Ian Mitchell
Economist. Co-Director of Effective Development Program at Center for Global Devt . Associate at & . Views mine
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【Financial Times】Wang Huiyao: No country is an island in the climate crisis-Center for China and Globalization
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Ian Mitchell Should the UK expand the G7 next year? "Adding China, India & Russia to the existing G7 would expand its representation from 10% to 47% of the world’s population. It would include the world’s 6 largest carbon emitters" By in 96d
The Problem Isn’t that Chinese Lending Is Too Big, It’s that the US and Europe’s Is Too Small
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As the possibility of a new Cold War between the US and China gains traction in some foreign policy circles, the scale of Chinese development finance has taken center stage. A closer examination suggests the cost to China of this lending is...
Ian Mitchell China's massive lending is not heavily subsidised. That's bad because it's not very generous - but it's good in that it would be very cheap for the US/ Europe to also do much more lending for good projects. So, they should. and me 98d
Six Takeaways from the New Growth Forecasts from the IMF and the World Bank
Center For Global Development 101d 11 tweets
This week the IMF released new global economic growth projections in the face of COVID-19, updating their earlier projections from June and from April before that. In recent weeks, the World Bank has also released new projections for various...
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Ian Mitchell Nice stock-take of IMF & World Bank economic projections here, inc: i) Big downward revisions for lower income countries; ii) Africa has not been spared economically; iii) role of “aversion behaviour”. By colleagues & Amina Mendez Acosta. 99d
Post-Brexit Trade for Development: An Unfulfilled Promise
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Three years ago, the government pledged “to help improve access to UK markets for world’s poorest countries post-Brexit." Our experts review whether they are still on track to meet this.
Four lessons from Zambia’s emerging debt default
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Four reflections from four experts on Zambia’s private sector debt default.
How to increase the value of COVID-19 data: Lessons and reflections from PAD’s multi-country survey - IGC
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How can researchers ensure that data collection in the midst of a pandemic is worth the time and effort? As the COVID-19 pandemic gathered pace in mid-March, Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) launched a rapid, multi-country phone survey to...
Post-Brexit trade for development: an unfulfilled promise
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An assessment of how the United Kingdom’s new Global Tariff (UKGT) will affect low- and lower-middle income countries post-Brexit.
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Ian Mitchell The UK's new trade policy will not fulfil its promise to improve access for the world's poorest countries. New joint analysis from & me Blog: Full policy paper: 103d
Developing Country Trade Access after Brexit: The UK’s Plans for the Generalized System of Preferences
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This paper looks at what the UK’s approach to tariffs will mean for developing countries’ access to the UK market, and whether the government will achieve its pledge to improve access post-Brexit.
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Ian Mitchell The UK's new trade policy will not fulfil its promise to improve access for the world's poorest countries. New joint analysis from & me Blog: Full policy paper: 103d
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Tackling fraud in UK aid
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The UK's Independent Commission for Aid Impact is seeking perspectives on fraud risk management in UK Aid from stakeholders throughout the delivery chain.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: “Developing country trade after Brexit: how will the UK’s tariff plans affect access?”. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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Joint analysis of new tariff agreements by experts from the UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Center for Global Development (CGD) has revealed that exports from the world’s poorest nations to the...
An Analysis of Clinical Knowledge, Absenteeism, and Availability of Resources for Maternal and Child Health: A Cross-Sectional Quality of Care Study in 10 African Countries
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Our findings highlight the need to boost the knowledge of health care workers to achieve greater care readiness. Training programs have shown mixed results, so systems may need to adopt a combination of competency-based pre-service and in-service...
New DAC Rules on Debt Relief – A Poor Measure of Donor Effort
Center For Global Development 111d 3 tweets
The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) recently produced a long-awaited set of rules for how debt relief on loans should be scored as Official Development Assistance (ODA). Unfortunately, the rules suffer from a number of statistical problems...
New immigration system: what you need to know
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The UK is introducing a points-based immigration system from 2021.
« Atlas de l'Afrique AFD » : une spectaculaire progression de la scolarisation sur le continent
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Dans son « Atlas de l'Afrique AFD » publié fin août 2020, l'Agence française de développement (AFD) interroge les dynamiques en cours sur le continent. À travers une carte inédite, zoom sur la progression de la durée de scolarisation en Afrique qui...
DAC Recommendation on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance - OECD
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DAC Recommendation on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance
When Will We Have a COVID-19 Vaccine? Predictions, Analysis, and Questions Answered
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Today we launch a new paper that uses mathematical modelling and expert interviews to learn more about COVID-19 vaccine portfolio and generate probabilistic estimates on when we will have a safe and efficacious vaccine and how long will it take for...
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Ian Mitchell My fab colleagues have a model for when a COVID vaccine is ready. Their core message: have a portfolio of efforts. But, we all want to know the probability! Looks like: - 50% by Apr 21 - 80% by Oct 21 117d
Gender and the CDI: How Committed Are Countries to Gender Equality in Their International Policies “Beyond Aid”?
Center For Global Development 117d 4 tweets
Earlier this year, we launched the Commitment to Development Index (CDI), after commissioning a holistic two-year review to reassess which policies from the world’s major economies matter most for global development. One major area of feedback in...
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Ian Mitchell We looked at whether G20 & other countries promote gender equality in development (but beyond aid). Check out who: - does best on female peacekeepers - received the highest % of women students - has <40% migrants who are women Blog with 117d
Tracking Mortality Amidst COVID-19 and Beyond – Progress, Obstacles, and New Directions
Center For Global Development 128d 7 tweets
Around the world, governments at all levels struggle to rapidly and accurately produce data on total deaths as well as deaths and cases of COVID-19. Too often policymakers “fly blind” in the midst of this pandemic, affecting our collective ability...
Ian Mitchell How can you manage what you can't measure? 70% of sub-Saharan African deaths go unreported in a non-COVID year. My colleague on the issue: And discussion on solutions: 119d
What Matters Most for Policy Now: Better Mortality Data
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Despite mortality data being crucial to our collective fates, the state of mortality reporting is dire. How is it possible to assess whether sub-Saharan African countries are winning the fight against COVID-19 if more than 70 percent of total deaths...
Ian Mitchell How can you manage what you can't measure? 70% of sub-Saharan African deaths go unreported in a non-COVID year. My colleague on the issue: And discussion on solutions: 119d