Emanuela Galasso
@egalasso.bsky.social
Development economist - World Bank’s Development Research Group
https://sites.google.com/site/decrgemanuelagalasso/
https://sites.google.com/site/decrgemanuelagalasso/
Thank you @eeshani.bsky.social and @charlesjkenny.bsky.social for articulating these points so clearly
"There are three reasons the World Bank needs an independent research department: rigor and accountability, blue sky thinking, and generating public goods."
The World Bank Group is planning to reorganize its research functions. The results could be even uglier than the powerpoint: an end to independent research at the institution and conflicts of interest all over...
New blog with @eeshani.bsky.social, link in reply.
New blog with @eeshani.bsky.social, link in reply.
October 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thank you @eeshani.bsky.social and @charlesjkenny.bsky.social for articulating these points so clearly
A true development scholar who pioneered fieldwork for grad students with Alain Dr Janvry ahead of their times. RIP
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A true development scholar who pioneered fieldwork for grad students with Alain Dr Janvry ahead of their times. RIP
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Remembering Betty Sadoulet (1945-2025) | Agricultural & Resource Economics
are.berkeley.edu
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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From @nickkristof.bsky.social: "'We have a whole set of solutions,' said Shawn Baker of Helen Keller Intl, which works in nutrition and blindness. He noted that a recent World Bank study estimated that each $1 invested in nutrition yields a return of $23.
Try finding a hedge fund with that return."
Try finding a hedge fund with that return."
Opinion | This Problem Is Easy to Solve
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
From @nickkristof.bsky.social: "'We have a whole set of solutions,' said Shawn Baker of Helen Keller Intl, which works in nutrition and blindness. He noted that a recent World Bank study estimated that each $1 invested in nutrition yields a return of $23.
Try finding a hedge fund with that return."
Try finding a hedge fund with that return."
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This week's links include what everyday life for a World Bank researcher looks like, getting grumpy with teamwork on hot days, when giving cash backfired, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Weekly links May 30: meta-CCT lessons, reasons to remain skeptical of much social science, heat is bad for teams, and more..
blogs.worldbank.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This week's links include what everyday life for a World Bank researcher looks like, getting grumpy with teamwork on hot days, when giving cash backfired, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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For measuring costs, administrative data are not enough! documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati... In Brazil, admin data alone would have overestimated costs of an early childhood development program even while *missing* key cost elements.
May 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For measuring costs, administrative data are not enough! documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati... In Brazil, admin data alone would have overestimated costs of an early childhood development program even while *missing* key cost elements.
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New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
April 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn (Gift Article)
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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My colleague @charlesjkenny.bsky.social offers some trenchant thoughts on the reality of waste, fraud and corruption in US foreign assistance: www.cgdev.org/blog/thinkin...
Thinking Through Waste, Fraud and Corruption in US Foreign Assistance
The US Administration has presented a weak case for its argument that US foreign assistance was so riddled with abuse and fraud that the only answer was to shut down USAID and reboot. The lists of ter...
www.cgdev.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My colleague @charlesjkenny.bsky.social offers some trenchant thoughts on the reality of waste, fraud and corruption in US foreign assistance: www.cgdev.org/blog/thinkin...
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This is insane. Arguably the greatest achievement of the first Trump administration was Operation Warp Speed.
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is insane. Arguably the greatest achievement of the first Trump administration was Operation Warp Speed.
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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"The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are."
-- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in today's FT.
-- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in today's FT.
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Foreign aid can be effective without the US
In the wake of USAID cuts, wealthy nations and individuals must take the reins
www.ft.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are."
-- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in today's FT.
-- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in today's FT.
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In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Personal initiative training continues to yield positive benefits after 7 years, but impacts vary with gender
blogs.worldbank.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
www.huffpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
February 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
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The US lags behind other rich countries in health outcomes @econofact.bsky.social contributions by Amy Finkelstein, @michaelkremer.bsky.social @melissakearney00.bsky.social @marksheppard.bsky.social & @willmasters.bsky.social cited in this @econofact Weekend Reading eepurl.com/i-sJU-/
Weekend Reading - Health in the United States
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February 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The US lags behind other rich countries in health outcomes @econofact.bsky.social contributions by Amy Finkelstein, @michaelkremer.bsky.social @melissakearney00.bsky.social @marksheppard.bsky.social & @willmasters.bsky.social cited in this @econofact Weekend Reading eepurl.com/i-sJU-/
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Read the real stories about what USAID cuts mean, not the Musk propaganda
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
Opinion | ‘We Are Seeing Complete Destruction’: The Damage Done by the U.S.A.I.D. Freeze
Testimonials from around the world show that Trump’s foreign aid funding freeze has been damaging and chaotic.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Read the real stories about what USAID cuts mean, not the Musk propaganda
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
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Migration does not have to be what it is now
Innovation can change what migration *is*—more orderly, skilled, integrated, & tangibly beneficial to everyone affected
In 2012 I proposed one way: Global Skill Partnerships
The World Bank just released a major GSP roadmap—> hdl.handle.net/10986/42780
Innovation can change what migration *is*—more orderly, skilled, integrated, & tangibly beneficial to everyone affected
In 2012 I proposed one way: Global Skill Partnerships
The World Bank just released a major GSP roadmap—> hdl.handle.net/10986/42780
February 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Migration does not have to be what it is now
Innovation can change what migration *is*—more orderly, skilled, integrated, & tangibly beneficial to everyone affected
In 2012 I proposed one way: Global Skill Partnerships
The World Bank just released a major GSP roadmap—> hdl.handle.net/10986/42780
Innovation can change what migration *is*—more orderly, skilled, integrated, & tangibly beneficial to everyone affected
In 2012 I proposed one way: Global Skill Partnerships
The World Bank just released a major GSP roadmap—> hdl.handle.net/10986/42780
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition from @nutritionorg.bsky.social has a clear-eyed review of how cutting USAID and WHO affects U.S. interests in health, from an all-star team of authors: AJCN editor-in-chief Chris Duggan, Lindsey Locks, Dan Hoffman and @christinestewart.bsky.social
A shock to the global nutrition system: Why nutrition scientists should challenge the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development and US withdrawal from the World Health Organization
Imagine a world where over 1 million children across 85 countries died from a single
nutrient deficiency — deaths that could be prevented with a semi-annual vitamin supplement.
Millions of lives saved...
ajcn.nutrition.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition from @nutritionorg.bsky.social has a clear-eyed review of how cutting USAID and WHO affects U.S. interests in health, from an all-star team of authors: AJCN editor-in-chief Chris Duggan, Lindsey Locks, Dan Hoffman and @christinestewart.bsky.social