Deborah Hardoon

Head of Digital, HMTreasury@DEC_Darlington, Economist, Numbers Nerd, Runner, Mum and Love all things cheesy.

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

Now in my new role in @DEC_Darlington HMTreasury, listening to a panel event, with @RichardLayard. New role, new team, it all comes back to #wellbeing @Work_Life_You @WhatWorksWB

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

Yesterday was my last day as Poverty and Inequality Lead at DI, best of luck to the team as they employ data and evidence for good. I've got a few weeks before starting my next career adventure, so let me know if there are any projects I can help out with!

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

What does poverty and inequality look like from a gender perspective? We need more and better gender data to answer this, building on progress and the work of partners...

[Development Initiatives (DI) @devinitorg]

READ our new gender data briefing outlining challenges and solutions to improve the data and evidence needed to tackle gender inequality: https://t.co/PxNGuxgOQz

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

I've been privileged to work with great people on an issue I feel passionate about, but now it's time to handover the reigns...If you're interested in using data and evidence to tackle poverty and inequality around the world, apply to @devinitorg today! https://t.co/3eQqpOyv2Y

[Hayley Lelourec @HayleyLelourec]

Take a look at our work on gender equality. More coming soon!

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

While the principle of 'leave no one behind' is recognised around the world, a review of VNRs finds there's a glaring gap when it comes to embedding this within development policy. https://t.co/qpbXqrFmmG. We've got some ideas on how data can help...https://t.co/3r67QzdSO3

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

My colleague Zach gives a great write up of 'a complicated update to a simplistic measure', re the extreme poverty line now at $2.15/day. https://t.co/GKEQH8ocZh

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

An opportunity to reflect on Martin Ravillion's contribution to poverty analysis and his legacy in our own work at DI https://t.co/Y1poypXAC2

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

This. 🤯

[High Pay Centre @HighPayCentre]

🚨By 2pm today FTSE 100 CEOs' earnings for 2023 will surpass the median UK worker’s full time annual salary

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

A huge contribution to our knowledge and understanding of poverty and data, thank you for your work Martin Ravallion. R.I.P. https://t.co/v1VmEng1th

[Martha G. Bekele @martgbek]

Exciting morning for us all at the DI East Africa Hub as we launch our strategic priorities for the next three years (2023-2025).
We will focus on:
Financing for development;
Poverty, inequality & resilience; and
Digital transformation, data products & services in Africa.

[Adrian Lovett @adrianlovett]

What a privilege to work with these great colleagues - and all those who were not on stage today - at the launch of our @devinitorg East Africa Hub strategy here in #Nairobi #DIHubStrategy

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

Two important takeaways for me on tax and inequality: 1- Recognising tax as a social contract, having a stake and voice, for all 2 - Enormous potential for unearned income to be redistributed to improve individual and collective outcomes
https://t.co/srMmAPu95L

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

How do you measure the income status of a country? My colleagues break it down for you and explain why you might get more than one answer...

[Development Initiatives (DI) @devinitorg]

President Museveni of #Uganda says that the country had achieved lower-middle-income status, a claim that the World Bank disputes. @zchriste and Dean Breed examine the contested #data and explain why settling such debates can be far from straightforward: https://t.co/654b5CMveM

[Michael Plant @MichaelDPlant]

This picture might not look like much, but it represents a new answer to the question, ‘how can I do the most good?’

It's taken over 3 years and 10,000 hours of research to get here.

What am I talking about?🧵to explain.
Please read, then AMA about this research!

[Abby Maxman @abbymaxman]

1/ Just travelled to Ethiopia, a country dear to my heart and my home for 8 years. I’m inspired by @OxfaminEthiopia for its crucial work confronting such a difficult combination of humanitarian, governance, and gender justice challenges. Some reflections:

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

Really important analysis by my brilliant friend and colleague Fran, showing the need to get more humanitarian funding into the hands of local actors doing the essential work.

[Fran Girling @FranGirling1]

Great to have worked on this report with @MulteciKonseyi on tracking funding to local actors in Türkiye. NB: following the money shouldn't be this hard! https://t.co/rbkqG8J9mY @devinitorg

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

In the bleak context of rising poverty and inequality, we look at the role #data can play and how OECD donors in particular can support efforts to strengthen national data ecosystems https://t.co/43J4yfQEFf

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

@WendyEdelberg on the role of fiscal policy to smooth and redistribute costs of crises and policy makers are more comfortable borrowing to smooth over time - obfuscating costs, rather than between people through redistribution (despite obvious benefits for inequality). #CGDtalks

[Deborah Hardoon @DeborahHardoon]

New @UNRISD report on the need for a new eco-social contract, feels extremely pertinent for the UK right now, where the chaos of government is so completely detached from what people need this winter. https://t.co/hYvmYrTBc6