Charles Kenny
Senior Fellow Center for Global Development, author Getting Better & The Upside of Down. Tweets are personal opinions.
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Next coronavirus relief package must include a big defense boost, GOP leaders argue
Congressional leaders are negotiating another multi-trillion package of coronavirus relief spending, to include some money for the Defense Department.
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US Senate holding up a bill to respond to Covid-19 in part because it wants to include funding for purchase of new tanks, attack helicopters & submarines -obviously vital to any US coronavirus response.
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92 low- and middle-income economies eligible to get access to COVID-19 vaccines through Gavi COVAX AMC
Gavi Board agrees scope of COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC), which aims to secure doses of COVID-19 vaccines for 92 low- and middle-income countries and economies at the same time as wealthier nations.
The Hiroshima Effect
Seventy-five years after the first nuclear bomb fell, we are grateful it hasn’t happened again, mystified it didn’t, and terrified it still might.
Saudi crown prince accused of Canada murder plot
Mohammed bin Salman has been accused of sending a hit-squad to kill a former Saudi official.
How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly
The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.
In tackling the global climate crisis, doom and optimism are both dangerous | Zeke Hausfather and Richard Betts
Overheated polemics won’t solve this emergency – and the apocalypse is a needlessly high bar for action, say climate researchers Zeke Hausfather and Richard Betts
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Hounds: Multiple Development Models and Accountability to a Unified Vision for the FCDO
Being a force for good in the world is more than about branding, or even good intentions: it requires impact and an organisation capable of it. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s vision offers a good starting point for being a...
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Kodak Loan Disclosure and Stock Surge Under SEC Investigation
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the circumstances around Eastman Kodak’s announcement of a $765 million government loan to make drugs at its U.S. factories, according to people familiar with the matter.
Warren asks SEC about insider trading in Trump’s Kodak pharmaceuticals announcement - Roll Call
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the SEC to look into possible insider trading related to the recent pharmaceutical move by Kodak.
Without seasonal workers, Australia may face a hungry summer | Michael Rose
With not enough workers to pick the upcoming harvest, Australia faces potential food shortages, and its farmers face economic devastation
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"With not enough workers to pick the upcoming harvest, Australia faces potential food shortages, and its farmers face economic devastation."
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America's first female recession
When coronavirus wreaked havoc on the economy, it was women who suffered the most. In three months, they've lost a decade’s worth of economic advancement.
How Robust Is the CDI to Changes in Weights?
Each year, the Center for Global Development produces the Commitment to Development Index, evaluating countries across a range of indicators that measure their impact on developing countries. This blog demonstrates that the ranking of countries in...
Commitment to Development Index
The Commitment to Development Index ranks 40 of the world’s most powerful countries on their dedication to policies that affect more than 5 billion people living in poorer nations. Sweden leads this year’s CDI while France takes 2nd. The UK comes in...
Twenty Year Economic Impacts of Deworming
Charles Kenny
NBER working papers this week include work by Nobel economist (inter some major alias) updating one of earliest & most celebrated development RCTs & further criticism of development RCTs by another Nobel winner...
nber.org/papers/w27611
nber.org/papers/w27600
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Randomization in the Tropics Revisited: a Theme and Eleven Variations
Charles Kenny
NBER working papers this week include work by Nobel economist (inter some major alias) updating one of earliest & most celebrated development RCTs & further criticism of development RCTs by another Nobel winner...
nber.org/papers/w27611
nber.org/papers/w27600
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Trump’s Racism Won’t Win the Suburbs. But It May Diversify Them.
The president’s hideous defense of exclusionary zoning just might nudge liberal NIMBYs toward tolerating desegregation.
Inside the Massive Foreign-Policy Team Advising Biden’s Campaign
If Joe Biden wins, here are some of the top foreign-policy experts who could be tapped for senior and midlevel jobs in the administration.