Covid, dengue, cholera, malaria…

You’d think if the pandemic taught us anything it might be the value of investing early and big in vaccine supply.

We’ve come full circle.

Justin Sandefur I think the reply would be that US/EU climate politics rests on the jobs/profits payoff of the climate transition and electoral support from industrial regions. So no protectionism, no path to net zero.

The policy conclusions are hasty, I think, but the argument has merit.

There's a lot to unpack from Jay C. Shambaugh's speech at PIIE, including on EM debt flows, restructurings, IMF arrears & financing assurances policies, or legislative options

A thread with interesting snippets ⤵️🧵

piie.com/events/2024/us…

To their credit, the homepage of USAID's global early-warning system for famines (FEWS NET) has been pretty unambiguous for a few weeks now.
fews.net

1/ New Center for Global Development paper with Simeon Lauterbach Aimable Nsabimana Jocelyne Kirezi Jef Peeraer on the impact of a VVOB - education for development Rwanda Basic Education Board school leadership training program in Rwanda on student learning 📚🇷🇼

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Leadables

*** New working paper alert ****

What's the impact of health insurance in a lower-income country? What is the optimal price of insurance? We conducted an RCT in India to answer these questions.

nber.org/papers/w32239
Ungated: bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/upl…

On Monday, come join us + Special Guest Atul Gawande at Center for Global Development on how USAID + philanthropy, MDBs, and national govs are gearing up for a #LeadFreeFuture !

Featuring:
Indu Bhushan
Scott Morris
Valerie Hickey
Emily Oehlsen
Justin Sandefur

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UK development econ friends:

any examples you can share of how you're communicating mandatory UK privacy notices to household survey respondents? Flyers? Verbally? Etc.
ico.org.uk/for-organisati…

1 in 3 Liberian women has experienced 'early sexual activity that qualifies as statutory rape'.

40% of the male assailants work in schools

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

There's some sensible stuff in the report. But overall, sad to see U.S. Institute of Peace join the clamor to orient U.S. Africa policy around competition with China and a zero-sum scramble for resources.

Super fascinating story of artemisinin, one of the most life-saving antimalarial drugs.

Qinghao herbal leaves, containing artemisinin, had been described in Chinese scrolls in ~215 BCE, then rediscovered in a multidecade secret Chinese military project
asimov.press/p/antimalarial…

Interesting to see how difficult Western powers still seem find it to publicly say the UAE is providing arms & other support to the RSF in Sudan. The UN Panel of Experts has reported the allegations to be credible, but the linguistic gymnastics continue. eeas.europa.eu/delegations/er…