‘Unbelievably unequal’: report shows how 1% of Mexicans own 40% of country’s wealth www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

New working paper on @wid.world Bottom line: Had mining prices followed fuel prices over 1970–2025, Sub-Saharan Africa would own the world. Bargaining power and institutions matter.

In 2000, Ted Chiag published a short story in Nature that started like this. It’s been on my mind a lot these days. Definitely recommend it and Chiang’s science fiction if you don’t know it already.

🌍À l’occasion de la #JournéeInternationaleDesMigrants, rappelons que le changement climatique aggrave les inégalités. Nous agissons pour protéger la dignité des personnes en mouvement et faire de la mobilité un levier de développement partagé🤝⬇️ @andadavid.bsky.social @audreyrojkoff.bsky.social

Inequality threatens our climate response and democracy—global leaders say it’s time to address both together. 🌏 theconversation.com/climate-chan... #BusinessAndEconomy

Are we moving away from traditional aid or circling back to it? 🤔 Patterns of tied aid and inflated figures are resurfacing. This blog unpacks what 'traditional aid' means, why it changed, and why current trends might feel more like backtracking. 👉 go.unu.edu/Q09zl

With Rawane Yasser we’ve just published a piece in @africa.theconversation.com on a question we keep coming back to in our work: what happens when climate action ignores inequality? If you’re interested in how climate and inequality intersect in practice ⬇️ theconversation.com/climate-chan...

Un rapport du G20 s’inquiète du fossé des inégalités dans le monde et appelle à des réformes fortes, en particulier fiscales

Just in case you needed an additional nudge to support Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

I was going to tweet this last year but somehow I was impeded… “When [economic] growth does, and does not, reduce poverty” www.bii.co.uk/en/news-insi... — A great literature review by a team including @paddycarter.bsky.social and @paulsegal.bsky.social

The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. It’s pathetic and scandalous.

Is this an artist – or a coffee pot? The great South African William Kentridge reveals the strange secret to a great self-portrait. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

🌍⚡ #EventoCDMX | No te lo pierdas 📢 Este martes: hablamos de transición energética, desigualdad y movilidad social. 📅 3 de junio, 2025 🕘 09:00 hrs 📍 Tec de Monterrey, sede Mixcoac 📩 Confirma asistencia: [email protected] ¡Nos vemos ahí! #TransiciónEnergética #Desigualdad

Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Satellite images reveal the dark side of household solar power – South Africa’s green transition is only for a few theconversation.com/satellite-im...

📢 Big news for inequality researchers & policy-makers! @unu-wider.bsky.social has just released a major update to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) — the most comprehensive source of global income inequality data. www.wider.unu.edu/news/unu-wid... 🧵👇

What do we know on inequality in African countries? Check out our op-ed based on our book :) theconversation.com/what-causes-...

📢 call for papers 📢 We’re organizing a conference at AFD (Paris, Oct 7–8) on tackling inequalities and making sustainability real. Researchers working on just transitions, inequality & policy — this is for you :) Details here: tinyurl.com/2nfzhs2p #justtransition #callforpapers #inequality

Why are we not doing more to fight climate change? New study surveys 40k people in 20 countries to understand 1/ what drives support/opposition to important climate policies 2/ how much people know about climate change & 3/ how info can change perceptions socialeconomicslab.org/internationa...

Sans surprise, l’extrême-droite européenne s’inspire de Donald Trump et Elon Musk Et sans surprise, l’extrême-droite ment, distort la réalité et invente des « faits » qui n’existent pas pour pousser son narratif hideux de haine et de destruction

Face au flot d’informations non-vérifiées lancées au sujet de nos activités, remettons les pendules à l’heure : ✅ L’AFD est d’abord une banque car 85 % de notre activité ce sont des prêts que nous accordons. #Développement 🧵⤵

#AcademicSky : les inégalités persistent en Afrique subsaharienne, tant au niveau régional que national Analyse d'@andadavid.bsky.social, Rawane Yasser, Murray Leibbrand & Vimal Ranchhod de ces disparités & leurs causes pour dessiner des voies de sortie➡️ bit.ly/4hVQ4mD @france.theconversation.com

Afrique subsaharienne : les inégalités diminueront-elles d’ici à 2030 ? theconversation.com/afrique-subs...

Please see my op-ed, Big Tech’s AI Isn’t The Future Europe Needs in Le Grand Continent In French: legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/02/1... In English: geopolitique.eu/en/2025/02/1...

Evergreen: Edmund Burke's political insight in one cartoon.

Interesting analysis from ferialhaffajee.bsky.social "While the Trump administration will drop inclusion and equity, Ramaphosa said: “In the world we inhabit today, the pursuit of equality and the practice of solidarity cannot be separated from sustainable development.” tinyurl.com/46bayvfz

Pour les gens qui arrivent sur Bluesky en provenance de la communauté « économistes » pensez à suivre le fil bsky.app/profile/did:... et demandez éventuellement à @michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr de vous y ajouter (s’il est trop spamme je lui paierai un café la prochaine fois qu’on se croise)

Five developed countries met the UN’s target for foreign aid in 2023

Join us tomorrow at 3 PM CET for the virtual launch event of our report on multidimensional inequalities across sub-Saharan Africa 🎉 Register here 👉 lnkd.in/dMZ-8Q3h Full report in English: lnkd.in/ex4Dhh6D Summary in Kiswahili: lnkd.in/ewxJaxjA Summary in isiXhosa: lnkd.in/eeT3Q7hz

Cannot agree more with @mkevane.com on this

As usual, Zapiro is brilliant at capturing the world we live in

Happy New Year, everyone! May it be full of joy and laughter ✨🎊

And here is a quick preview of what has been keeping us busy over the last months - our book on #inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa 🙌

🔴 C'est parti ! La 16ème conférence de recherche de l'AFD a démarré. Intéressés par la #recherche au service des politiques publiques et du développement durable ? C'est par ici 👉 bit.ly/4hayifB #AcademicSky

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Wondering what's the #green job potential in #Colombia? We got you covered :) In a brand new paper, O. Becerra & J. Piñeros-Ruíz (Uni Andes) use a task-based approach and find that around 22.6% of Colombian employment can be linked to green tasks www.afd.fr/en/ressource... #energytransition

There are so many reasons I’m happy to have moved to Bluesky but having @gugustatu.bsky.social following me here tops them all 🤩

What if feels like when finally making the move to Bluesky and discovering the wonderful starterpacks