1/6th of World Bank spending is for private sector development. What does it actually do? Álvaro González proposes a simple test - it should aim to correct market failures. Only 29 of 156 current projects pass. www.cgdev.org/publication/...

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Major television networks will halt coverage of presidential events, according to a memo obtained by The Post, over the White House’s ban on CNN, which was barred alongside MS NOW and Politico in recent days. Read more: https://wapo.st/4xDwVxf

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🆕 Mining for peace: Why and how the location of new mines shapes conflict risk Today on VoxDev w/ @rolandhodler.bsky.social (University of St. Gallen), @paulschaudt.bsky.social (KU Leuven) & Alberto Vesperoni (King's College London): voxdev.org/topic/instit...

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Weekly links are back with calls for many conferences, @bijurao.bsky.social on why economists need to listen to those they study more, of course more discussion on AI's effects as well as on how to design better RCTs with AI, am I replaceable?, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

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Latest C&CP: O'Brien on "Deliberative democracy and constitutional reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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