Lee Crawfurd
@leecrawfurd.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development
https://www.cgdev.org/expert/lee-crawfurd
https://www.cgdev.org/expert/lee-crawfurd
Delighted that the JRCT is taking this next step in reckoning seriously with their historical legacy
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November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Delighted that the JRCT is taking this next step in reckoning seriously with their historical legacy
www.linkedin.com/posts/hiring...
www.linkedin.com/posts/hiring...
Flu (and/or COVID) vaccines reduce *HEART FAILURE* (consider this your regular reminder to get yours)
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Flu (and/or COVID) vaccines reduce *HEART FAILURE* (consider this your regular reminder to get yours)
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academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...
New blog with @rorytodd98.bsky.social : The EU Should Ban Exports of Lead Chromate
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New blog with @rorytodd98.bsky.social : The EU Should Ban Exports of Lead Chromate
"Current proposals in Britain are exceptional even in the longer-term development of repressive European migration policy."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Current proposals in Britain are exceptional even in the longer-term development of repressive European migration policy."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...
Good news that the UK Health Ministry has finally been shamed into thinking about child lead screening, great work @laurahughesft.bsky.social !
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November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good news that the UK Health Ministry has finally been shamed into thinking about child lead screening, great work @laurahughesft.bsky.social !
www.ft.com/content/e27f...
www.ft.com/content/e27f...
"malaria is associated with lower student performance. Female students are disproportionately affected, widening the gender gap in education. Abatement such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) help to moderate the effects of malaria on students’ performance."
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October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"malaria is associated with lower student performance. Female students are disproportionately affected, widening the gender gap in education. Abatement such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) help to moderate the effects of malaria on students’ performance."
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Vietnam is a massive positive outlier on international school tests riseprogramme.org/node/141.html
Striking that its also a large outlier in how valued teachers feel by both parents and policymakers
(From the latest TALIS survey published earlier this month
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...)
Striking that its also a large outlier in how valued teachers feel by both parents and policymakers
(From the latest TALIS survey published earlier this month
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...)
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Vietnam is a massive positive outlier on international school tests riseprogramme.org/node/141.html
Striking that its also a large outlier in how valued teachers feel by both parents and policymakers
(From the latest TALIS survey published earlier this month
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...)
Striking that its also a large outlier in how valued teachers feel by both parents and policymakers
(From the latest TALIS survey published earlier this month
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...)
👀 "individual staffers influence the number, scope, and content of IMF conditions according to their personal ideological biases."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
October 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
👀 "individual staffers influence the number, scope, and content of IMF conditions according to their personal ideological biases."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Timely post from Biniam Bedasso - as UK aid pivots “from grants to expertise”, here's what 900 African civil servants had to say about all those experts
www.cgdev.org/blog/rethink...
www.cgdev.org/blog/rethink...
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Timely post from Biniam Bedasso - as UK aid pivots “from grants to expertise”, here's what 900 African civil servants had to say about all those experts
www.cgdev.org/blog/rethink...
www.cgdev.org/blog/rethink...
New estimates of the global cost of lead exposure due to reduced IQ range from $780 billion to $4.9 trillion
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New estimates of the global cost of lead exposure due to reduced IQ range from $780 billion to $4.9 trillion
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
This is inexcusable incompetence
September 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This is inexcusable incompetence
"The Big Returns to Early Investments in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy"
Join us in DC (or online) Oct 17 2025 to discuss the latest evidence
with Jishnu Das, Jo Bourne, Jennifer Swift-Morgan, @daveevansphd.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/event/big-re...
Join us in DC (or online) Oct 17 2025 to discuss the latest evidence
with Jishnu Das, Jo Bourne, Jennifer Swift-Morgan, @daveevansphd.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/event/big-re...
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"The Big Returns to Early Investments in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy"
Join us in DC (or online) Oct 17 2025 to discuss the latest evidence
with Jishnu Das, Jo Bourne, Jennifer Swift-Morgan, @daveevansphd.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/event/big-re...
Join us in DC (or online) Oct 17 2025 to discuss the latest evidence
with Jishnu Das, Jo Bourne, Jennifer Swift-Morgan, @daveevansphd.bsky.social
www.cgdev.org/event/big-re...
Striking difference in trust in the World Bank & IMF between Africa & Asia (high trust) and the rest of the world (low trust)
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/reports/dema...
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/reports/dema...
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Striking difference in trust in the World Bank & IMF between Africa & Asia (high trust) and the rest of the world (low trust)
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/reports/dema...
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/reports/dema...
Should undergraduate students pick their specialisation from Y1 (like the UK) or Y3 (like the US)?
South Korea just moved to an earlier specialisation (like the UK), which reduced student wages because they were less able to adjust to a changing job market
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
South Korea just moved to an earlier specialisation (like the UK), which reduced student wages because they were less able to adjust to a changing job market
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Should undergraduate students pick their specialisation from Y1 (like the UK) or Y3 (like the US)?
South Korea just moved to an earlier specialisation (like the UK), which reduced student wages because they were less able to adjust to a changing job market
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
South Korea just moved to an earlier specialisation (like the UK), which reduced student wages because they were less able to adjust to a changing job market
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New evidence that foreign aid increases school enrolment in Nigeria (that is any kind of aid, not specifically aid for education projects)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
(open version docs.aiddata.org/ad4/pdfs/WPS...)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
(open version docs.aiddata.org/ad4/pdfs/WPS...)
August 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New evidence that foreign aid increases school enrolment in Nigeria (that is any kind of aid, not specifically aid for education projects)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
(open version docs.aiddata.org/ad4/pdfs/WPS...)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
(open version docs.aiddata.org/ad4/pdfs/WPS...)
Support for aid in rich countries depends on how the economy is doing
August 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Support for aid in rich countries depends on how the economy is doing
Just an amazingly small amount of money is spent on education in Africa abrock.substack.com/p/re-educati...
August 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Just an amazingly small amount of money is spent on education in Africa abrock.substack.com/p/re-educati...
August 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Strict immigration policy hurts natives too, especially small business owners
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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July 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Strict immigration policy hurts natives too, especially small business owners
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
July 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Government scale-up of TaRL seems to be working in Madagascar www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Government scale-up of TaRL seems to be working in Madagascar www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Most Brits don't think international development spending should aim to support international development
bfpg.co.uk/2025/07/2025...
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July 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Most Brits don't think international development spending should aim to support international development
bfpg.co.uk/2025/07/2025...
bfpg.co.uk/2025/07/2025...
In the Guardian actual print edition today!
July 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In the Guardian actual print edition today!
📚📊 NEW @cgdev.org RESEARCH: Children who master basic reading and math in primary school earn significantly more as adults. Evidence that foundational literacy and numeracy skills have real economic returns throughout life.
July 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
📚📊 NEW @cgdev.org RESEARCH: Children who master basic reading and math in primary school earn significantly more as adults. Evidence that foundational literacy and numeracy skills have real economic returns throughout life.
July 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM