I am very excited about joining the IIF in the summer given its unique mandate and excellent staff! IDA - World Bank IMF OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Federal Reserve Paul Tudor Jones Governo do Brasil G20 Brasil Estadão 🗞️ Estadão 🗞️Economia Valor Econômico Financial Times

Great review of debt disclosure legislations across 60 countries by Rhoda Weeks-Brown et al, citing our $1 trillion in Hidden Debt estimate. imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

We re live now at NBER IFM meeting now youtube.com/watch?v=NFjmUY…

I enjoyed the podcast with Ziad Daoud more than my coffee today! And my morning coffee is sacred! Good job 👍

Awesome! AI tools are going to be so good at helping pick up subtle messaging changes in MDB/IFI reports.

Who is holding West African domestic bonds? Interesting table by $&P with data from UMOA-Titres. With increasing domestic debt portfolios and DSAs often based still on currency (rather than residency), we need more of these data

My (long) review of Gregory Makoff 's book on Argentina's historic debt restructuring. Short version: strongly recommend. goodreads.com/review/show/60…

Eye opening on innovation in public services in a war economy.

For those of us without the One Ring

The cat is out of the bag: My book is coming out on May 20th!

The book's message is simple: Regardless of a nation's climate responsibility, environmental sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy. Just like in

Always amazed by how cheap resource sector corruption can be (from the perspective of the firms paying bribes).

Swiss giant Trafigura is alleged to have paid Angolan officials less than $5.5m in bribes to make $143.7m in profits.

(Source: mining.com/web/trafigura-…)

📢I am excited to present first results of our big new project 'Budgets and Geopolitics, 1870-2022' at the Munich Security Conference. We show: Military spending in G7 countries has fallen to historic lows, while social spending has risen. We clearly live in an 'age of butter,' not guns👇1/4

This paper kicked off an entire literature on sovereign debt, ahead of the huge increase in the real world of international private lending.

RIP Jonathan Eaton.

A set of actionable indicators for DMOs to improve their reporting practices and track progress over time & against peers.

Fantastic overview of the unfolding debt crisis and of the challenges for debt restructuring by ⁦Layna Mosley⁩. Much clearer than many economists 😊 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goo…

Thrilled that the premier academic conference on international finance features our paper on Hidden Debt w S. Horn, Philipp Nickol,Cesar Sosa Padilla. Full NBER program here: nber.org/conferences/in…

.⁦Foreign Affairs⁩ much modern & green tech relies on batteries of lead, a neurotoxin that kills & disables -but we can fix saving lives & minds say ⁦Rachel Silverman Bonnifield⁩ ⁦Justin Sandefur⁩ ⁦Lee Crawfurd⁩ ⁦Susannah Hares⁩ ⁦Center for Global Development⁩ foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

As 🇺🇬 gets closer to #oil production, new Natural Resource Governance Institute analysis indicates the government's planned equity stake in the refinery would create public finance risks and may be unnecessary.

👉 resourcegovernance.org/publications/u…