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Blog Post
January 19, 2023
In Australia and elsewhere, more and more homes are becoming uninsurable due to hazards intensified by climate change. This is a slow-cooker issue which will render some areas de facto uninhabitable, leading to gradual movement out of at-risk regions. Here’s a look at how the world responded to thes...
Blog Post
December 16, 2022
In 2020, we opened our end-of-year review by saying that “Not even Dr. Pangloss could put a positive spin on… a historic dumpster fire of a year.” The next year, we described 2021 as “not quite the best of times, not quite the worst of times”, which seemed like progress. But if we take one lesson fr...
POLICY PAPERS
December 07, 2022
This paper studies the formal labor market integration and firm creation of Venezuelan immigrants and refugees in Colombia between late 2019 to late 2021. It applies a novel framework to identify segments of the Colombian economy where Venezuelan immigrants and refugees are lagging behind.
Blog Post
December 01, 2022
The US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC presents an important opportunity to discuss the public good provided by African countries in hosting 7 million refugees. One critical tool that African and US officials should focus on and jointly advocate for is the World Bank’s Window for Host Commun...
POLICY PAPERS
November 28, 2022
The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic—in the US and around the world—highlights the potential feasibility and importance of biomedical R&D for global health and welfare. Drawing from this experience and momentum, this paper argues that the US should deepen its engagement and ambition in global hea...
Blog Post
November 28, 2022
Building on the success of Operation Warp Speed, the US should deepen its engagement and ambition in global health R&D to drive transformative improvements in global health outcomes and security. Specifically, it should consider a subscription model for new antimicrobials; an advance market commitme...
POLICY PAPERS
November 23, 2022
Pull financing is an underutilized tool that can drive the development and adoption of critical technologies necessary to address the globe’s climate crisis. This paper provides tangible examples by presenting two case studies that illustrate how pull climate finance can be used to deliver urgently ...
Blog Post
November 15, 2022
Congress has excellent legislation on the docket that would protect American citizens, yield huge returns, and create a safer, healthier world. We encourage the US Congress to urgently finance and authorize the PASTEUR Act, leveraging American ingenuity to boost our shared health future.
Blog Post
November 07, 2022
What’s the latest in international economic development research? Last weekend was the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference, often called NEUDC. With more than 135 papers presented (and almost all of them available for download), it’s a great way to see recent trends in t...
Blog Post
November 04, 2022
The UK currently has a shortage of nearly 47,000 nurses in the NHS; a Global Skill Partnership could help solve NHS staff shortages. The UK will gain much-needed skilled nurses at a cheaper cost than if they had been trained in the US, while the sending country benefits from nurse training that cove...