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Lorena Lombardozzi
@lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social
International Political Economy |GVC|industrial pol.|Central Asia&Global|Social Reproduction| SL in Political Economy @SOAS | Fellow in Economics @OpenUniversity | My views
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The UN Financing for Development FfD4 conference starts tomorrow!
In the first Dispatches from Seville, I show how FfD4 has put 'development outcomes' makeup over Billions to Trillions 'investible development' model (aka Wall Street Consensus)

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/dis...
Dispatch from Seville | Daniela Gabor
Fracturing multilateralism at the UN Financing for Development conference
www.phenomenalworld.org
June 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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🔍Check out @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social 's brilliant piece in the Conversation @theconversation.com "China is reshaping central Asia’s energy sector as Russian influence fades"
Read full article here 👉: rb.gy/jszwli

@naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social
China is reshaping central Asia’s energy sector as Russian influence fades
China is developing closer ties with countries in central Asia.
theconversation.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"By becoming a major investor in the region’s energy sector, China is hoping to reduce its dependence on countries such as Russia."

Dr @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social writes for @theconversation.com on how China is reshaping Central Asia's energy sector.

theconversation.com/china-is-res...
China is reshaping central Asia’s energy sector as Russian influence fades
China is developing closer ties with countries in central Asia.
theconversation.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I wrote something on gas and China in Central Asia theconversation.com/china-is-res...
China is reshaping central Asia’s energy sector as Russian influence fades
China is developing closer ties with countries in central Asia.
theconversation.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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📢 Are you or someone you know considering a career in the think tank sector?

We're hosting an online webinar for those interested in the sector, aimed particularly at those from under-represented groups.

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March 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The relationship between the Global North and the Global South remains central to understanding our world, and Development Studies focuses on the causes of these differences and their persistence"

✍️ from our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2102
In Defence of Development Studies: Why “Global Development” Falls Short
By Alfredo Saad-Filho There is a growing debate in academic circles about the merits of shifting from traditional Development Studies to a broader concept of “Global Development”. While proponents …
www.developmentresearch.eu
February 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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just an incredible episode. Make time for it.
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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📢 Join us for a talk by Shiping Tang, Professor at Fudan University, Shanghai, chaired by Elisa Van Waeyenberge!

📍SOAS, KLT & Zoom
📅 Jan 22 @ 5pm GMT

Register➡️: shorturl.at/qQJCD
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January 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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📣 This Wednesday, register now!
December 9, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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Interesting new paper from @cornelban.bsky.social and @jhasselbalch.bsky.social in New Political Economy. Happy to see more work on indicative planning and to see the planning research agenda develop in general. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 8, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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Nine out of the top ten countries leading the energy transition to renewables have a publicly owned renewable energy company that drives the process.

ℹ️ www.tni.org/en/publicati...
December 5, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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What is the role of the BRI in promoting structural transformation in low- and middle-income countries? @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social and @lindacalab.bsky.social have put together this fantastic SI, which will be launched on Wed 11 Dec 2025 at 12.30pm. Join us!👇
Please join us for a great IKD Roundtable on: The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation (launch of the special issue on EJDR @eadi.bsky.social)
🗓️Wed 11th December
⌚️12.30-14.00

Register now here bit.ly/3V6OKUQ
The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation
Innovation, Knowledge, Development (IKD) Seminar Series
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December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Please join us for a great IKD Roundtable on: The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation (launch of the special issue on EJDR @eadi.bsky.social)
🗓️Wed 11th December
⌚️12.30-14.00

Register now here bit.ly/3V6OKUQ
The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation
Innovation, Knowledge, Development (IKD) Seminar Series
bit.ly
December 3, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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"We deal with Development in the shadow of centuries of a Eurocentric fabric, which managed to obtain global influence pretending to be a universal framework taken for granted."

🔎 From our blog

www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1608
Reflections on Development in Development Studies
By Henning Melber There is a history to Developmentalism long before the US-American President Truman’s interpretation in his inaugural address of 1949. He then advocated development as an integral…
www.developmentresearch.eu
November 20, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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White hydrogen (Natural deposits of hydrogen): Finding it in large quantities could be a game changer in the energy transition. But there's real possibility of failure and the added risk of diverting limited climate capital for proven emission reducing technologies:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Hydrogen Wildcatters Are Betting Big on Kansas to Strike It Rich
A growing number of startups are searching for geologic hydrogen from the US Midwest to Australia and hoping for a “Spindletop moment.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:33 PM