Blog: US Funding of International Organizations Has Collapsed With weeks left in FY, US has paid zero toward assessed (membership) contributions to WHO, WTO, FAO, ILO, UNESCO, NATO, OECD, WMO, WIPO & more. FY26 budget suggests paying dues to only 7 out of 46 organizations under the IO account.

Today, I’m thinking of Christina-Taylor Green on her 24th birthday. She should be celebrating with her friends and family, but her life was stolen from her in January 2011 when she was shot while waiting to meet me.

Violence in schools remains widespread, especially for children with disabilities. Yet most research spotlights peer violence, not teacher violence, write @daveevansphd.bsky.social and @gsmarrelli.bsky.social. More: https://bit.ly/3Jwxiq5

If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

"It teaches us that, at least sometimes, it is not about us; it’s about them." New research on interruptions during Janet Yellen’s tenure as chair of the US Federal Reserve underscores broader patterns of workplace bias. More from @eeshani.bsky.social: bit.ly/46v4W9d

USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

Wholesale prices came in hot in today’s PPI report, but veggies stole the show 🥦📈 Vegetable prices at the wholesale level surged nearly 39% in July. @willmasters.bsky.social & I unpack what’s behind this spike in today's @marketplace.org 🎙️ www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

@eeshani.bsky.social on populism and poverty! www.cgdev.org/blog/populis...

I really enjoyed the #ABCDE2025 conference last week. I underline a few of my favorite moments here: www.cgdev.org/blog/five-my....

Wrapping up a great #ABCDE2025 with a concluding “fireside chat” on human development in LMICs between Mamta Murthi, HD VP of the World Bank and CGD Senior Fellow and Education Program Director @daveevansphd.bsky.social

"It teaches us that, at least sometimes, it is not about us; it’s about them." New research on interruptions during Janet Yellen’s tenure as chair of the US Federal Reserve underscores broader patterns of workplace bias. More from @eeshani.bsky.social: www.cgdev.org/blog/its-not...

"Employees who feel respected and valued tend to be more engaged and willing to perform to their greatest potential." www.cgdev.org/blog/its-not... @eeshani.bsky.social discusses new research on women at work!

Worse news: there is ~0 capacity in the State Department to spend remaining funding of ~$21 billion, ~0 new big awards since January, 500 out of the remaining 836 USAID awards transferred to State expire by September 30th.

What do you think are the biggest implications of USAID's elimination (and other aid shifts) for how development economists should/can/will do research or what they should study?

The Int’l Health Econ Assn (IHEA) is searching for a health economics researcher to serve as its next Exec Director healtheconomics.org/job-advertisem…

Women in health econ and global health at #IHEA2025, please come to our women in health pre-Congress session from 1-4pm tomorrow. @gabriconti.bsky.social will share her great new work on the menopause penalty, followed by a panel including IHEA President Kara Hanson, and a networking reception.

New research shows that during congressional hearings, Dr. Janet Yellen—then Chair of the US Fed. Reserve—was interrupted more, & more aggressively, than her male counterparts. @eeshani.bsky.social links this to broader patterns of workplace bias women face: www.cgdev.org/blog/its-not...

Women often internalize workplace discrimination and hostility as being signals of their ineffective communication. “Yellin’ at Yellen” and a study by Dupas et al. showing similar trends in Econ seminars tell us that it’s not about us; it’s about them. Blog here: www.cgdev.org/blog/its-not...

Text analysis of Congressional hearings shows that legislators interrupted Yellen (as Fed Chair) more and interacted with her using more aggressive language than they did with male Fed Chairs. But having a daughter reduces “hostility toward Yellen.” So depressing, completely unsurprising.

WHO faces immediate fiscal crisis, w/ a 35% budget gap of $1.5bn. @peterbaker17.bsky.social, @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social, & @jmadankeller.bsky.social argue that WHO’s leadership must chart a path of retrenchment to global leadership, health security, & public goods: www.cgdev.org/publication/...

Another way they're raising food prices: on Friday June 13th, EPA required use of even more soybeans in diesel fuel. Bulk edible oil prices jumped 9% on the news. Burning crops as fuel is bad for all except growers & processors, who cheered. h/t Aaron Smith agdatanews.substack.com/p/a-big-win-...

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

My kiddo has decided that research papers, like those his parents write, are “poems”. I was telling him how I recently encountered a paper about dinosaurs in a search for papers on stunting. (I promise you, dear reader, that I really did.) “What? People like you also write poems about dinosaurs?!”

Eggs are the new diamonds. Everything sucks but this is such a fun read. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Malnutrition in Gaza, Tigray, Yemen, and more risks generational harm. @eeshani.bsky.social‬ urges the international community—including policymakers, UN agencies, and researchers—to act now to prevent immediate loss and safeguard future generations:

The Trevor Project is triple matching donations right now. They work to prevent suicide in LGBTQ youth and are a miraculous organization that Trump just cutoff from the national suicide hotline. www.thetrevorproject.org

Our @cgdev.org paper on @vvob.bsky.social school leader training in Rwanda 📚🇷🇼 is now out in the Journal of Development Economics, with Simeon Lauterbach, Jocelyn Kirezi, Aimable Nsabimana, & Jef Peeraer www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The World Bank, @cgdev.org, and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy #ABCDE Conference is coming up! The migration panel (feat. Dany Bahar, Çağlar Özden, Wendy Cunningham, and Caroline Theoharides) is on July 15 from 11.15-12.45 ET — mark your diaries... www.cgdev.org/event/annual...

How can organisations in the development sector evaluate potential applications of AI? @hanshengchia.bsky.social, ‪@samicart.bsky.social‬ & Farhan Abrol outlined their framework. Recording & slides w/ @cgdev.org, @j-pal.bsky.social & @agencyfund.bsky.social ➡️ voxdev.org/topic/techno...

What do we learn about how to implement parent-adolescent interventions from a pilot to combat early marriage in Bangladesh? www.cgdev.org/publication/... Great analysis from Nagesh, @gsmarrelli.bsky.social, et al.

Far too often, even policymakers who wish to act against school violence lack essential data. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... from @susannahhares.bsky.social, @gsmarrelli.bsky.social, et al

Evaluating the Impact of AI in Development Webinar starting in 1 hour, w/ @cgdev.org, @j-pal.bsky.social & @agencyfund.bsky.social, we are joined by @hanshengchia.bsky.social, Samantha Carter & Farhan Abrol to discuss the potential applications of AI. Register: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Five actions to prevent the devastating long-term effects of malnutrition www.cgdev.org/blog/malnutr... from @eeshani.bsky.social @cgdev.org

Many children are currently at dire risk of malnutrition. What do we learn from research on WWII, the Blockade of Biafra, and the Great Chinese Famine about the impacts of early-life deprivation on long-run health— and what can policymakers do? I blogged about this 👇🏾 www.cgdev.org/blog/malnutr...

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The world is going backwards on secondary school enrolment. There are many hard problems to solve. This is not one of them. It just costs a bit of money. world-education-blog.org/2025/06/09/t...

There's an effort afoot to try to save #GMRLN (pronounced Gremlin), the global #measles & #rubella lab surveillance network that was reliant on US funding that has disappeared. It costs a pittance, in global health terms, to run. Its loss would be huge. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/t...

I came to the US as 17-year-old international student, arriving at Macalester College just two weeks before 9/11. Today, I’m back for my 20th reunion. In the decades in between, I have found unimaginable grace, love, and acceptance all across this great country.

Excited to see our @cgdev.org research featured in this excellent @nytimes.com article about the devastating effect of the US' remittance tax on Africa, especially coming after extensive aid cuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/w...

Gap between what US Treasury thinks USAID has obligated in awards & what USAID reported to USAspending.gov it has obligated. In a perfect world, the numbers match. Turns out it is hard to keep accurate numbers when you've fired everyone. www.usaspending.gov/submission-s...

Quite the White House statement: 'This proposal would not reduce treatment but would eliminate programs that are antithetical to American interests and worsen the lives of women and children, like "family planning" and "reproductive health"' www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Join us @cgdev.org for ABCDE 2025 on July 24 and 25 for research-centric conversations on the challenges and opportunities for human capital accumulation in LMICs in these turbulent times. We have a stellar lineup of speakers, far (FAR) too many to list (but including the great Will Masters 👇🏾).

Details for this year's #ABCDE are now posted -- looking forward to new ideas from this big (four days!) program full of #EconSky folks including @rglenner.bsky.social , @markusgold.bsky.social, @eeshani.bsky.social etc. from @cgdev.org, @dannyquah.bsky.social @randomwalker.bsky.social & many others

Abheet Solomon of the UNICEF notes that USAID is missed not only for its funding, but also for its leadership and convening power in the fight for a lead free future.

It’s day 1 of @cgdev.org's first annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure! 📅 Today, researchers, policymakers, and more are convening in DC to discuss how we can stamp out global lead poisoning. Stay tuned for updates.

Starting now! Tune in on CGD YouTube

Blog: The Famine Early Warning System is Back Online. Its Warnings Are Dire. www.cgdev.org/blog/famine-...

‘Tis the season when you can spot the tourists from the DC natives by looking at whether they wait in the sweltering sun for the light to change— or if they eke out the 2 inches of shade half a block from the intersection.

"On the economic costs of ending DEI" - recall that the reduction in barriers to women's and Black Americans' advancement in the labor market accounted for up to 40% of the increase in American per capita GDP from 1960 - 2010 www.science.org/doi/full/10....