Amanda Glassman
@glassmanamanda
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Exec Advisor to President @the_IDB; alumna @CGDev @BrookingsInst @usaid @prb; Board @GlobalDevInc; fmr Board @globalinnovfund @prb; Personal views.
Joined November 2010
Moderna's HIV vaccine to start human trials early as Wednesday, uses mRNA like COVID shot - Newsweek
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U.S. to buy 500 million Pfizer doses to share with the world
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Exclusive: Canada in talks to donate extra COVID-19 vaccine shots to poorer countries - sources HT @kchalkidou.
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How many lives have been saved by covid-19 vaccines? More than the entire population of Chile (as @HelenBranswell says: the vaccines are a freaking miracle)
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THANK YOU @CGDev & @MasoodCGD for best send-off ever and gratitude to my wonderful colleagues! It has been a privilege to work w you for 12 great years.
Reflecting on the amazing contributions of @glassmanamanda as she moves after 12 years from @cgdev to become executive advisor to the president of @el_BID. A twitter thread on just the highlights!.
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Exploring the Supply Chain of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
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We are opening recruitment for the best job ever - Director of #GlobalHealth Policy @CGDev - apply now and spread the word!
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Write Your #Economics Papers More Clearly. It Pays Off in Influence — wise words from @DaveEvansPhD Center For Global Development
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Three women at the helm of @USAID - a first!.
Hi Twitter! I'm Isobel Coleman–the Policy and Programming half of USAID's Deputy Administrator duo. Follow @AdamsAllenUSAID, @PowerUSAID, and my new account for updates as @USAID tackles the many humanitarian crises and global development challenges around the world 🇺🇸🌐
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Read the whole thread on slow US #vaccine rollout from @ashishkjha - no money, no mandate, no planning, few shots (despite some supply) while thousands die each day. The relief bill finally provides some funding but the rest will take time. .
So a lot of chatter happening on the slow vaccine roll out. Personally, I'm incredibly frustrated. Did we not know that vaccines were coming? Is vaccine administration a surprise?. Several complex issues so lets break things down a bit. Warning, this is a bit of a rant. Thread.
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Not enough. Manufacturing is medium term, this is an emergency. Call for C19 summit, make global pact to buy vaccines and vaccinate using MDB financing, donate surplus vax, set up military & humanitarian coop to help care for sick & dying. Get ready bc it’s getting worse. Lead.
The COVID-19 pandemic makes this year’s World Immunization Week especially significant. Among our efforts, we have contributed $2 billion to @gavi and we are working with partners to increase global manufacturing capacity so more people can get vaccinated quickly. #VaccinesWork
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.@ChelseaClinton talks abt new #cancer initiative in 16 countries & focus on decreasing prices of meds thru volume negotiations #PATH40.
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.@ChelseaClinton huge progress but 5 mill kids still die each yr frm preventable causes, access to basics still vital-oxygen for ex #PATH40.
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#Zika - if continued spread in US, could create 1st large outbreak of serious birth defects since rubella in 1954
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Pay attention to Nobel laureate Michael Kremer on the pandemic. The Harvard economist says it makes sense to build factories for vaccines even before you know if the vaccines will work. via @BW.
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Very good news: Sanofi to produce 100 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses, CEO says
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BioNTech CEO Says Vaccine Production Needs to Get Even Faster -3 months to vax world, and next pandemic will be worse
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Welcome Javier Guzman @JavierHGuzmanC as Director of @CGDev #GlobalHealth Policy Program! (with thanks to the always brilliant @kchalkidou for her leadership over the past years. ).
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There’s enough #vaccine prepurchased to cover the entire world - the solution is for the over procurers to donate excess, ideally via #covax - #Canada leading way. Why not more #globalhealth advocacy on this? @ONEinAmerica @USGLC @Oxfam @ResolveTSL @SavetheChildren @Transition46.
Rich countries have locked down much of the #Covid19 vaccine output, meaning many countries may have to wait till 2022 for vaccine. So predictable, so wrong.
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Today I received the best gift from my wonderful colleague @bcschwartz90 on the institutional advancement team @CGDev - so true (though we have so many 1 yr grants even though we promised ourselves to stop, so hard) #RomeWasntBuiltonOneYearGrants #2020
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Effective altruists have tens of billions, but world’s governments spend that amount every four hours-$23 trillion in a normal year (27% of $85 tn global economy). Why policy & its effectiveness matter for scale and impact @charlesjkenny @cgdev #EAGlobal
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She's back and more important than ever! @Cindy_Y_Huang @CGDev on US leadership on #refugee resettlement and why it matters -learning from the #Afghanistan and #Ukraine response, building new US policies and management approaches
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WHO urges rich countries to forego booster shots, donate doses to rest of world
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Terribly sorry to hear of the loss of the great development economist @MartinRavallion - condolences to his family, friends and colleagues @Georgetown @WorldBank @CGDev
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Yes. I’m only depressed that last month’s death wave in Mexico Brazil Peru went entirely unnoticed by US politicians - same situation as India but next door @JakeSullivan46.
We need to release our stockpile of unused AstraZeneca vaccines now. In India alone, almost 350,000 COVID-19 cases were reported today. When people in India and elsewhere desperately need help, we can't let vaccines sit in a warehouse, we need to get them where they'll save lives
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Why a promising anti #poverty program failed at scale (and why important to do #evaluation) feat @EvidenceAction @JustinSandefur @CGDev via @TheEconomist.
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In New York’s largest hospital system, 88 percent of coronavirus patients on ventilators didn’t make it
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Producing a Vaccine Requires More Than a Patent - #IP is just one piece of an elaborate process @PeterHotez MaHelena Botazzi @Yadav_supplychn via @ForeignAffairs.
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Despite our call for @WorldBank to adopt same regulatory standards as #COVAX (, last week its Development Committee reaffirmed the excessive stringency (para 42: which explains low uptake of its #vaccine financing (1.6/12bn avail).
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In Africa, social distancing is a privilege few can afford
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Op-Ed: Want to prevent the next pandemic? We'll need a more powerful World Health Organization @charlesjkenny takes a view on future of @WHO
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It's been a decade on #Twitter (and also @CGDev) - thanks for following and for the privilege and necessity of constructive exchange, research and opinion in the public domain on #globalhealth, #aid and #development.
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BBC News - #Coronavirus: One in five deaths now linked to virus in UK - but half of the excess deaths are NOT #COVID19 - can we find a way to attend to other causes of disease/death while we are in this crisis?
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Great to see incredible leader and thinker @kchalkidou take on this challenge @GlobalFund - I’ll miss her @CGDev @idsihealth but know that we will keep working together in new ways! Congratulations Kalipso!
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How to help the poor amid COVID-19? Give them money, says Nobel laureate Esther Duflo
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We're excited to offer a new kind of fellowship @CGDev - via an IPA w Dept of State working on #data and #evidence for more impactful #aid #globalhealth - apply!
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Biden administration to buy 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to donate to the world
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Ranking the effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions | Nature Human Behaviour
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State of the art review -- severe #COVID19 pneumonia: pathogenesis and clinical management @bmj_latest
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Agree with the need to get #vaccines everywhere but there is no #vaccine supply problem in #SouthAfrica anymore - the issue is now slow delivery/uptake, same as in USA, creating opps for continued spread.
VAX THE WORLD!!!. Read our timely editorial in @ScienceMagazine by @paimadhu and I. If only we had vaxxed the 🌍 and prioritised #VaccinEquity, we wouldn’t be losing to variants and adding insult to injury by instituting bans on those w/ no access.
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NEW: @CGDev’s researchers reviewed 400+ studies released since the pandemic began. They found data and evidence are clear: women have faced disproportionate costs to their livelihoods and health from the COVID-19 crisis. Learn more: #globaldev.
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“fewer than 5 percent of current @WorldBank projects include an impact #evaluation . However, investing less than 1% of development project costs into research design & data can optimize delivery and increase impact by more than 50 percent.”
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Remembering Martin Ravallion @martinravallion from @worldbank colleagues #developmenteconomics #poverty @cgdev via @worldbank.
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Why bother with any #globalhealth aid if US is doing this - knowingly and deliberately sending confirmed COVID cases back to a very low income country like Haiti w a weak health system? Already happened in Guatemala. And they are US neighbors so doubly dumb. Appalling.
Exporting COVID-19: ICE now appears to be deporting individuals it *knows* have confirmed cases. At least 5 expected to be on Monday's ICE Air flight to Haiti have tested positive in recent weeks.
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I donated to #COVID19Fund to support @WHO's response efforts to #COVID19 (and heard today that WHO is also work-from-home given some cases within the org). Join me to help combat this growing global threat to people's health and well-being:
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Good news that @WorldBank makes existing lending/grant resources available for COVID-19 response. But I'd rather see a dedicated source of prep & response $ for low-incomes that does not create huge opportunity costs for other development priorities @charlesjkenny @JustinSandefur.
World Bank Group Announces Up to $12 Billion Immediate Support for COVID-19 Country Response via @WorldBank.
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Today we’re excited to welcome @Yadav_supplychn to @CGDev - a game changer for #globalhealth #supplychains #procurement & more!
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#Data availability-visual summary frm @WHO -100% of countries have recent data to estimate ‘Air pollution’, whereas only 9% have data for ‘Essential medicines’ HT @IHME_UW cc @kchalkidou @apmcdonnell @Yadav_supplychn
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To advance America’s strategic objectives around the world and rebuild our domestic industries will require that we urgently fix—and rethink—our broken #visa system. @toddjmoss @CGDev @JeremyLNeufeld #USAfricaLeadersSummit22.
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Agree with these sentiments but striking that all the major philanthropies are headed by men.
Solidarity and equity—not charity—will end COVID-19. Open Society and our foundation partners call on the @G20org to agree to accelerate the redistribution of vaccines to countries struggling to vaccinate their people.
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Yellen warns that slow vaccine rollout in poor countries poses threat to U.S., global economies
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The Work of Martin Ravallion @MartinRavallion : A Round-up of Influential Research from an Exceptional Poverty Economist @worldbank @georgetown @cgdev ++
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Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not 'highest bidder'
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Economic growth matters for the whole population’s HH income (and health btw!).
Several people asked me how GDP per capita compares with median household income. Here it is.
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.@charlesjkenny reminded me of graph @OurWorldInData that puts #COVID19 #COVAX @CEPIvaccines #OWS timeline in perspective; next we'll look at time to delivery. While frustratingly slow in lots of ways, this rollout is/will be historically fast, even in low-income countries.
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Does One Size Fit All? Realistic Alternatives for #COVID19 Response in Low-Income Countries @kchalkidou @SullivanProf & I float some ideas on options for response
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Work with me!
We're hiring a Special Assistant to COO @glassmanamanda at our Washington, DC office. Application and details here:
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All talk, no jabs: the reality of global vaccine diplomacy
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What Happens without US in #GlobalHealth? A blog I can't believe I had to write. via @cgdev.
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As a @HarvardChanSPH alumna, I am ashamed that such an honor would go to someone who has caused such harm. NOT #globalhealth OPEN LETTER: Call to Rescind “Honorary Ambassadorship” to #Zimbabwe First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa
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A new study from Rwanda is the latest evidence for just giving people money #cash - do it more @usaid ! via @voxdotcom.
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AstraZeneca announces agreement with Carlos Slim Foundation to supply COVID-19 #vaccine to #LatinAmerica - Vía @Fund_CarlosSlim Enlace:
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How to improve the policy utility of impact #evaluation and #evidence - a new working group report w @3ieNews @anbrowndc ++ #data on where things stand now
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Why Sierra Leone appointed a 31-year old MIT PhD as its first chief innovation officer via @qzafrica.
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Huge congratulations to @CGDev President @masoodcgd - Overseas Honours List recognises outstanding contribution to vital foreign policy and #development priorities
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Read this paper - evaluating long-term and large-scale #cash transfer impact in #Mexico - not sure why the short term NGO studies get more attention @tukopamoja @ashudirect
.@BerkOzler12 has a second blog post out this week on longer term impacts of cash transfers. Here he discusses in more depth the evidence on 3 year impacts of cash transfers in Kenya & why he disagrees with the conclusions in @Give_Directly's blog post:.
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Pretty clear now: the focus for developing countries shouldn’t be ventilators but oxygen and attn to comorbidities traditionally ignored in #globalhealth - obesity, hypertension and diabetes.
In New York’s largest hospital system, 88 percent of coronavirus patients on ventilators didn’t make it
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Join @CGDev on Dec 10 for Early Childhood Development #ECD Through a #Gender Lens: Designing Policies that Work for the Whole Family (& for women's economic empowerment) #CGDTalks at #BirdsallHouse named for our amazing economist founder @nancymbirdsall.
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Who Are the World’s Poor? A New Profile of Global Multidimensional Poverty - Working Paper 499
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Twenty years of influence and impact @CGDev feat work of illustrious alumni and sometimes non-resident fellows @toddjmoss @RuthLevine5 @MollyKinder @kchalkidou @vijramachandran @billsavedoff @NandiniOomman ++
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Proud to have worked on the design and evaluation of this great #cash transfer program in #Colombia @the_IDB, still delivering benefits decades after it’s launch during financial crisis in 1999 - @orazio_at has been evaluating since then too!.
Familias en Acción, a Colombian conditional cash transfer program, led to decreases in arrest rates, teen pregnancy, and high school dropout rates, from @orazio_at, Lina Cardona Sosa, @carlosmedinad, @CostasMeghir, and Christian Manuel Posso-Suárez
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Leah Boustan is illuminating how and where people migrate — and why it matters via @voxdotcom.
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If you work in #globalhealth, you probably spend lots of time looking for #data on how country govts and donors raise and spend their money. Here is one important source: @who #healthfinancing report launching today.
Join @WHO, experts and partners for this launch of our new "Weathering the Storm" report #healthfinancing #UHC #UHCDay.
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Kudos to @IHME_UW team for revising models when new #data becomes available. We need more of this. Other modeling teams less transparent about changes and their impact.
"The stark differences between the IHME model and dozens of others being created by states exposes the glaring lack of national models provided publicly by the White House or CDC" #COVID19
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Good, now how about a chief economist?
There will be a chief scientist in WHO. For top scientific experts, a new career path will be developed @WHO
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For the first time, we are happy to host internships at the London office @CGDev - apply here!
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This statement is a bit over the top: #cash is consistently positive for consumption, attendance, asset acquisition, VAW but it’s not a slam dunk for nutrition, jobs, wages or learning.
Giving unconditional cash to the poorest people in the world allows them not outsiders to decide what they need. It can deliver better nutrition than a nutrition program, better employment than an employment program. But the aid world still resists cash.
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