Marco A

Economist and evaluator at @TetraTechIntDev. Looking for better questions. All views mine etc.

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

@BjornLomborg Cc @terzibus

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

@sc_cath Yes energy efficiency in the existing housing stock is not a silver bullet. But does a gap of 20%-30% efficiency not justify a subsidy? It should depend on the size of the subsidy. It could if it makes a difference to households choice of renovating.

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

@kopalo I would say there has been a lot done to try to improve this. But getting institutions support right remains really hard.

[Ferrari News 🐎 @FanaticsFerrari]

100,000+ people singing Fratelli D’Italia together.

Only the Monza podium.

🇮🇹

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

The $100bn #ClimateFinance pledge has been met for the first time! 💵🏞️

While this is key milestone, it was always a first step to achieve climate ambitions, which will require much higher funding. 🌍🌎🌏

[OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives @OECD]

Today the OECD released new figures showing developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in #ClimateFinance for developing countries in 2022.

This is a 30% increase, or USD 26.3 billion, from 2021.

🧵⤵️

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

@GavinHJackson @TheEconomist Same, 39 points for me!

[IEG - WB Group @WorldBank_IEG]

It is time to evaluate the evaluators!

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[Marco A @AntonielliM]

Nice rundown of the debate on industrial policy with @rodrikdani @vox_dev. Paper with @straightedge https://t.co/eyyY5r059E

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

At purchasing power parity there's not been any decline of the EU economy vis-a-vis the US. See ⬇️

People don't eat dollars or euros and that FT comparon is misleading.

https://t.co/0gQZostzw0

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Insane how much the EU lost out to the US in 10 years: "The EU economy, in dollar terms, is 65 per cent of the size of the US economy. That’s down from 91 per cent in 2013"

And it ain't by becoming even more vassalized to the US that we'll resolve this...
https://t.co/fB3Itzicqj

[Stian Westlake @stianwestlake]

If you're a mid-career development economist who wants to make a difference, this could be one of the best jobs in the country: Deputy Chief Economist at @FCDOGovUK.

Closing date 15/10/23.

https://t.co/NokwU4vmzF

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

@PilatSTI @OECDdev Looks like a great resource, thank you!

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

@s_colenbrander @PilatSTI Important work! Do you know if any statistics exist on how this finance is spent? Eg is this all direct funding for infrastructure? Or technical assistance? Public or private? Thanks!

[Sea-Watch International @seawatch_intl]

🔴Open letter: Together with @TimaKurdi, more than 180 international initiatives demand a full investigation of the shipwreck off Greece and an end to systematic border violence.
#Pylos
#WorldRefugeeDay

https://t.co/nkMeEadUaG

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

Nice set of bold actions and recommendations for UK aid for trade from PA colleagues on the FCDO Growth Gateway.

https://t.co/8YoGTv0J1V

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

A huge team for a critical initiative.

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

Amazing panel with Michael Kremer, @JeanTirole, @rglenner, @Susan_Athey, Chris Snyder at the launch of the Market Shaping Accelerator

How to create market incentives to promote innovation for global challenges such climate change and pandemics?

See here: https://t.co/WoX97fvdbX

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

People are numb to big numbers https://t.co/TEkEh4bwu9

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

Green Brady Bonds FTW - https://t.co/spTRx94vN0 via @FT

[Jason Kerwin @jt_kerwin]

Very cool paper about using machine learning to scale up the qualitative coding of open-ended interviews by @bijurao and Julian Ashwin https://t.co/zJ0yiury3b

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

Development aid is tiny as compared to the challenges and also to public spend of the partner govs. The effectiveness agenda needs to be pushed to focus more on influencing of the public sector and leveraging of the private sector. Too little thinking on this.

[Marco A @AntonielliM]

Development effectiveness is back on the table - here at the recent #SpringMeetings. The knowledge generation tech has made big strides. It's not just about cost efficiency anymore, but also innovation, context, quality of implementation and ownership of partner govs. But...

[Amanda Glassman @glassmanamanda]

Tired of only talking money at #SpringMeetings? Join me in person w @bardvegar @noradno @deankarlan @usaid @alegovini @WorldBank to talk abt ways to assure that Bank #evolution roadmpa means an #evidence and impact revolution too @CGDev Wed April 12 3-4 https://t.co/zMNiAnPv1z