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Hay quienes sugieren que uno debe siempre tener una biblia como libro de cabecera, aquí está la mía.

Buscando otro libro ayer me encontré con este ejemplar de “La Economía Moral” de Samuel Bowles. Originalmente publicado en 2016, señala como la búsqueda de buenas soluciones colectivas necesita la construcción de buenos ciudadanos. La zanahoria y el palito no son suficientes.

Thank you Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and Minister Rasata Rafaravavitafika for joining our discussion on our recently released Revenue Administration Handbook on supporting governments as they push for deeper and transformational reforms of tax and customs administrations.

Constructive conversation on how to reform State-Owned Enterprises in the region with Ludovic Ngatse, Republic of Congo's Minister of Budget & Hervé Ndoba, Central African Republic's Minister of Finance & Budget. Gabon's Ministry of Finance also participated in the discussion.

Really enjoyed the discussion with Joe Stiglitz on the importance of free, independent, & quality journalism for development. One concerning trend I highlighted is that 32% of 18-29-year-olds in the US got their news TikTok US in 2023.
Watch the replay: wrld.bg/TPGi50Riujy

Join me tomorrow for a discussion with Nobel Prize economist Joseph Stiglitz and UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 ‘s Eliot Michenberg on journalism and development.

You can connect with us at 11:00 am (ETC) using this link:
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Me dio mucho gusto participar junto a Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Maricarmen Barrón y Jennifer Thorton en un panel sobre el nuevo tratado de libre comercio organizado por estudiantes de posgrado mexicanos de la Universidad de Georgetown en EEUU.

Este cuadro muestra las preferencias electorales de distintos grupos demográficos en el Reino Unido. Los grupos más progresistas (zona roja) son los jóvenes y las mujeres. Otro dato que apunta a que las mujeres tienen una mayor preocupación por lo colectivo que los hombres.

In this fascinating book C Murphy mentions that the maternal mortality rate in Sierra Leone is 1360 deaths per 100,000 births, 453 times higher than countries like Finland and Iceland! In countries like Sierra Leone, just having a child poses a life risk.

Thanks to World Bank Poverty for inviting me to this very interesting and timely conversation!

⁩⁦Cass Sunstein⁩ writes in today’s NYT about the late Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, highlighting his willingness to work with people with different views. I think this is very important in times of growing polarization and lack of tolerance. nytimes.com/2024/04/01/opi…

Lo que estoy leyendo: Los libros Kahneman los estoy releyendo para una presentación que tengo mañana; Murphy es una bióloga molecular especializada en envejecimiento, el de Byrne es una crónica de sus viajes en bicicleta y el de Sun es un relato sobre su pasado en un hedge fund.

Years ago, the focus was on privatizing State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Now, we're working with governments on making SOEs more efficient. In this interview in Brazzaville, Congo, I discuss with Tracey Lane and Henri Fortin why SOEs play a central role in the region’s economies.

Glad to partner with Romania on its journey to design performance budget and strengthen program budgeting classification.
With Secretary of State Alin Andries 🇷🇴 , General Secretary of Government Mircea Abrudean & my colleague Anna Akhalkatsi