
John W McArthur
@mcarthur
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Director, Center for Sustainable Development @BrookingsInst. Co-founder, 17 Rooms. Sometime filmmaker. Personal account. CSD newsletter: https://t.co/VDUwtscKPB
Joined February 2009
Lead poisoning is a major killer placing huge burdens on people and economies around the world. Fortunately an X-RAY technology can help uncover and remove the sources. A new op-ed @ProSyn by Angela Bandemehr and @ADBChiefEcon explores how: #Room3 #17Rooms.
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Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.
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📢🗓️Join us this Friday January 10 at 9.30am ET @BrookingsInst for the launch of "For the World's Profit: How Business Can Support Sustainable Development" With @ndidiNwuneli, @SeidensteinTom, Miyahara Chie, and more!
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What's an idea with growing evidence & potentially broad bipartisan support to make a big dent in reducing deep U.S. poverty? . Scaling up prenatal and infant cash prescriptions: A new #17Rooms memo by @MonaHannaA, L Shaefer, @DrKhaldun @anthonypipa et al.
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17 Rooms 2024 Room 1 participants argue for scaling up prenatal and infant cash prescriptions to eradicate infant poverty in the U.S.
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RT @alemannoEU: New book: glad to have contributed to this timely volume on how business can (and should) support sustainable development b….
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Maternal mortality is a tough and multi-pronged problem to solve. @SlaughterAM and @MEtiebetMD argue in @ProSyn that an “impact hub” approach could foster a genuine global partnership to achieve zero maternal deaths by 2030. #17rooms #sdg17👇
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RT @anthonypipa: States & other intermediaries are responsible for giving out a major portion of the #IIJA & #IRA $$ that are impt to rural….
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Tony Pipa and Zoe Swarzenski analyze major federal funding for rural America and highlight the importance of intermediaries.
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In August 2024, a family of mountain gorillas in Rwanda received the world’s first cross-species payment. This “interspecies money” could create incentives for a new planetary economy. New @ProSyn Op-ed by @nils_gilman & Mutesi Rusagara #17Rooms
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Kevin Watkins and ODI colleagues are organizing animportant upcoming public discussion on school feeding, food system reform, and the Sustainable Development Goals on November 18
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This dialogue is framed by a new ODI report prepared by the Sustainable Financing Initiative (SFI) for School Health and Nutrition of the School Meals Coalition entitled “School feeding and the...
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Congratulations the Novata team for this inaugural survey on how companies are prepping for Europe's new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. A range of practical insights anticipating this consequential policy for the global economy. #csrd
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This survey outlines how prepared companies feel, the biggest challenges they face, and the support they need to comply with the CSRD.
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A prevalent global narrative of "too much debt".and "not enough growth" for developing countries needs to recognize the role for increasing high-return, debt-financed investment to fuel sustainable growth. So argues Homi Kharas in a blog @BrookingsInst .
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Homi Kharas explores paths for unlocking growth in developing countries by expanding fiscal space and easing debt constraints.
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+ a related recent piece by @anthonypipa on how the two presidential campaigns have approached rural priorities so far:
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Tony Pipa analyzes differing rural policy visions from Harris-Walz’s focus on healthcare and investment to Trump-Vance’s emphasis on agriculture reform and immigration.
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What everyone should know about rural America ahead of the 2024 election. A new explainer from colleagues @anthonypipa and Zoe Swarzenski @BrookingsInst.
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Tony Pipa and Zoe Swarzenski unpack the complex realities of rural America and discuss the unique challenges, emerging opportunities, and new federal initiatives ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.
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RT @PeterASinger: In 2025 🇨🇦 will once again host the #G7 meeting in Kananaskis Alberta. My friend @AbdallahDaar and I published this arti….
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RT @ASteiner: The #SDGs remind us that while progress is steady in some areas, it's not happening fast enough to meet the 2030 targets. Co….
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Homi Kharas & John W. McArthur offer a balanced assessment of the forms and pace of progress made since 2015.
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RT @progressntwrk: "There is no reason to give up hope," writes TPN member @mcarthur and Homi Kharas for @ProSyn. "The problem is not tha….
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RT @ProSyn: The #SDGs must be evaluated remembering the nature of their ambition. They were not set merely to perpetuate longer-term patter….
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Homi Kharas & John W. McArthur offer a balanced assessment of the forms and pace of progress made since 2015.
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RT @ZiaKhanNYC: Progress against goals needs to be precisely analyzed to understand specifically what's working or not. @mcarthur and Homi….
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Homi Kharas & John W. McArthur offer a balanced assessment of the forms and pace of progress made since 2015.
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