Jorge Dávalos

The $3 Trillion Gap: How Global Aid Is Redefining World Power medium.com/p/the-3-trilli…

USAID didn’t collapse development aid, it hit the tip of an iceberg. What we’re seeing now is not the end of aid, but its transformation—scarcer, more selective, and more explicitly political. @jdavalos/usaid-didnt-sink-development-aid-d18f9205fa09" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@jdavalos/usai… #GlobalDevelopment #ForeignAid #Geopolitics #Africa

session ongoing. Grateful to @KIPPRAKENYA for collaboration and to @MastercardFdn for the 3 year partnership. Congratulations KIPPRA on your 8th Annual Regional Conference. Look out for conference takeaways and communique soon.

@BehizyTweets Brainless

President Trump is fully exposing Europe's free healthcare scam. It's never been free cause AMERICANS were paying for it one way or another. "This means American patients were effectively subsidizing socialist healthcare systems in Germany, in all parts of the EU."

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Announcing @PEPnetwork 2025 Annual Policy Conference on Green Energy Transitioning in the Global South linkedin.com/pulse/announci… via @LinkedIn

@kareem_carr True. Confirmation bias right there. "If I can predict it well enough, then my understanding of the world must be right". Stochastic models, reduced forms, heuristics, etc. may also work "well enough".

i don’t understand how people in tech can be so mathematically competent and yet say such blatantly false things

Could this moment be a prelude to Trump's Pyrrhic victory on the US current deficit? As every textbook teaches us, the current account deficit is equal to the financial account surplus. The US has a current account deficit in part because its assets (treasuries, private debt and equity) are attractive to foreigners – largely because of their safety and liquidity. Trump’s tariffs, attacks on allies and NATO, and policies shaking the core of US institutions will make US assets less safe, more uncertain and less attractive. When that happens, the US financial account will start worsening and the current account will have to improve. A victory for Trump!

A major @Nature paper this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine. I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones in a new Ground Truths (link in profile)

For those who still honor GE, the optimal macro import tariff is decreasing in the trade deficit:

At a time when global public goods promoting gender equality and inclusion (GEI) are under threat, here is one resource that is still available and thriving, thanks to @IDRC_CRDI and @PEPnetwork - Partnership for Economic Policy. pep-net.org/programs/gende… Check it out!

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize 2025 to professor Masaki Kashiwara. Kashiwara-san is the first Japanese mathematician to receive the Abel Prize. #Abelprize #Abelprize2025 #mathematics #science

Took one for the team and made a histogram of the Elon social security data. Not sure why his data scientists are just giving him raw tables like that.

@elonmusk MYB

Make Europe Great Again! MEGA, MEGA, MEGA

@elonmusk People cannot override the constitution.

VOX POPULI VOX DEI The people have spoken Impeach the CORRUPT judges!!

@bdazav 'Fake it until you make it' ilustrado.

Mi amigo escribiendo su Statement of Purpose para postular al Ph.D.

@JohnArandia Sería mejor mencionar a los proyectos que tenían en Bolivia hasta antes de su expulsión. Esos gastos que citan (Colombia, Perú, Serbia) están sacados de contexto.

Guess the president...

🔻 Global labour markets are under immense pressure. 🔻 Rising debt, climate change costs, and geopolitical tensions are hindering recovery efforts. What’s next for the world of work in 2025? 🆕 Just launched: WESO Trends Report ow.ly/OUmz50UHvTP

How can climate-smart agriculture (CSA) empower women and build resilience? Our new study with @JaahMkupete shows CSA adoption in Tanzania reduces gender gaps in productivity & food security while boosting resilience to climate shocks. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #ClimateSmartAg #GenderEquality #FoodSecurity #ClimateResilience #AcademicTwitter @PEPnetwork