Johan A. Mistiaen

The best use of technology is to improve quality of life. Watch people’s beautiful first expressions of hearing sounds for the first time. Pure joy!

The @WorldBankAfrica Fellowship Program is very close to my heart. It allowed us to attract some of the brightest minds from the region. Inviting PhD candidates & recent graduates who are nationals from Sub-Saharan #Africa to apply by Aug. 23: wrld.bg/468j50FAi3O #WBGFellows

@BerkOzler12 Sorry for your loss Sarah & Berk. Zusje was special. So was big brother Dizzy. Remember them fondly.

La riposte du Groupe de la @Banquemondiale face à la crise COVID-19 articule autour de 4 axes prioritaires : wrld.bg/g3Wx50Dv4jA

The extra 10.9m Nigerians projected to be impoverished by COVID-19 will differ in important ways (more southern, urban and service sector workers) from those currently poor. Data-driven policy adjustments and targeted programs will be key. blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/using… via @WorldBank

Pour un Sénégal sans mariages d’enfants, Oumou Diallo, la lauréate du concours #Blog4Dev 2020 au 🇸🇳, propose 3 « ingrédients » et souligne l’importance de changer les mentalités : wrld.bg/ziDf50DaTCN

New estimates of COVID-19 impact on global poverty, using new GEP #WBGEP2021. We estimate 119-124 million additional extreme poor in 2020, with 60% from South Asia. Broadly in line with earlier estimates using June & October vintages of growth rates. public.flourish.studio/visualisation/…

Since Kenya's independence in 1963 the forest has dropped from covering 10% of the nation to 6%, losing approximately 12,000 hectares annually! #RhinoArkConservation #saveourtrees #saveourplanet #forestconservation #treeplanting #tree #plantingtrees #conservation #saveourtrees

Plant a tree today, not tomorrow...today. #RhinoArkQuotes #HumansInHarmonyWithNature #plantatree #treeplanting #forestconservation #goinggreen #conservation #saveourenvironment #saveourforests #environmental #environmentalism #saveenvironment #biodiversity #inspirationalquotes

The purpose of the #EburuForest #ElectricFence is to bring harmony between nature and the local communities so as to protect the #ecosystem. #RhinoArkFence #RhinoArkTestimonials #RhinoArkOperations #WhyWeCharge #FencesForBetterlives #HumansInHarmonyWithWildlife @Rhino_Charge

#WhyWeCharge @RhinoArk , together with @kwskenya begun a rehabilitation programme to upgrade part of the fence surrounding the Aberdare Ecosystem that are over 21 years old.

#ClimateChange is an obstacle to #Africa’s development. Our new plan offers solutions to help cities develop in green ways, make climate smart agriculture practices the norm, and improve clean & affordable energy. Learn more: wrld.bg/ZMbo50BrVBa #ClimateSmartAfrica

This paper (from one of my favorite economists, I confess) is not headline-grabbing thanks to/because of its neutral language, but it finds that 40% of US economic growth in the last half-century is due to reduction in barriers to women and Black people in the labor market.

World #MarathonChampion @EliudKipchoge supports the #WildlifeRangerChallenge. Go to justgiving.com/fundraising/ma… & support our Mau Eburu Forest Reserve Team. Your contribution will support 6 rangers & an estimated 60 livelihoods around the #MauEburuForestReserve #ForWildlifeRangers

For the @WorldBank young people are key partners in #Africa’s development. We are looking for Ph.D. students from Sub-Saharan #Africa ▶️ wrld.bg/wjdA50B05sC #WBGfellows⚠️Deadline: TODAY

A landmark initiative to increase #black students in #Econ Ph.D. programs. As a #Princeton alum and #ASE board member, I’m doubly proud. Congratulations, @lwantchekon and team!

#COVID19 threatens to push 60 million people into extreme poverty. President @DavidMalpassWBG talks about how the @WorldBank Group is responding to this urgent challenge: wrld.bg/6Z7750zW6xd

The Rhino Charge community is second to none and since 1989 has raised a staggering KES 1.6 billion for Rhino Ark Kenya Charitable Trust’s conservation projects in the Aberdares, Mt Kenya, the Mau and Kakamega that protect the Water Towers of Kenya. @RhinoArk

➡️Only through international solidarity shall we overcome #COVID19. That’s why, on top of our financial aid, Belgium 🇧🇪 is making ICU beds in our university hospitals available for international humanitarian and health workers evacuated via UN-MEDEVAC🇺🇳 #WHA73 #WHO