Day 2 of Firms, Trade, & Dev! Jeanne Sorin kicks off the Environment, Climate, and Trade session w/ ~3.3 million pollution measurements from around Kampala. Both pollution & firms are concentrated around major roadways- because that's where the customers are! w @theigc.bsky.social

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These virtual Ph.D. courses offered by @ideadevecon.bsky.social partners BREAD and @theigc.bsky.social are an amazing resource for the global development economics community... I'm very much looking forward to this fall's Political Economy course! All welcome and strongly encouraged to register...

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🆕 How can LMIC governments govern with AI? Today on VoxDev, Sharif Kazemi (GovAI), Jeremy Ng (World Bank) & Shahrukh Wani (@theigc.bsky.social) reflect on last month's IGC-World Bank conference on Governing with AI: voxdev.org/topic/techno...

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A new @theigc.bsky.social policy brief—co-authored by BIGD researchers—draws on a randomised trial in Cox's Bazar to show how simple colour-coded sorting bins can boost recycling, cut emissions, and create income for households and waste workers. 🔗 bigd.bracu.ac.bd/publications...

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Could an answer lie in Country Platforms? 🍃 Brendan Halloran’s new paper shows how climate action is often limited by challenging political dynamics, not just lack of tech or finance, and what it takes to overcome these. 🔗 Read here: https://cutt.ly/gt4mA8QQ #LCAW2026 #WorkingPaper

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