It was great meeting four inspiring women from “Kurak” - a Women Forum in Kyrgyzstan - and learn about their great initiatives (with Mariam Sherman and Bolormaa Amgaabazar).
Pro-immigration but not YIMBY --> I want more people in my country, just not near where I live
YIMBY but not pro-immigration --> I'm confused and I need to lie down
YIMBY + pro-immigration --> 🌈🌈🌈
A magazine asks if I want to travel on a train "in the manner of Anna Karenina?"
Yes, up to a point.
Afternoon reading
It was good to hear directly from our @WorldBank Group economists at today’s MTI Forum, especially those from our country offices.
Their on-the-ground insights & hard work are essential as we seek broad-based growth & sustainable prosperity for our partner nations.
A very useful interview with Esther Duflo about wage effects of low-skilled migration.
I also want to use to use this to highlight how silly it is to argue that the Nobelists this year don't believe anything unless they are RCT's.
They believe in careful empirical work.
"There is no reason to fear low-skilled migration."
Nobel prize-winning economist Esther Duflo says "the effect of low-skilled migration on low-skilled wages is zero".
"There is no reason to fear low-skilled migration."
Nobel prize-winning economist Esther Duflo says "the effect of low-skilled migration on low-skilled wages is zero".
Photographs of Kyrgyz nomads, in NE Afghanistan, included in the current issue of @SelvedgeMag.
Photo by Matthieu Paley who has been beautifully documenting the tough lives of this group for years.
On the 11th of November 1918 my Great Grandfather stood in the French town of Le Quesnoy following its liberation one week earlier. It was my honour to join @ludovic_pouille and the French community in Abu Dhabi today to commemorate the 101st #ArmisticeDay https://twitter.com/franceemirats/status/1193848167470641152
Solemn ceremony commemorating the 11th of November Armistice on the French naval base in Abu Dhabi, along with representatives of the UAE authorities, the diplomatic service, the schools and the French community in the United Arab Emirates.
#FranceUAE 🇨🇵🇦🇪
The real heroes are the people who are kind to small children on airplanes when they have every reason to be annoyed and angry at them.
An excellent summary of the next - and more complex - phase of reforms that awaits #Uzbekistan.
The Uzbek government needs investment to maintain growth and satisfy socio-economic demands. It also needs to reduce dependence on state-led investment, a real test for Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s reform programme. My piece for
@EurasianInvstr https://www.eurasianinvestor.com/analysis-articles/2019/11/8/uzbekistan-seeks-to-move-away-from-state-led
From my father's collection. These were distributed in the Afghan diaspora.
This card, distributed in the diaspora in 1980s, calls Babrak Karmal The Red Shah Shujah. He is putting his headdress at the foot of Brezhnev (front). Verso, loyalty sworn on mother's milk to defend Afghanistan against foreign invasion. #sovietafghan #afghanhistorians ZS
One of the most successful reforms in #Uzbekistan is an image of #Tashkent Police. Turning to people, they also decided to protect animals. A first Police Cat House was opened today. Soon every major station will have Cat House. Food, sterilization, care, and hope to involve kids
Order my book here:
Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies https://www.amazon.com/dp/110849210X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_api_i_xQnaDb0QP5F5H @CUP_PoliSci @CambridgeUP
A far cry from an original print, but the PDF is available via Archive:
https://twitter.com/EdwardLemon3/status/1193311068732448771
Another beautiful book with photos of Turkmenistan, published in 1885
Gorgeous! Im almost there and it looks like good timing!
Fall colors in Washington DC suburbs
Elmo is so excited because Elmo’s street turns 50 today! Elmo loves Sesame Street and all of his friends! #Sesame50
Sitorai Mohi Hosa Saroy - the “palace of a star like the moon” - one of my favourite places in #Bukhara. (But there are quite a few on that list...)
#VisitUzbekistan!
To advocati diaboli of the future: if it’s down to a razor-edge decision, check if the candidate ever traveled to the Istanbul @igairport. Recommend immediate and urgent cannonization if they landed at a gate near the transfer check-point: 💯 they were working a miracle 😇.
We remembered them at Kranji cemetery, this flawless and tranquil morning.
