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Women often internalize workplace discrimination and hostility as being signals of their ineffective communication. “Yellin’ at Yellen” and a study by Dupas et al. showing similar trends in Econ seminars tell us that it’s not about us; it’s about them.

Blog here: www.cgdev.org/blog/its-not...

The 2025 IMF & World Bank #SpringMeetings are right around the corner!🌸🌍

@cgdev.org is hosting key conversations with leading global development experts and policymakers—explore our schedule of events and sign up below ⬇️
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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

One of the most powerful forces in politics is the urge to destroy that from which you are excluded. This is why, in the highly unequal US, support for Trump holds up even as he trashes everything that makes a good society. Equality is key to preventing fascism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Very rough and ready estimate of the most affected countries by the new tariffs, apologies for errors. Sources in thread. Cambodia, Vietnam, Nicaragua Guyana all *highly* dependent on exports to US (= to 25%+ GNI), facing tariffs 18-38%.

A New Era for Global Health: Can African Countries Agree a New Compact with External Donors? African health systems are at a crossroads, grappling with systemic challenges including workforce shortages, underfunded infrastructure, and climate-driven health burdens. Volatile financing—driven b...

"This is a defining moment for African leadership in health. By shifting the financing paradigm, Africa can pave the way for a more autonomous healthcare system."🌍

@anastassiad.bsky.social, @tomldrake.bsky.social, & Nadia Yakhelef on a new era for health in Africa:
www.cgdev.org/publication/...

Thrilled to see our analysis covered in @economist.com! US foreign aid cuts will have a devastating impact on health systems around the world.

@cgdev.org @peterbaker17.bsky.social

Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’

The UK is slashing its aid budget, following in US footsteps.

“Rather than rising to this challenge and offering emergency support, the UK is delivering another blow to health systems around the world."

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Cutting aid to fund defence, Mr Starmer, is both cruel and self-defeating. I agree we need to defend ourselves. But creating a less stable, less humane world is no way to do it.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just cut the UK aid budget from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% in 2027 to fund increases in defence spending.

He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)

See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world

Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on

The Staggering Success of Vaccines

www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Co-authored with @tomldrake.bsky.social and Solomon Tessema Memirie

(4/4)🏛️ Political will & governance reforms are crucial—technical solutions alone won’t suffice.
✅ Strengthening country capacity and enhancing donor accountability are key next steps.
#GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing #AidEffectiveness #NewCompact

(3/4) 🌍 Policymakers see potential in the New Compact but question donor commitment.
⛔ Fragmented aid and weak coordination are ongoing challenges.

(2/4) The New Compact is centered on:
🔹 Locally led, evidence-informed priority-setting
🔹 Domestic-first resource allocation
🔹 Consolidated supplementary aid

Key takeaways from the roundtable include...

A New Compact for Health Financing: Insights from Policymakers Across Africa The political economy of global health financing is increasingly driven by fiscal constraints, geopolitical instability, and shifting power dynamics. The COVID-19 pandemic stalled or reversed health g...

🏦 Amid rising fiscal pressures, shifting donor priorities, & geopolitical disruptions (eg.US aid cuts), how can countries & donors collaborate to ensure sustainable health financing?
🔗A recent @cgdev.org-ACEPS roundtable w/ policymakers across Africa explored the New Compact: tinyurl.com/4fjza3t3 🧵

Decoupling “Stop Work” Orders from “Stop Basic Care”: How New Aid Models Can Protect Countries from Unreliable External Financing The Trump administration’s stop-work order highlights precisely why we need a new model for health aid—one in which domestic financing supports the highest priority, core health services. On 20 Januar...

USAID crisis shows the global health golden age has become the age of donor instability.

A New Compact is needed to protect core services:

✅Countries prioritise & finance essential health services.
✅Donors acknowledge instability & top-up national plans.

@cgdev.org blog: cgdev.org/blog/decoupl...

Decoupling “Stop Work” Orders from “Stop Basic Care”: How New Aid Models Can Protect Countries from Unreliable External Financing The Trump administration’s stop-work order highlights precisely why we need a new model for health aid—one in which domestic financing supports the highest priority, core health services. On 20 Januar...

🚨The Trump administration’s stop-work order highlights why we need a new model for health aid. In our latest blog, we outline how CGD's proposed New Compact approach offers a path forward. Read more: tinyurl.com/3w3ekts8
#GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing

President Trump wants an alternative to the World Health Organization: how should we respond? Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US withdraws. Kent Buse and colleagues argue that President Trump’s idea to establish ...

1/ President Trump is once again pushing for US withdrawal from WHO—and proposing an "alternative" structure. But is this a real solution or just chaos in disguise? A 🧵 on our new piece @bmj.com with @kentbuse.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social & Adeeba Kamarulzaman 👇
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

AMFAR has published a report on how the foreign aid freeze affects PEPFAR, which actually still hasn't resumed.

They estimate that hundreds of thousands of people lose access to HIV antivirals and 1500 babies are expected to contract HIV — *each day* 🧵

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.

"It's a cataclysmic presidential decision. Withdrawal is a grievous wound to world health, but a still deeper wound to the US"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why have tech billionaires cozied up to Donald Trump?

There are deeper, darker forces at play here beyond lower taxes and friendlier regulations.

A World Without WHO This Viewpoint explores concerns surrounding possible US withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.

Nice overview of what's at stake (for the US and the world) if the Trump Administration pulls the US out of the WHO...
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Editors can do a lot for improving equity & inclusion in global health publishing

Here are 10 suggestions from @juliarobinson.bsky.social, @ckyobutungi.bsky.social and me, based on our experience in creating PLOS GPH

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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