Wang Sonne

Economist, World Bank Group

[IFC @IFC_org]

“Being a local brand for us means reinvesting into communities and growing together,” says @MyZambeef CEO Faith Mukutu. With IFC's support, Zambeef rehabilitated classrooms at a local community school and installed a 10,000-liter solar water system.
➡️https://t.co/c3oyS0AkOi

[Matt Grossmann @MattGrossmann]

University students who were provided with a free gym card (in a randomized experiment) exercised more and had a significant improvement in academic performance. The treated students were also less likely to drop out of classes
https://t.co/ncId63b2yF

[OMS SENEGAL @OMS_SENEGAL]

Suivre la 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲, c’est évaluer dans quelle mesure les 𝗱𝗲́𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲́ plongent les 𝗺𝗲́𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲́𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲́.

📅 Du 𝟭𝟰 𝗮𝘂 𝟭𝟳 𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗿𝗲 𝗮̀ 𝗗𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗿 🇸🇳, l’@OMS_Afrique, en partenariat avec la @Banquemondiale et @statafric, réunit des 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗹’𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 pour améliorer la mesure et l’analyse de l’indicateur #𝗢𝗗𝗗 𝟯.𝟴.𝟮, qui évalue la 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲́𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘅 𝗱𝗲́𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲́.

↗️ 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗳 : que 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲 𝘀’𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘃𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗮̀ 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲́.

[Ousmane Diagana @ousmane_diagana]

Today, 40% of girls aged 15–19 are out of school or constrained by early marriage or motherhood.

Download the report outlining the bold actions that can change this: https://t.co/ncxSBi05YP

[Ousmane Diagana @ousmane_diagana]

Pleasure to join the launch of the Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa report w/ an esteemed panel committed to #InvestInGirls.

The message is clear: #Africa’s prosperity hinges on unlocking the untapped potential of its adolescent girls.

[MPIDR @MPIDRnews]

Today we were happy to welcome Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs MV Bettina Martin. She stopped @MPIDRnews during her ☀️☀️☀️Summer Tour 2024 to meet our scientists and to talk and to learn more about our current and future research.

[Bassirou Diomaye Faye @PR_Diomaye]

Par ma présence à ce Forum, j’ai voulu exprimer mon attachement personnel à la santé et la place qu’elle occupe dans l’action de mon gouvernement.

L’histoire récente de la pandémie COVID-19 nous a montré combien nous étions vulnérables, mal préparés face aux pandémies et que par conséquent la santé doit être une priorité permanente.

[Présidence Sénégal @PR_Senegal]

Le Président de la République, S.E.M. @PR_Diomaye, a quitté Dakar ce matin pour se rendre en France.

A l’invitation de @gavi, l’Alliance du Vaccin, et de l’Union africaine, le Chef de l’État participera à Paris au Forum mondial pour la souveraineté et l’innovation vaccinales.

[Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala]

I don’t normally do personal tweets, but today is an exception! It has been one of the happiest days of my life - my 70th birthday! So much outpouring of love from everywhere!! I want to thank all WTO Ambassadors, WTO staff, friends and family! I’ve never received so many bouquets of flowers from all over the world, as I have today! Along with good wishes and prayers. I consider myself blessed to have a loving husband, family, friends and well wishers! All Glory and Thanks to God!

[Dr. India Jackson @astro_beauty]

It is my honor to announce that I have made history as the first black woman to receive a PhD in Physics from @GeorgiaStateU! During this journey I attained:

BS MATH
MS MATH
MS PHYSICS
MS Computer Science
PhD Astrophysics

[David Velasquez, MD @davidevelasqu]

This is my mom.

She was an asylum seeker.
She slept in a church b/c she had nowhere else to go.
She is a housekeeper & a waitress.
She is my hero.
These degrees are for her.

Harvard Medical School, M.D. ✅
Harvard Business School, M.B.A. ✅
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, M.P.P. ✅

You made history happen, mom.

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[Victoria Kwakwa @VictoriaKwakwa]

Next week in Cape Town, we kick off the Africa Learn-Adapt-Scale program #AfricaLEADS. We aim to foster a culture of evidence-based development, optimize impacts of development & drive transformative change across our region! https://t.co/jpB5Se3fri
Watch video:

[Guillaume Lachenal @LachenalGui]

En ces temps de panique souveraine sur le baby crash, l'infertilité et le réarmement démographique, un livre sur le Congo colonial peut nous donner quelques clefs... Je vous explique pourquoi ⬇️

[Rachel Glennerster @rglenner]

I am honored and excited to be taking on the role of President of CGD! Looking forward to working with all the brilliant researchers there.

[Anna Bjerde @bjerde_anna]

Today, the @WorldBank is being taken over by:

👧🏽 mini economists
🤓 mini finance experts
🏛️ mini governance specialists
🤳🏽 mini communications officers
🌏 mini development professionals

One thing's for sure, their passion for helping others comes straight from their parents!

[Belinda Archibong @belindaarch]

A friend told me that Black women are only 2%(!) of tenured faculty in the US, and I, as an early 30s millennial who got her Phd at 25, went from arriving here as a poor Nigerian immigrant to being a tenured US citizen economics professor. Truly a started from the bottom story

[WomenLift Health Global Conference @WLHGConference]

Kicked off our fireside chat session on "Collective Action for Gender Equity" at #WLHGC2024 with Dr. @jmkikwete and Rt. Hon @HelenClarkNZ and expertly moderated by @adanna_dr.

#ReimaginingLeadership

[Dr Kareem Carr @kareem_carr]

this is how statisticians computed linear regressions prior to the invention of the computer:

[Macky Sall @Macky_Sall]

Je salue le bon déroulement de l’élection présidentielle du 24 mars 2024 et félicite le vainqueur, M. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, que les tendances donnent gagnant. C’est la victoire de la démocratie sénégalaise.

[Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala]

Delighted to get this photo of a young 3 year old girl, who I don’t even know, dressed for her schools Career Day as Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. What a fun thing to see! I pray for her and all young girls that their careers will be even more successful than mine!