Sam Hughes

Interests in long-run economic development & global poverty alleviation. Writing on purpose of material progress. Captivated by Jesus. RA @CGDev. Views my own.

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@tonyannett Could you please share the source for this? I can’t find it in the Global Justice Report.

Interested if this comes from Piketty & he interprets the direction of causality as equality -> productivity, as the direction is reversed in his famous r>g explanation of rising inequality

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@NathanpmYoung @StefanFSchubert Noooo :(

The hunt continues then…

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@StefanFSchubert @NathanpmYoung I should have said oarsmen per galley^

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@StefanFSchubert @NathanpmYoung Can you share your source for the figures on Lepanto? I’m particularly interested in the average number of crew members per galley in the period. (Can share why if interested). Thanks!

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@antonhowes Amazing, thank you :)

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@antonhowes Yes exactly. I have in mind the utility of poverty doctrine, as Furniss called it (see Ch.6 in the link). Do you have any pointers for where I can read those 1370s commentators? https://t.co/6jHs5t5AJI

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@Empty_America Leonard Thompson, in Ronald Blythe’s Akenfield:

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

.@CGDev's analysis of the UK aid cuts is presented to the Prime Minister here by the chair of the International Development Committee, @SarahChampionMP. Read the analysis:
https://t.co/MRnStVw44w

[Ian Mitchell @EconMitch]

Which country uses the most aid to host a refugee?

Not surprisingly, it's the UK.

But what is surprising is how much of an outlier it is: 150% more than its nearest G7 peer.

Our new @CGDev analysis w/ @SamHugh3s

https://t.co/wMH3NlXMil

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@euanritchie @scepticalranil A year and a half later... I think you'll be interested in Figure 3, inspired by your own chart!

https://t.co/2cetyQtXRo

[Ian Mitchell @EconMitch]

Which country uses the most aid to host a refugee?

Not surprisingly, it's the UK.

But what is surprising is how much of an outlier it is: 150% more than its nearest G7 peer.

Our new @CGDev analysis w/ @SamHugh3s

https://t.co/wMH3NlXMil

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@worstall @delong @pmarca @erikbryn Thanks :) I wish he had set out the calculation, or given a source himself.

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@ACJSissons Great point!

Have you seen @binarybits pushing for this reframe too? I like his term "Baumol's wage bonus" :)

https://t.co/RHbJDeibMh

https://t.co/hcHnwZ0fDz

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[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

@PhilipDBunn I would love to read that! Been a while since I read him, but I remember him as a really fun commentator on Fordism, especially in Player Piano and some of his short stories.

Good luck with the (two!) book(s!) ;)

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

These are just some (not all!) of the issues we hope the forthcoming localisation strategy to address.

You can read the full blog here:

https://t.co/Rcsh6MDRmK

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

New blog on the UK's poor track record on locally-led development.

The government has committed to producing a strategy on this, & @lisanandy has voiced her support for the agenda.

So, how does the UK perform on the issue?@EconMitch and I have collated the available evidence.

[Sam Hughes @SamHugh3s]

And the latest @DevCooperation survey showed the UK performs below average in working with its recipient partners: especially for the coverage of forward spending plans, using partner countries’ own financial management & procurement systems, and on jointly planning evaluations.