Posts by Anda David
âUnbelievably unequalâ: report shows how 1% of Mexicans own 40% of countryâs wealth www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
New working paper on @wid.world
Bottom line: Had mining prices followed fuel prices over 1970â2025, Sub-Saharan Africa would own the world.
Bargaining power and institutions matter.
Start of the story: It has been twenty-five years since a report of original research was last submitted to our editors for publication, making this an appropriate time to revisit the question that was so widely debated then: What is the role of human scientists in an age when the frontiers of scientific inquiry have moved beyond the comprehension of humans? No doubt many of our subscribers remember reading papers whose authors were the first individuals ever to obtain the results they described. But as metahumans began to dom-nate experimental research, they increasingly made their findings available only via DNT (digital neural transfer), leaving journals to publish second-hand accounts translated into human language. Without DNT humans could not fully grasp prior developments nor effectively utilize the new tools needed to conduct research, while metahumans continued to improve DNT and rely on it even more. Journals for human audiences were reduced to vehicles of popularization, and poor ones at that, as even the most brilliant humans found themselves puzzled by translations of the latest findings.
In 2000, Ted Chiag published a short story in Nature that started like this.
Itâs been on my mind a lot these days.
Definitely recommend it and Chiangâs science fiction if you donât know it already.
đĂ lâoccasion de la #JournĂ©eInternationaleDesMigrants, rappelons que le changement climatique aggrave les inĂ©galitĂ©s. Nous agissons pour protĂ©ger la dignitĂ© des personnes en mouvement et faire de la mobilitĂ© un levier de dĂ©veloppement partagĂ©đ€âŹïž
@andadavid.bsky.social @audreyrojkoff.bsky.social
Inequality threatens our climate response and democracyâglobal leaders say itâs time to address both together. đ
theconversation.com/climate-chan...
#BusinessAndEconomy
Picture of a small child holding a bouquet of balloons in a field. Over the image, a text that reads "WIDERAngle Blog: Moving away from traditional aid-or are we moving back?"
Are we moving away from traditional aid or circling back to it? đ€ Patterns of tied aid and inflated figures are resurfacing.
This blog unpacks what 'traditional aid' means, why it changed, and why current trends might feel more like backtracking.
đ go.unu.edu/Q09zl
With Rawane Yasser weâve just published a piece in @africa.theconversation.com on a question we keep coming back to in our work: what happens when climate action ignores inequality?
If youâre interested in how climate and inequality intersect in practice âŹïž
theconversation.com/climate-chan...
Un rapport du G20 sâinquiĂšte du fossĂ© des inĂ©galitĂ©s dans le monde et appelle Ă des rĂ©formes fortes, en particulier fiscales
Just in case you needed an additional nudge to support Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
I was going to tweet this last year but somehow I was impededâŠ
âWhen [economic] growth does, and does not, reduce povertyâ
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â A great literature review by a team including @paddycarter.bsky.social and @paulsegal.bsky.social
The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. Itâs pathetic and scandalous.
Is this an artist â or a coffee pot? The great South African William Kentridge reveals the strange secret to a great self-portrait. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
đ⥠#EventoCDMX | No te lo pierdas
đą Este martes: hablamos de transiciĂłn energĂ©tica, desigualdad y movilidad social.
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3 de junio, 2025
đ 09:00 hrs
đ Tec de Monterrey, sede Mixcoac
đ© Confirma asistencia: presentacion@ceey.org.mx
ÂĄNos vemos ahĂ!
#TransiciónEnergética #Desigualdad
SebastiĂŁo Salgado captured the world like no other photographer
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Satellite images reveal the dark side of household solar power â South Africaâs green transition is only for a few
theconversation.com/satellite-im...
đą Big news for inequality researchers & policy-makers!
@unu-wider.bsky.social has just released a major update to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) â the most comprehensive source of global income inequality data.
www.wider.unu.edu/news/unu-wid...
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What do we know on inequality in African countries? Check out our op-ed based on our book :) theconversation.com/what-causes-...
đą call for papers đą
Weâre organizing a conference at AFD (Paris, Oct 7â8) on tackling inequalities and making sustainability real.
Researchers working on just transitions, inequality & policy â this is for you :)
Details here: tinyurl.com/2nfzhs2p
#justtransition #callforpapers #inequality
Why are we not doing more to fight climate change? New study surveys 40k people in 20 countries to understand 1/ what drives support/opposition to important climate policies 2/ how much people know about climate change & 3/ how info can change perceptions socialeconomicslab.org/internationa...
Sans surprise, lâextrĂȘme-droite europĂ©enne sâinspire de Donald Trump et Elon Musk
Et sans surprise, lâextrĂȘme-droite ment, distort la rĂ©alitĂ© et invente des « faits » qui nâexistent pas pour pousser son narratif hideux de haine et de destruction
Face au flot dâinformations non-vĂ©rifiĂ©es lancĂ©es au sujet de nos activitĂ©s, remettons les pendules Ă lâheure : â LâAFD est dâabord une banque car 85 % de notre activitĂ© ce sont des prĂȘts que nous accordons. â LâAFD est une banque publique efficace et Ă©conome, avec un effet levier considĂ©rable : pour 1 euro de lâĂtat français, câest 12 euros qui sont investis ! Car pour 0,2% de budget de lâĂtat (moins de 2 milliards), lâAFD multiplie par 6 les financements, Ă hauteur de plus de 12-13 milliards dâeuros chaque annĂ©e. Mais il faut aussi ajouter 12 milliards dâeuros supplĂ©mentaires de co-financements, publics et privĂ©s. Au final, câest 25 milliards dâeuros chaque annĂ©e de financement. â Et surtout lâAFD est utile pour la France : en investissant sur la santĂ© ou encore le climat Ă lâinternational nous investissons aussi pour les concitoyens, nous avons des intĂ©rĂȘts mutuels Ă coopĂ©rer. En plus nos financements crĂ©ent de la valeur et de lâemploi en France ! Car plus de 50% des marchĂ©s financĂ©s par lâAFD ont Ă©tĂ© remportĂ©s par des entreprises françaises. Ce sont 3 milliards dâeuros de retombĂ©es Ă©conomiques pour les entreprises françaises. Et câest 40 000 emplois sociĂ©tĂ© civile, expertise et savoir-faire français dans 150 pays et sur le territoire national, en outre-mer et dans lâHexagone.
Face au flot dâinformations non-vĂ©rifiĂ©es lancĂ©es au sujet de nos activitĂ©s, remettons les pendules Ă lâheure :
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LâAFD est dâabord une banque car 85 % de notre activitĂ© ce sont des prĂȘts que nous accordons.
#Développement
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#AcademicSky : les inégalités persistent en Afrique subsaharienne, tant au niveau régional que national
Analyse d'@andadavid.bsky.social, Rawane Yasser, Murray Leibbrand & Vimal Ranchhod de ces disparitĂ©s & leurs causes pour dessiner des voies de sortieâĄïž bit.ly/4hVQ4mD
@france.theconversation.com
Afrique subsaharienne : les inĂ©galitĂ©s diminueront-elles dâici Ă 2030 ?
theconversation.com/afrique-subs...
Please see my op-ed, Big Techâs AI Isnât The Future Europe Needs in Le Grand Continent
In French: legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/02/1...
In English: geopolitique.eu/en/2025/02/1...
Evergreen: Edmund Burke's political insight in one cartoon.
Interesting analysis from ferialhaffajee.bsky.social
"While the Trump administration will drop inclusion and equity, Ramaphosa said: âIn the world we inhabit today, the pursuit of equality and the practice of solidarity cannot be separated from sustainable development.â
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Pour les gens qui arrivent sur Bluesky en provenance de la communautĂ© « économistes » pensez Ă suivre le fil bsky.app/profile/did:... et demandez Ă©ventuellement Ă @michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr de vous y ajouter (sâil est trop spamme je lui paierai un cafĂ© la prochaine fois quâon se croise)
Map titled "Which countries met the UN's target of giving 0.7% of national income to foreign aid in 2023?" showing countries in three categories: "No data" (white), "Below the UN target" (tan), and "Meeting the UN target" (blue). Only Sweden is shown in blue, meeting the UN's foreign aid target. Countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and various European nations appear in tan, indicating they fall below the target. The map notes that the UNâs 0.7% target is intended for developed countries and references data from the OECD (2024).
Five developed countries met the UNâs target for foreign aid in 2023