Somik Lall

Director, World Development Report 2024 - The Middle Income Trap. Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist @worldbank. Opinions are mine, RTs are not endorsements.

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

My column in @TheEconomist today. A tiny slice of the insights contained in the @WorldBank's latest World Development Report--on the importance of standards for development. The full report is here: https://t.co/9y6obmLLzV

https://t.co/uI6EQxmhLR

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

The global cost of gender inequality in labour market opportunities

Last week on VoxDev w/ @PennyG_Yale (@YaleEconomics), @CharlesGottlie7 (@amseaixmars), @SomikCities (@wb_research), Meet Mehta, Michael Peters & Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan (@YaleEGC): https://t.co/UXFWh0mysS

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

Just how costly is it to curtail #economic opportunities for women? My predecessor as @WorldBank Chief Economist, @PennyG_Yale, and my colleague @SomikCities checked. They found national productivity could be increased by as much as 20% if women had the same opportunities as men.

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

The @WorldBank's 2024 World #Development Report owes much to these three great minds--and one not pictured, my colleague @SomikCities: From L-R, #Nobel laureates Peter Howitt and Philippe Aghion with @UChicago's @ufukakcigit. https://t.co/sW41fLUwXY

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion cites the groundbreaking work of my @WorldBank colleague Somik Lall and @ufukakcigit, authors of the 2024 World Development Report.
2025 prize lectures in economic sciences | Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion a... https://t.co/fficNyCoAX via @YouTube

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

In the area of #climate #resilience, governments focus too much on helping people cope with the aftermath of a disaster—and not enough on enabling them to protect themselves in the first place. A @WorldBank report outlines a better way. https://t.co/XlPIM8lhiJ

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

When the time comes, #Ukraine️'s reconstruction will depend on a lot more than the rebuilding of roads and bridges. @UChicago's @ufukakcigit and my @WorldBank colleague @SomikCities draw lessons from the example of West Germany after World War II.
https://t.co/gbQPRKYggf

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

A useful new AI tool from the @WorldBank's Institute for Economic Development. If you're looking for a quick way to soak up the latest insights from our research, this is it.

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

This is pretty much a blueprint for rebuilding Ukraine's enterprises and entrepreneurship. @UChicago @SomikCities @BeckerFriedman
https://t.co/xONMZ95Rk9

[Growth Academy @academy_gceg]

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: "The Marshall Plan: Then and Now". What happened during postwar Europe’s recovery—and what lessons can we draw for growth today? Joel Mokyr (@NUEconomics) highlights strategies, policies, and attitudes that shaped a turning point in #EconomicHistory.

[Growth Academy @academy_gceg]

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: Prof. Michael Greenstone (@UChiEnergy) discusses "The Economics of the Global Energy Challenge," emphasizing how nations must balance reliable energy, clean air, and climate goals—and the importance of pricing energy’s true costs.
#EnergyEcon

[Growth Academy @academy_gceg]

#GrowthAcademy25: Day 1 ended with a fireside discussion with HE @BAlkhorayef, Minister of Industry & Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, @ufukakcigit of @UChi_Economics and @SomikCities of @worldbank. Key insights on industry and regional development. 

Follow for Day 2 updates!

[Growth Academy @academy_gceg]

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25, Day 4: @somikcities (@WorldBank_IEG) builds on yesterday's energy crisis session with "Energy, Emissions, and Creative Destruction", outlining the need for global energy efficiency and cooperation.

#EnergyEfficiency

[Growth Academy @academy_gceg]

The #GrowthAcademy25 conference is officially underway!

@ufukakcigit and @SomikCities just launched Day 1 with inspiring opening remarks. Follow along right here for live updates, key insights, and standout moments from speakers throughout the week.

[World Bank Group Publications @WBGPubs]

The World Development Report 2024 highlights Poland as an exception among middle-income countries. Understand the challenges and strategies to avoid the middle-income trap. Read this blog by @SomikCities & @ufukakcigit https://t.co/R8gUlFGW7N #WDR2024

📕https://t.co/wCA8bKEu0U

[Ivailo Izvorski @IvailoIzvorski]

Fantastic Growth Academy event in Bucharest led by ⁦⁦@IndermitGill⁩ ⁦@SomikCities⁩ ⁦@ufukakcigit⁩

[Indermit Gill @IndermitGill]

My @WorldBank colleague, Somik Lall, outlines what developing economies can do to achieve a synchronized form of development—one that connects progress in megacities with progress in smaller cities, towns, and villages.

https://t.co/sRvkoZSRTR

[Ufuk Akcigit @ufukakcigit]

@SomikCities and I are organizing the Cairo edition of the Growth Academy from April 30 to May 2, 2025, in partnership with @ERFlatest.

Join us to explore how creative destruction drives growth in emerging economies.

(For last year's Growth Academy: https://t.co/A6l8YAbFVc)

@academy_gceg @WorldBank @wb_research @BeckerFriedman

For event and application details, please check out the brochure below:

[𝙐𝙜𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙖 @upanizza]

Presentation of ⁦@WorldBank⁩ 2024 WDR ⁦@GVAGrad⁩ ⁦@GVAGrad_CFD⁩ by ⁦@SomikCities⁩ with ⁦@AmeliaSantosP⁩ & ⁦@RobiPiermartini⁩

[Ufuk Akcigit @ufukakcigit]

Thrilled to see the World Development Report 2024 on the “Middle Income Trap” reaching new audiences around the world through translation! Excited for the impact this will have in multiple languages! 🌍📚 @WorldBank @wb_research