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Dumelang Bagaetsho, I hope you are all well. I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the new President-Elect, Adv. @duma_boko, on his victory.
@PublicIntrestBW I wondered if prof @ElliottDGreen is watching this (it's not yet in international media), the transfer of power to opposition is finally going to happen in Botswana. Democracy is alive after all!
βI will respectfully step aside and participate in a smooth transition process ahead of inauguration,β - Mokgweetsi Masisi at the ongoing presser.
#BotswanaElections2024
Trade not aid?
In the early 2000s, the African Growth & Opportunity Act, aka #AGOA, unleashed a brief boom in African manufacturing. The China shock killed it. As Congress debates renewing AGOA, can it be revived?
New paper w/ @arvindsubraman:
https://t.co/1yU3zJfJTs
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Thanks so much to @DavidBeckworth and @Macro_Musings for having me on the podcast!
We had a great conversation about the economic effects of political pressure on the Fed and new methods for estimating monetary policy shocks.
Full episode link in the thread below.
@TomChidwick@seckerson This is so lovely to see. That last part about Botswana is not an exaggeration. For years we've nicknamed our mum 'Books' for being a little ocd like Mrs Bouquet
All of my aunts and my mother have been checking in constantly today - all of them cried. None of them got to achieve their dreams. I feel the weight of their pain.
Misogyny is a cancer. Afghan women and girls must have their fundamental rights protected.
This must end here.
I have a new version of my WP "The Impact of Incomplete Financial Markets on Crop-Choice, Agricultural Productivity, and Welfare".
If you're interested in macro, decisions under risk, or agriculture in Africa, check it out!
https://t.co/Optze5AMWd