Patricia Justino

Juan Masullo and I wrote a piece on the recent assassination attempt on Senator Uribe in Bogotá, its connections to the drug war, how it echoes the past, and why it is only the most visible form of how the drug war undermines democracy. 1/2

Abhijit Banerjee on podium speaking, in the background there is a WIDER Annual Lecture banner.

Three people speaking to each other, two are facing away from camera, the third person is smiling.

Group of people listening on chairs as Ravi Kanbur speaks at the fireside chat.

Two women speaking in front of a publications table at the WIDER development conference.

That’s a wrap! 💬

The 2025 #WIDERDevConf brought bold ideas on how inclusive social protection can drive growth, trust & equity. From tax justice to climate resilience, one thing is clear: we can’t afford to go without it.

Catch the highlights 👉 go.unu.edu/n7DCj

📉 Global trust is in crisis

A new WIDER Working Paper by @apvjustino.bsky.social and Melissa Samarin reveals how declining trust in governments and between people is weakening the social fabric in countries around the world.

📄 Read the paper: go.unu.edu/LqJgS...

The period 2020-2023 has been the most violent in 30 years. The current international financial architecture often neglects security needs in fragile countries.

@apvjustino.bsky.social calls for  tailored, long-term financial engagement that supports peacebuilding. go.unu.edu/zMGy5

World Social Report 2025: A New Policy Consensus to Accelerate Social Progress

📢 Join us on 24 April at 12PM EDT for the launch of #UNDESA World Social Report 2025, co-produced for the first time with UNU-WIDER!

The event includes a presentation by UNU-WIDER Deputy Director @apvjustino.bsky.social, key report findings, and audience Q&A.

Register here 👉 go.unu.edu/xDRmk

🌍 Why does 40% of the world feel life is worse now than 50 years ago?

Insecurity and distrust are key issues. @apvjustino.bsky.social & Marta Roig discuss urgent insights from the UN DESA World Social Report 2025. 👉 Watch: go.unu.edu/mPQ2d #WorldSocialReport #EveryoneIncluded

Today, we celebrated our 40th anniversary with an Evening Exchange co-hosted with our long-term partner ZIPAR.

In a panel on Zambia’s debt and development challenges, @apvjustino.bsky.social underlined: “It cannot be a trade-off between fiscal reform and investing in people.”

go.unu.edu/kmJTu

Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop – HiCN 30 September - 1 October 2025 Berlin, Germany Every year, Fragile Lives convenes international experts from academia, policy, and practice on the use of rigorou

Our keynote speakers will be Patricia Justino @apvjustino.bsky.social, Deputy Director of the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland, and Amber Peterman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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At a UN DESA event, our Deputy Director @apvjustino.bsky.social joined global leaders, including António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, to discuss new evidence from the World Social Report 2025 and the future of social development: go.unu.edu/mPQ2d
#SocialSummit2025 #EveryoneIncluded

Spent the last two days in deep conversation about tax and conflict with this brilliant group in Helsinki, @unu-wider.bsky.social. More on our meeting and work here! www.wider.unu.edu/event/tax-co...

Much food for thought after a productive workshop on armed group taxation at @unu-wider.bsky.social with a fantastic crowd, @apvjustino.bsky.social, @maxgallien.bsky.social, @ashleyajackson.bsky.social, @tbandulairwin.bsky.social, @yguichaoua.bsky.social, @jessietrudeau.bsky.social and many more.

The calls for reform of the international financial architecture are many and multifaceted

What better way to understand what is on the global financing for development agenda than to read Prof Jose Antonio Ocampo's latest book!

This book is open access go.unu.edu/7Yb7T

The Guardian view on Starmer’s aid cuts: they won’t buy security, but they will undermine it | Editorial Editorial: Labour’s ‘pragmatism’ isn’t neutral – it locks the party into fiscal caution, reinforcing stagnation and fuelling the very instability it seeks to avoid

'forcing the world’s poor to pay for Britain’s safety'. Brilliant and brutal Guardian editorial about UK's decision to redirect aid to defence. Must read. chakrabortty.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@bmartorano.bsky.social , @apvjustino.bsky.social , @maastrichtu.bsky.social , @ununiversity.bsky.social

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global e...

This is not just about the shutdown of USAID. When are governments going to realise that reductions in development aid are shortsighted policies that in the end will hurt is all?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The experiment we are about to to live through is because two businessmen are convinced that what makes the USA great is its the private sector, not understanding there are no functioning markets without functioning public institutions.

The eastern DRC war could reshape the region Even as the conflict escalates, regional powers look to seize an economic opportunity.

The eastern DRC war could reshape the region
open.substack.com/pub/continen...

Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues:

- Develop new cancer treatments for kids
- Are curing sickle cell disease
- Build new tech to help premature babies survive
- Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose
- And more

#NIH #MedSky #research #science

Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://www.ft.com/tour. https://www.ft.com/content/dd5515cc-e628-4e17-a4fd-1a10cc9f81e4?accessToken=zwAAAZTh-WJakdPdVRXM5ihOF9Ok_RoQzJ-B5A.MEUCIEjPiB3vTr4Ljdd2Em2qcMs5wPqsL9J0VKCIPaiFUJJbAiEA9HL7F2w6g4iepd0M8Dq3a5yNZ0vLDigpn3atVPH-s1U&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareType=enterprise&shareId=be617380-7bfa-4f3b-856c-77d0b4cf025a The problems with data collection are mirrored by problems within the ONS itself. An internal review of what went wrong with the labour market data, published in December, says the quality of its output has been undermined by a broader institutional malaise.  Under Diamond’s leadership, the overarching strategic goal has been to shift away from surveys, which have grown more expensive, to more comprehensive, timely administrative data held by HMRC, the Department for Work and Pensions and other parts of government.

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This is a good long read on the challenges around ONS & UK national stats

Wld emphasise this bit on how ONS are finding it harder than originally thought to get access to - & use - admin data across govt & have realised that census will still need an actual survey

www.ft.com/content/dd55...

Just to repeat, the White House has provided *no evidence* to back up the President’s claim of widespread fraud in USAID. The evidence it has presented points in precisely the other direction.

www.cgdev.org/blog/white-h...

Due to this idiotic statement, by a person who has proven his inability to distinguish truth from online propaganda, I just donated to Wikipedia. Please do the same.

Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals...

Trump suspends U.S. foreign aid for 90 days, saying aid is “antithetical to American values” and serves to “destabilize world peace.”

apnews.com/article/trum...

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New @cgdev.org policy paper:

*MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out.

We examine why, and how to go faster.

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Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell Collaborative for International Development Economics Research (CIDER), Cornell University CIDER: The Cornell Collaborative for International Development Economics Research (CIDER) is a new cross-campus venture at Cornell University encompassing 23 faculty from multiple units across the Cor...

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@aaronsojourner.org what was the version of @econ_ra here again? Sorry I forgot!

🚨🚨New working paper🚨🚨

@apvjustino.bsky.social @kallehi.bsky.social and I were leading an 18 months program: www.wider.unu.edu/project/stre.... 14 WP will be published by Jan-25. One of the outputs is a review of the literature on social assistance during crises www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...

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Note: ESOC "will cover travel expenses for presenters" to travel to Taipei!!

Do you want to work with world-class conflict researchers in a supportive environment? Come be my new colleague! @uupeace.bsky.social is hiring a Senior Lecturer and an Associate Senior Lecturer. More info here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Ten key insights from development economics research in 2024 Economic research that VoxDev has featured in 2024 has yielded interesting insights on false narratives in international migration discourse, fertility and family planning, attendance vs learning in e...

From @voxdev.bsky.social and @olihanney.bsky.social, here's an excellent overview of crucial insights from development economics in 2024:

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