Camilla Schynoll
@cschynoll
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development economist in action
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined May 2009
Mehr als 3 Mio. Menschen sind in Kenia, Somalia, Äthiopien von Überschwemmungen betroffen. Nach 5 ausgefallenen Regenzeiten & verheerenden Dürrejahren gab es jetzt überdurchschnittliche Regenfälle. Die Aufnahmen vom Wochenende aus Garissa County im Osten Kenias zeigen das Ausmaß.
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A lot of hunger crises have turned into hunger disasters! The new #GHI2022 report by @concern and @welthungerhilfe shows where the situation is particularly dramatic. https://t.co/tIX8iRKc10
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I've been in touch with several German universities which have expressed interest in admitting students displaced from Ukraine. If you're a displaced student, you can register your interest via this form, and I will share it with the universities:
docs.google.com
We are a group of professors who want to support students who have been displaced from Ukraine in continuing their studies at a German university. This form is intended to gather information from...
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Also one of the reasons I feel insanely privileged to have been born in a country with such high resources and opportunities. Did you know that most of our income is determined by where we are born? https://t.co/JXRLuzKGh3
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NIH is looking for volunteers who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate blood for studies on the immune system.
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Twist: @JavdaniMohsen reveals the paper is actually coauthored by Banerjee/Duflo/Kremer, not Ha-Joon Chang, and the twitter outrage it provoked is really a final meta illustration of its core claim.
Economists are significantly more likely to reject an argument when it is randomly attributed to an economist outside of the mainstream. Ideological bias is larger among male economists. Paper by @JavdaniMohsen & Ha-Joon Chang: https://t.co/ULJ9CQh2ix
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The energy at the march in #HongKong today feels triumphant and defiant. Protestors are unified in their calls. They're demanding Carrie Lam step down, that she withdraws the extradition bill and that police "stop using violence against students." #LockhartRoad
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New research by SHP's @maya_rossin and @SIEPR's @PerssonPetra shows that giving fathers the flexibility to take time off from work in the months after their children are born improves the postpartum health and mental well-being of mothers. https://t.co/Xu4SEg4MWa
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Who's financing #Africa's #infrastructure? Africans themselves & #China. We might have known this, but the gap to Europe & US (also via MDBs) is stark. It's problematic mainly because it shows the lack of *agency* provided by the West to African governments. #globaldev
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Der Shitstorm wird unvermeidbar sein.... Aber: Welche Gesellschaft soll hier abgebildet werden?
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