#Policymakers

Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.

wormmaps

Rushed science and bad politics turned COVID-weather correlations into policy disasters. My latest, in Nature Comms w @anacrgomez @bansallab & @SadieRyan: the basic science, how ecologists derailed Indonesia's lockdown, and

Afrobarometer

afrobarometer

Recent Afrobarometer Round 8 Ethiopia findings on federalism and the Constitution have sparked a lot of debate on social media. Afrobarometer does not involve itself in partisan debates, but we

Hugh Alderwick

hughalderwick

New paper reviewing evidence on the impacts of cross-sector partnerships on health and health inequalities. The findings are relevant to policy initiatives in the UK, US, and elsewhere. (They are

Rudy Havenstein, Elysium ESG Diversity Officer

RudyHavenstein

"Nothing has really changed since the 2008-09 crisis." - Satyajit Das http://www.marketwatch.com/story/inside-the-global-elites-bag-of-financial-tricks-2017-02-21 Satyajit Das was one of a number of folks who saw the last crash coming, even

General Theorist

GeneralTheorist

Brad Setser reminds us of the fact that EM fiscal deficits are largely being financed domestically. Which is a reminder that the macroeconomics of COVID-19 is happening in a similar

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Last week, 2.2 million workers applied for unemployment benefits. This is the thirteenth week in a row that unemployment claims have been more than twice the *worst* week of the

American Progress

amprog

Rep. @BobbyScott speaks to the path forward on education:"We're working on trying to maintain equity and education. We view it as a federal right but we have a lot of

Stuart Lau

stuartlauscmp

It's official. The WHO just revised the advice on wearing masks, and acknowledges that wearing a medical mask is one of the prevention measures that can limit the spread of

Femme First Foundation

FemmeFirstF

Today, we shall be talking about an article by @DaveEvansPhD in @CGDev on how COVID-19 shall affect women and girls in low and middle income countries https://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-will-covid-19-affect-women-and-girls-low-and-middle-income-countries

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. There's an interesting vote coming up soon that is going to scramble partisan lines. It's on the World Trade Organization, the global super court that encourages offshoring, harms the

Aveek Bhattacharya

aveek18

1/ All eyes on Hartlepool, with 3 weeks to the by-election. But away from party politics, our new briefing shows what ‘levelling up’ is really going to mean in the

Isabel Ebert 🇪🇺🌍

Isabel_Ebert

Just released in pre-print: Mapping Study on Business & Human Rights in the Data Economy by @bhrwettstein @digitalethics & me @DIMR_Berlin @IWEHSG. How should #HumanRightsDueDiligence be adapted to digital business

neel_shah

neel_shah

1/ This is an unpopular position but I sincerely believe a necessary one to save livesFor policymakers wrestling with ethics (and science) of restricting birth partners amid #COVIDー19, a pointer

Per Bylund

PerBylund

Suddenly everyone is an #epidemiology expert, which understandably frustrates 'real' experts. But it is good that people read/share information and form opinions. The problem is the widely shared fantasy about

Bilal Hafeez

bilalhafeez123

I’ve just got to 2,000 followers on Twitter. Not 200K, not 20K but 2K. Not a great result for six years. But at least I have expertise on how to

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

On 9/23, Indiana's @GovHolcomb lifted nearly all COVID19 restrictionshttps://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/gov-eric-holcomb-lifts-almost-all-covid-19-restrictionsThis struck me and other public health folks as dangerousA month later, how&#