@McCourtSchool @Georgetown MIDP alum | PhD in Communication (political leadership) | US, before Kenya and Spain
Washington, DC
Joined March 2011
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María Arnal retweeted
State capacity and public procurement systems are two super important elements for social and economic development that we so often underestimate.
I often liken them to the wiring in a building. We don't notice them, but if they don't function well all kinds of things go wrong.
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María Arnal retweeted
Una revisión de este importante problema para la operatividad de la Administración Pública en España, sus posibles causas y las consecuencias derivadas por Manuel García-Santana y María Arnal (@com47), en @nadaesgratis
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Los contratos desiertos en licitaciones públicas han aumentado tras la pandemia. ¿Por la inflación? ¿Por mayor coste de la financiación? ¿Por prácticas colusorias? Esto daña la provisión de bienes y servicios públicos. Lo cuentan (¡mb!) @com47 y Manu García-Santana @nadaesgratis
Contratos desiertos: potenciales causas y consecuencia nadaesgratis.es/admin/contra… Vía @nadaesgratis #Economia
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🍃Transition finance is financing for emission reductions and low-carbon technologies in industries like cement or steel, where no purely green technologies are readily available. Credible corporate climate plans are required to mobilise transition financing.
Read this analysis by @AlexanderLehma now👇
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The supply chain of batteries is creating huge pollution, warns Peter Carlsson, the CEO of a European battery manufacturer. But, he argues, “we can combat this by doing three things” econ.st/44MM9CE
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Didnt make it to the launch of our Market Shaping Accelerator @UChi_MSA? Watch @PaoloMauroEcon Michael Kremer, @JeanTirole @Susan_Athey Chris Snyder, Cath Bremner, @JaneAFlegal and Matt Hepburn talk about the potential for market shaping at the launch. Video at the link below.
📽️ Check out the video of our Thursday Launch event here: bfi.uchicago.edu/event/unive…
María Arnal retweeted
In 2021, the economist Partha Dasgupta prepared an incredibly important report about the financial value of nature.
We asked Alexander Skarsgård, a Swedish actor, to help simplify its concepts in this short film. It’s worth a watch. nyti.ms/3zwttch
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New @NBERpubs WP!📢
Multilaterals like @WorldBank @AfDB_Group fund 1000s of contracts each year to procure goods & services for infrastructure—but governments must follow donor contracting procedures. What do these do?
Wolfram @TedMiguel @E_o_Hsu & I study Kenya electrification
María Arnal retweeted
As sustainable public procurement becomes more mainstream, there is an increasing interest in measuring social and environmental outcomes to reduce emissions and leverage green economy. 💸🌱
Read more: wrld.bg/mgzx50M6rc9
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Public procurement is crucial for socioeconomic and environmental objectives. How can governments design effective and efficient policies for strong public procurement?
Read more about Procurement Data Analytics in our newest blog: wrld.bg/L9Oe50Ljulx
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Survey data on public opinions is from Ipsos Mori here: ipsos.com/sites/default/file…
My article on why *what* we eat matters much more than how far it has travelled is here: ourworldindata.org/food-choi…
María Arnal retweeted
"Government purchasing should be more than just a transactional business process. #PublicProcurement must be a strategic tool for socioeconomic change."
Read more from @IndermitGill VP for Equitable Growth, Finance & Institutions: wrld.bg/8y4q50KwLga
María Arnal retweeted
The effects of climate change vary dramatically across space, with many regions gaining while others lose, and the global average effects, while negative, are dwarfed quantitatively by the differences across space, from Per Krusell and Anthony A. Smith Jr. nber.org/papers/w30338
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Se acercan meses y años de progreso científico asomobroso. De entender mejor el universo. Hoy salen cuatro imágenes más. Veremos qué nos muestran. Mientras tanto, RT si les gustó, gracias!
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Aspiring to make a difference in the world through actionable research and creativity?
It’s the time to apply to our exciting fellowship program. Fully paid 9 month program setting you up for success. Please retweet. worldbank.org/en/programs/sc…
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🚨Applications for the DIME Summer Internship Program are open until March 7🚨
The program combines project-specific experience with trainings on survey and data-related topics and accepts grad and undergrad students from around the globe.
More info at datanalytics.worldbank.org/d…
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Spain has one the highest vaccination rates in the world – 79.2% of all residents are fully vaccinated, 89% of those over 12 yo– without government mandates or incentives. Here is what's behind the Spanish success story and what others could learn from it
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We're hiring again!
DIME is hiring 16 consultants to support our global portfolio of impact evaluations, including research assistants, pre-docs, field coordinators and data scientists.
More details at datanalytics.worldbank.org/d…
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It's out! The book I wish I'd read when I was starting to work with data for development research is finally published. Thanks @kbjarkefur @_bbdaniels @mariaruth83 for all the work that went into it.
Free e-book here: openknowledge.worldbank.org/…
Joy joy joy! A few years of work finally published into a book! Free ebook here: hdl.handle.net/10986/35594 and pre-order printed book here amazon.com/dp/1464816948!
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a school governance project in the Dominican Republic with @vincenzodimaro, @gaston_pierri and @Eric_Teschke. More about that later. I wish I could be in the DR right now, this is such an exciting part of the research cycle.