Marcus Manuel

Senior Research Associate @ODI_global tweeting on financing access to justice in lower income countries. All views my own.

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

scaling up justice services is possible and affordable - scaling up 18x - units costs down by 90%

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

Sierra Leone’s innovative approach to de-regulating justice services has enabled the front-line justice system to be scaled up in an affordable way.

New research assesses this transformation and how lessons must be taken from it. 🇸🇱 @marcus_manuel

https://t.co/k9jup7tj3j

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

"Small is beautiful, but scale is necessary" (as the founder of BRAC, the late Sir Fazle Hasan Abed noted). Our research finds 25 examples of frugal, local innovators delivering front line justice services. They just need funding to scale. #JusticeForAll https://t.co/tCBqnLRpfN

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

Delivering on SDG 16.3 - access to justice for all - means scaling up. Scaling up also makes it affordable. Malawi's PASI shows unit costs tumble when you scale See our blog for The Global Community of Practice on scaling up https://t.co/9vPljUaDEM @ODI_Global #JusticeForAll

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

Which countries spend the most on justice? This may be the first ever global review covering countries at all income levels. Answer: lower-income countries spend much more than OECD countries do https://t.co/1WbbqRqvC9

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

my chart of the day - impact of Covid19 is 143 million more people in extreme poverty and first substantive increase in global inequality for 30 years. This is what the lack of global social welfare system means. h/t Emma Samman & https://t.co/NFALGZzqme

[Pathfinders @SDG16Plus]

🔎#Justice accounts for <1.4% of development aid - a dramatic underinvestment.

Read the latest in a 2-part series with @ODI_Global: #ClareManuel and @marcus_manuel on how & what to fund to advance #PeopleCenteredJustice: https://t.co/aIbdM9qN8O

[Pathfinders @SDG16Plus]

🌏12M people are in prison, 3M
unsentenced
🌏46% of low-income country prisoners are unsentenced, 2x those in OECD countries (24%)

Read the 2nd in our series w/ @ODI_Global: #ClareManuel, @marcus_manuel, and #SheelaghStewart: https://t.co/vwLya4RN0V

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

We're looking for ten best examples of scalable people centered justice approaches from lower income countries. Do let us know your recommendations! https://t.co/jvdaSFQiJL

[socialprotection.org @SP_Gateway]

1/2 ⚠️🗒️Discover the #blog series ‘Global Financing Mechanisms for Social Protection’, organized by @BROT_furdiewelt & https://t.co/7jr0HxUt3i. It draws from different studies around the proposal for a Global Fund for Social Protection.

🔗https://t.co/H277wA7eDq

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

UMICs to get IMF concessional support? And amount to be capped by quotas so per person UMICs could end up with 20x more than LICs? Am I reading this right? https://t.co/kJef7IfSRJ #IMFBlog #ODI_Global #aidallocation @MarkWPlant @_miller_mark

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

Two new interesting papers from ILO on addressing financial challenges on social protection. I will be on the panel om 13th January - do join if you'd like to see the papers and hear my take.

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

This is an extraordinary step forward to ending #extremepoverty. New German government commits to "support an international financing instrument (#globalfundforsocialprotection) for those countries that do not have sufficient resources" (p151) https://t.co/B2kUw7ndiH

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

#IMF is asking the right questions about how to improve its work in fragile states - we call for bold strategy that lifts its ambition, starting with modest step of making sure they are present in every country

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

Five priorities for the #IMF's upcoming strategy on fragile & conflict-affected states (FCS):

1⃣ Conflict prevention
2⃣ Support fiscal policy
3⃣ Diversify FCS interlocutors
4⃣ Work in all FCS
5⃣ Invest in institutional capacity

#AnnualMeetings

https://t.co/lOEpgULmSb

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

@rabah_arezki at African Development Bank makes powerful argument for re-thinking development assistance by scaling up cash transfers. @DavidMalpassWBG calls this timely - but will bilaterals be willing to make the necessary long term commitments? Grant finance will be key.

[David Malpass @DavidRMalpass]

Timely piece by ⁦@rabah_arezki⁩ on development assistance & aid through digital cash transfer programs.

A strong & successful #IDA20 replenishment can help support the digital infrastructure & funding needed for more, inclusive safety nets. https://t.co/exps8yxTzS

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

great analysis and sadly this isn't even the worse news - the real loss was the missed opportunity for UK leadership on the global response to #Covid-19 - UK alone could have vaccinated 60% of Africa https://t.co/r5uTu47sdM

[Global Development @GdnDevelopment]

‘Devastating’: how UK’s foreign aid cuts could hurt the world’s poorest https://t.co/rzNmr3bsFn

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

The real cost of the #UKaid cuts is the missed opportunity to have kickstarted the global mobilisation of £50 billion needed to end #COVID19 pandemic in all countries and the chance to inspire and lead the #COP26 negotiations.

[Economics Observatory @EconObservatory]

What will be the likely effects of reducing the UK’s aid budget? "The real loss from aid cuts is UK leadership on global responses to poverty, #Covid-19 and #climatechange." @marcus_manuel
https://t.co/wSR7Nq4KhB

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

The process of assessing the likely direct impact of the #UKaid cuts is only just starting but they are already affecting tens of millions of people. Cuts could have reduced #COVID19 infections by 250 million and saved 1.7 million lives.

[Economics Observatory @EconObservatory]

What will be the likely effects of reducing the UK’s aid budget? "The real loss from aid cuts is UK leadership on global responses to poverty, #Covid-19 and #climatechange." @marcus_manuel
https://t.co/wSR7Nq4KhB

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

The IMF estimates the cost of ending the pandemic at £50 billion – and the benefits to the world at £9,000 billion. It is hard to think of any large-scale public investment whose benefits are 180 times greater than their costs. #UKaid cuts were a missed opportunity.

[Economics Observatory @EconObservatory]

What will be the likely effects of reducing the UK’s aid budget? "The real loss from aid cuts is UK leadership on global responses to poverty, #Covid-19 and #climatechange." @marcus_manuel
https://t.co/wSR7Nq4KhB

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

The UK could have financed 60% vaccination coverage in all of Africa - had it temporarily scaled back non #COVID19 #UKaid spending by £4.4 billion and increased overall aid spending by just £2.2 billion.

[Economics Observatory @EconObservatory]

What will be the likely effects of reducing the UK’s aid budget? "The real loss from aid cuts is UK leadership on global responses to poverty, #Covid-19 and #climatechange." @marcus_manuel
https://t.co/wSR7Nq4KhB

[Marcus Manuel @marcus_manuel]

The UK goes into #COP26 with promises to secure its grandchildren’s futures, made at the cost of the current generation in poorer countries. Increased funding for biodiversity by £600m was partly financed by £110m cut in #UKAid to Yemen's children two months later.

[Economics Observatory @EconObservatory]

What will be the likely effects of reducing the UK’s aid budget? "The real loss from aid cuts is UK leadership on global responses to poverty, #Covid-19 and #climatechange." @marcus_manuel
https://t.co/wSR7Nq4KhB