martel @martelclem
7K Followers 5K Following L'homme qui a vu l'internaute qui a vu l'ours. Entre autres. Journaliste à @lemondefr. Parle aujourd'hui de sport. Entre autres
EHESS @EHESS_fr
50K Followers 670 Following L'EHESS soutient le développement des sciences humaines et sociales en favorisant la prise de risque intellectuelle et les démarches interdisciplinaires.
Gastón Nievas Offida.. @gatonievas
142 Followers 68 Following PhD student at Paris School of Economics. International Political Economy, Geoeconomics, Globalization and Inequality. National Accounts coordinator WIL
Paris School of Econo.. @PSEinfo
15K Followers 316 Following Bienvenue sur le compte officiel de Paris School of Economics. 📍 Campus Jourdan
Lucas Chancel @lucas_chancel
18K Followers 962 Following Visiting Prof. @Harvard Kennedy School • Prof. @SciencesPo • Co-Directeur | Co-Director @WIL_inequality @PSEinfo
Julia Cage @CageJulia
66K Followers 2K Following Prof d’Éco Sciences Po Paris. 📚 Libres et égaux en voix. Le prix de la démocratie (Fayard). Sauver les médias. L'info à tout prix (INA). https://t.co/sJBZa0fRKY
World Inequality Lab .. @WIL_inequality
23K Followers 1K Following The open source for global #InequalityData, both within countries and between countries. #InequalityReport
Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL
251K Followers 18 Following Compte officiel de Thomas Piketty, professeur @EHESS_fr & @PSEinfo, co-directeur https://t.co/lmi0pauKFs, https://t.co/MOOSh68Ieu, chroniqueur @lemondefr, https://t.co/1Gu8pDSB5f
Hümeyra Pamuk @humeyra_pamuk
49K Followers 3K Following @Reuters foreign policy reporter covering the US State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn alum. Personal account. Views mine.
Kenneth Roth @KenRoth
607K Followers 1K Following Past Human Rights Watch executive director (1993-2022). Now visiting professor at Princeton SPIA. My book, "Righting Wrongs," to be published Jan 2025 by Knopf.
Elaine Baruwa @ebaruwa
654 Followers 483 Following
Dany Bahar 🌎 @dany_bahar
22K Followers 2K Following Economist, Prof @BrownUniversity & Sr Fellow @HarvardGrwthLab. Also @CGDev @BrookingsInst. Columnist at @jdforward. 🇮🇱🇻🇪. English, español, עברית
Alexander Kustov @akoustov
4K Followers 3K Following Professor @UNCCharlotte. Migration & Governance. Previously: @Yale, @Princeton
Morten N. Støstad @MortenStostad
4K Followers 683 Following Lecturer at @UCBerkeley, post-doc at @TheChoiceLab @NHHEcon. Studying inequality's consequences. Once upon a time I was an astrophysicist.
Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman
99K Followers 991 Following Chasing wealth and income, present and past, onshore and offshore.
Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer
244K Followers 749 Following ER doctor | Ebola Survivor | Public Health & Humanitarian Response | Historical Foundations of Public Health Policy & Practice @Brown_SPH | Emmy Award Winner 🏆
Jeremiah Owyang @jowyang
251K Followers 985 Following Venture Capital Investor at Blitzscaling Ventures @BlitzVentures | Llama Lounge organizer & Conference Speaker | Works in an Airstream | CrossFit
@[email protected].. @interfluidity
22K Followers 17K Following @[email protected] https://t.co/KOrJiAg0dp https://t.co/fNb7jrjzS9 https://t.co/H3CF3PW82c
Brad Setser @Brad_Setser
98K Followers 954 Following CFR senior fellow. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements. Writes on sovereign debt and capital flows.
Dr Lucas de Toca @AmbGlobalHealth
4K Followers 2K Following Official account for Dr Lucas de Toca PSM Australia’s Ambassador for Global Health & Head of IndoPacific Centre for Health Security @dfat My tweets since Nov 23
Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
216K Followers 1K Following Entrepreneur. Previously HouseTrip (sold to TripAdvisor), now https://t.co/C4SmZQ8JaE Subscribe if you like what I write
Trita Parsi @tparsi
130K Followers 4K Following 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.
Viviana Munoz Tellez @vivicmt
580 Followers 438 Following PhD Tech Management, #Health, #AMR #innovation #Intellectualproperty #Biodiversity @South_Centre
Karin Källander @kkallander
403 Followers 259 Following Senior Health Specialist at UNICEF and Associate Professor in child health policy and health systems research, Karolinska Institutet
Verfassungsblog @Verfassungsblog
34K Followers 952 Following On matters constitutional. https://t.co/EpmLYFfxOP
Ruth Puttick @RPuttick
774 Followers 842 Following Senior Research Fellow @IIPP_UCL. Previously @openinnovteam, @nesta_uk & Tony Blair Associates. https://t.co/NbKb8DMxEp. Views my own.
Marcos Vera-Hernánde.. @papiteide
1K Followers 516 Following Professor of Economics at @UCL. Academic co-Director @UCLPolicyLab. Research Fellow @TheIFS & @cepr_org. Research on Economics of Health. Opinions are my own.
Yamini Aiyar @AiyarYamini
20K Followers 644 Following State capacity, social policy, federalism, politics. All tweets in personal capacity
Antonella Bancalari @BancalariA
2K Followers 1K Following Senior Research Economist @TheIFS | Research Affiliate @EconUCL @iza_bonn | Development Economist 🇵🇪 | PhD and MPA @LSEPublicPolicy
Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp
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Davide Viviano @VivianoDavide
3K Followers 214 Following Incoming Assistant Prof @HarvardEcon | Previously: postdoc @StanfordGSB ('22-23) and @UCSDEcon PhD ('22). Econometrics and Data Science.
Helen Bevan @HelenBevan
141K Followers 20K Following Leads/facilitates large-scale change. Professor of Practice in Health & Care Improvement @WarwickBSchool. Advisor @HorizonsNHS. Senior Fellow @TheIHI. Views own
Heather Vogell @hvogell
16K Followers 1K Following @ProPublica reporter investigating baby formula. Prior: rental housing, Trump $$ Tips: [email protected]. DM for Signal/WhatsApp/Telegram/LineA First Course in Causal Inference: these >400 page lecture notes only require basic knowledge of probability theory, statistical inference, and linear and logistic regressions. From the Yule-Simpson paradox through potential outcomes, mediation and more: arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793
There’s very little professional incentive for faculty to “grade tough”
"Students would learn more if they worked harder, and they would work harder if the grading were tougher, and 'I would like my child to learn a lot in school' isn’t a particularly outlandish idea." Worth reading from @mattyglesias. slowboring.com/p/college-stud…
Professor @EmiVegasV's rule of thumb on switching jobs: "When a specific job brings me a sense of purpose and excitement (and thus satisfaction) for at least 70% of the time, I stay. Once this share falls, it is time to move on." from her forthcoming book rowman.com/ISBN/978153819…
🤷♂️ Are you interested in climate and health but do not know where to start? 👀 The @WHO has just released a new FREE e-learning course on climate and health 🥇First pilot module released with more to be released throughout 2024 👉Sign up here: web-staging.lxp.academy.who.int/coursewares/co…
Measuring agricultural GDP at a pixel level is notoriously challenging. It requires precise information on crop type and crop yield. Now, @esa has launched a (free) dataset that provides this information. Here's what you need to know about it:
The pesticide acephate belongs to a class of compounds linked to autism, hyperactivity & reduced scores on intelligence tests in kids. But rather than ban it, as Europe did 20 years ago, the EPA recently proposed easing restrictions on acephate. propub.li/3UxrIXx
New working paper out! Analyzing over 600k letters of recommendation w/ natural language processing, we ask: What do counselors write about, and how does this vary by student demographics? What implications does this have for equity in admissions? (1/11) edworkingpapers.com/ai24-953
Patients often don’t know what care they’re entitled to under state law. One survey found 86% of people with insurance don’t know which government agency to call for help. Knowing how to navigate the system can make all the difference. propublica.org/article/health…
So I did a ward round in my hospital this morning; in every cubicle there was a child who’s primary underlying problem was not a medical diagnosis but a social problem: no access to running water in the gastro cubicle; missed vaccinations in the pneumonia cubicle; unable to..,
First time a Latin American economist, first time a female economist. On July 1, 2025, Marina Halac will become the Editor of Econometrica @ecmaEditors
"The net effect of these deviations from the free-market ideal is that prices are high, compromising affordability.… The United States thus favors producers over consumers by allowing the industry to take more than its share of drugs’ economic value." nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
There is enough money to cover all development priorities, but we choose to invest in war. The most courageous choose peace. #IsDB50
After 4 years and ~1000 replication packages, I am stepping down this month as Code/Data Editor at Management Science. It's about time, but also the role/process has become untenable. Management Science is at a critical turning point here. A longer thread. 1/17
Multilateral development banks have launched a tool for evaluating electronic government procurement (e-GP) systems in partner countries. The tool is expected to enhance transparency, credibility and efficiency of e-GP systems: bit.ly/4aGCU9y
I am honored to be offered the job of Editor-in-Chief of Health Economics @HECJournalTweet, replacing the excellent Sally Stearns (@GillingsGlobal). I plan to reject this offer. Why?
Finally (day 3/3) reps from Benin, Cape Verde, Zimbabwe, Egypt spoke on behalf of the 40 Member States to recommend adoption of the continental framework for evidence-informed priority setting for Africa, developed by Africa. Roll-out coming...
I really loved this movie. I think it’s useful to go in knowing there isn’t a LOT of plot. It’s a movie to just be with an exceptional person for a couple of hours.
I ended my birthday by re-watching Wim Wender's beautiful meditation of a film, Perfect Days, with my older son. I love how it reflects the beauty of simplicity, noticing & appreciating each day.
Yay! Jeremy Weinstein made dean of HKS. Once you have been a @CGDev post-doc, clearly everything is within reach ;-) news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…
One area of contention for this week's #PandemicAgreement negotiations is the phrase "Mutually Agreed Terms" (MAT). This phrase is common in international biodiversity law. 🧵Here's a short thread on why MAT may be suitable for biodiversity but not for intellectual property.
Debt relief for developing countries is famously vulnerable to hold-out by private creditors who prefer litigation to a haircut. Litigation in NY courts. That suggests an obvious solution, supported here by some marquee economists: Reform NY law
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