Looking forward to giving a guest lecture on why economists get Africa wrong at the Lauder Institute on April 11. The event is hosted and arranged by Ronald J. Granieri and Keren Weitzberg. See the full flyer here. Get the book here, and read...
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Ruling the World by Numbers: streaming lectures online
For those who want to follow the lectures in my course "Ruling the world by numbers" online, the lectures will stream live here from 12:15 till 14:00. The lectures run every monday from 12:15 to 14:00 as per the schedule below. I will also...
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Ruling the World by Numbers: Preliminary Syllabus – Comments Welcome
Here's the preliminary version of the syllabus. Comments welcome. We also have the facilities to stream the lectures live if there are people who wants to audit the course. Let me know.
Ruling the world by numbers: knowledge and politics in international development
I am teaching a new course next spring - I call it 'Ruling the world by numbers'. The subtitle is 'Knowledge and politics in international development'. Here's the syllabus. The idea is that I will be writing a book on the same title while...
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Discussing ‘Poor Numbers’ with Bill Easterly
You can follow the facebook chat here. The chat formally launches the paper: 'Development By Numbers: A primer' (short version here) and we will of course also touch upon issues discussed in my books on the subject. See you in the FB chat, and...
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How the IMF does (or doesn’t) check the quality of statistics from low income countries
Do you want to know how the IMF collects statistics from Low Income Countries? Do you wonder what kind of quality checks there are, and what rules determine what data gets published and what does not? Well, so did the IMF Board. They requested...
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Public Talk: Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong @GrinnellCollege March 2, 4 pm ARH 302
Want a fully funded PhD and work with me @Noragric & @UniNMBU on the politics of numbers?
International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences is calling for applications for PhD positions. The positions are fully funded, and are enumerated as full time job according to Norwegian regulations. Full details of all the positions here. One...
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Book talk in Cambridge, Wednesday, 27 Jan. 3pm
In Cambridge? You are in luck. I will be giving a talk at the Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism. I am really looking forward to it. Free to attend.
Podcast: how economists have misunderstood economic growth in African countries
On Sunday 13 December I was speaking about my book at the CBCÂ Sunday Edition. Listen to the recording here. A few weeks back I was on the Economic Rockstar Podcast - listen to the episode here.