Knowledge management @ World Bank's Development Research Group (@wb_research). Following my Quixotic childhood dream of trying to manage knowledge at an IFI
@the_mel_jar@romyromy21_@Claudio_PNW@roguetherapist What do you make of parents who engage in disavowal ("I know very well, but nevertheless...")? Would this be yet a third category? Or do you consider this equivalent to the escapist fantasy you've described?
@jordanticus Not disagreeing at all with the need for an intrapsychic lens, just that this perspective that "objective" abuse was in many cases the primary cause of pathology was de facto extremely unwelcome.
@jordanticus No expert on this history, but wasn't it the case that Freud tried to stop Ferenczi from publishing The Confusion of Tongues, and Ernest Jones tried to brand Ferenczi as psychotic for the ideas in that paper?
@TylerAlterman@JimmyRis Boundlessness, per Kazuaki Tanahashi https://t.co/FDY7EklDpm. I think this is better since it avoids the misleadingly nihilistic overtones of "emptiness"
3 calls for papers from @wb_research, all in one place:
8th Urbanization Conference (Nov 17): https://t.co/DG6o80VU7N
Land Conference: Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action (Dec 3): https://t.co/dzerW3GGse
Trade & Uneven Dev't (April 15) (https://t.co/3JGCUOrSC7
Video of the wonderful talk given by @mlamont6 at @wb_research on her book “Seeing Others” which is about the centrally important topic about how to build a more empathetic, inclusive, less divided world. Michael Woolcock and I were the discussants. https://t.co/QcqoWkHjDe
Call for papers! The 8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference will focus on urban expansion & the spatial organization of cities. Submit by Nov. 17!
Organizers: @wb_research / @WorldBank, @IGC_CtW, @ElliottSchoolGW, @IIEPGW & @MCCgov
https://t.co/DG6o80VU7N
The law of unintended consequences at work? China has only increased its centrality in global trade since the US-China trade war. Graph from a recent presentation by @wb_research's @DariaTaglioni on the future of globalization.
Startling disparities in impacts of climate change forecasted in the coming decades during Prof. Michael Greenstone's keynote at the @wb_research Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference earlier this year https://t.co/W3vIpeFuxS
On June 29 two of the lead authors of the latest @WorldBank#WDR2023 on Migrants, Refugees, and Societies will present key findings from the report. Join in Washington, DC or online, RSVP at the link🖊️ https://t.co/lDoYXAJM5z
A growing number of middle-income countries are aging rapidly—not just wealthy countries—intensifying the global competition for workers and talent.
The #WDR2023 outlines policies important for #BetterMigration, development, & sustainable growth. ➡️https://t.co/U68Q9Hm7oY
A smart and balanced overview of the new World Development Report on migration. It maps out “the right direction” in a policy area with no easy answers—>
Next week on May 30 @UNCTAD and @wb_research are teaming up for a workshop on non-tariff measures, building on the launch of an NTM database in 2018 covering the top 25 importing countries in the world. If you're ready to wonk out, RSVP at the link 👇 https://t.co/4rIWgy2Y71
.@wb_research event happening next Thursday June 1 to discuss results of survey of trade in services across 54 African Union economies. Joint w/ many partners including @AfCFTA, @wto, @_AfricanUnion & many others. In Washington, DC and streaming live 👇
https://t.co/TOqTqRw5Ff