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david_mcnair 
ED Global Policy @ONEcampaign. Founder @ONEAftershocks. @CarnegieEndow non-resident scholar. @ECFR Council. Board @AfricaEuropeFdn. 🏊♂️🎸👨👩👧
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Retweet | 8,317 | 57.6% |
| Quote | 3,229 | 22.4% |
| Tweet | 3,119 | 21.6% |
| Reply | 1,928 | 13.4% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
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| URL | 5,388 | 37.3% |
| Photo | 1,582 | 11.0% |
| Video | 82 | 0.6% |
| GIF | 19 | 0.1% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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224 | 22.5% |
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185 | 18.6% |
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58 | 5.8% |
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| Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #covid19 | 376 | 2.6% |
| #africa | 151 | 1.0% |
| #brexit | 126 | 0.9% |
| #followthemoney | 87 | 0.6% |
| #datarevolution | 86 | 0.6% |
| #goodnews | 77 | 0.5% |
| #panamapapers | 77 | 0.5% |
| #g20 | 72 | 0.5% |
| #anticorruption | 59 | 0.4% |
| #opendata | 47 | 0.3% |
| #g7 | 44 | 0.3% |
| #eu | 42 | 0.3% |
| #covid | 42 | 0.3% |
| #debt | 40 | 0.3% |
| #ukraine | 39 | 0.3% |
| #europe | 36 | 0.2% |
| #data4sdgs | 35 | 0.2% |
| #oneworld | 35 | 0.2% |
| #unga73 | 34 | 0.2% |
| #iodc18 | 33 | 0.2% |
| #2030now | 33 | 0.2% |
| #sdgs | 32 | 0.2% |
| #endthepandemic | 32 | 0.2% |
| #opencitiessummit | 32 | 0.2% |
| #euref | 32 | 0.2% |
| #sdrs | 30 | 0.2% |
| #corruption | 29 | 0.2% |
| #ukaid | 28 | 0.2% |
| #brussels | 26 | 0.2% |
| #data | 25 | 0.2% |
| #ogp16 | 25 | 0.2% |
| #davos | 24 | 0.2% |
| #cop27 | 24 | 0.2% |
| #nigeria | 22 | 0.2% |
| #unga | 22 | 0.2% |
| #vaccineequity | 22 | 0.2% |
| #globalweekofaction | 22 | 0.2% |
| #globalgoals | 21 | 0.1% |
| #ogp15 | 20 | 0.1% |
| #globalbritain | 19 | 0.1% |
| #mifabidjan | 19 | 0.1% |
| #education | 18 | 0.1% |
| #stateofeu | 17 | 0.1% |
| #euausummit | 17 | 0.1% |
| #cop26 | 17 | 0.1% |
| #buildbackbetter | 16 | 0.1% |
| #covax | 16 | 0.1% |
| #uganda | 16 | 0.1% |
| #vaccine | 16 | 0.1% |
| #ogp2015 | 16 | 0.1% |
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| countries | 848 | 5.9% |
| covid | 383 | 2.7% |
| pandemic | 358 | 2.5% |
| vaccine | 319 | 2.2% |
| development | 303 | 2.1% |
| important | 296 | 2.1% |
| thread | 294 | 2.0% |
| corruption | 292 | 2.0% |
| leaders | 285 | 2.0% |
| economic | 232 | 1.6% |
| climate | 217 | 1.5% |
| vaccines | 210 | 1.5% |
| billion | 208 | 1.4% |
| summit | 206 | 1.4% |
| government | 184 | 1.3% |
| piece | 182 | 1.3% |
| policy | 180 | 1.2% |
| since | 169 | 1.2% |
| looking | 168 | 1.2% |
| finance | 166 | 1.2% |
| ireland | 166 | 1.2% |
| needs | 166 | 1.2% |
| poverty | 162 | 1.1% |
| brexit | 161 | 1.1% |
| change | 157 | 1.1% |
| every | 153 | 1.1% |
| income | 144 | 1.0% |
| being | 140 | 1.0% |
| education | 138 | 1.0% |
| russia | 137 | 0.9% |
| companies | 136 | 0.9% |
| imf | 134 | 0.9% |
| population | 131 | 0.9% |
| european | 128 | 0.9% |
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| doses | 116 | 0.8% |
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| nigeria | 114 | 0.8% |
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| analysis | 111 | 0.8% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| 👇 E0.6 Backhand Index Pointing Down | 464 | 3.2% |
| 👉 E0.6 Backhand Index Pointing Right | 251 | 1.7% |
| 🧵 E11.0 Thread | 97 | 0.7% |
| 💉 E0.6 Syringe | 37 | 0.3% |
| 📢 E0.6 Loudspeaker | 30 | 0.2% |
| 🌍 E0.7 Globe Showing Europe-Africa | 28 | 0.2% |
| 👏 E0.6 Clapping Hands | 26 | 0.2% |
| 🔥 E0.6 Fire | 22 | 0.2% |
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Tweets
Feeling very proud of my friend, former band mate and current musical collaborator @paulpilotweb #GRAMMYs
Britain has become a middling island nation isolated off the coast of Europe, without the heft to matter on its own or to set the agenda in its partnerships.
There is a remedy. It would, of course, require that Britain return to the European Union.
My take:
There is a remedy. It would, of course, require that Britain return to the European Union.
My take:
Here’s a quick explainer of what I and many brilliant colleagues have been up to over the past couple of years. 👇🏾
Africa's successful recovery requires individual countries to have
1️⃣ Strong integration in political will & technical expertise
2️⃣ Accountability
🚦 @David_McNair explores the different strategies that will steer a better future for Africa in our recent #FinancingThruSDRs pic.twitter.com/j8jCCl4xnk
1️⃣ Strong integration in political will & technical expertise
2️⃣ Accountability
🚦 @David_McNair explores the different strategies that will steer a better future for Africa in our recent #FinancingThruSDRs pic.twitter.com/j8jCCl4xnk
1⃣ A major #debt crisis is hurtling towards us.
2⃣ We have the tools to deal with it.
3⃣ We aren't using them.
4⃣ Yet
Me on @cnbcafrica with @DaoudaSembene 👇
cnbcafrica.com/media/63197222…
@IMFNews @WorldBank @ONECampaign @CarnegieEndow @ecfr @CGDev pic.twitter.com/iH80DWxH8s
2⃣ We have the tools to deal with it.
3⃣ We aren't using them.
4⃣ Yet
Me on @cnbcafrica with @DaoudaSembene 👇
cnbcafrica.com/media/63197222…
@IMFNews @WorldBank @ONECampaign @CarnegieEndow @ecfr @CGDev pic.twitter.com/iH80DWxH8s
1⃣ A major #debt crisis is hurtling towards us.
2⃣ We have the tools to deal with it.
3⃣ We aren't using them.
4⃣ Yet
Me on @cnbcafrica with @DaoudaSembene 👇
cnbcafrica.com/media/63197222…
@IMFNews @WorldBank @ONECampaign @CarnegieEndow @ecfr @CGDev
2⃣ We have the tools to deal with it.
3⃣ We aren't using them.
4⃣ Yet
Me on @cnbcafrica with @DaoudaSembene 👇
cnbcafrica.com/media/63197222…
@IMFNews @WorldBank @ONECampaign @CarnegieEndow @ecfr @CGDev
Sri Lanka bondholders sent a letter to the #IMF saying it's ready for debt talks with the country.
A surprising move because their financing assurances are not needed for the program, but some interesting bits in the statement: 🧵
A surprising move because their financing assurances are not needed for the program, but some interesting bits in the statement: 🧵
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There are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state religion automatically get seats in Parliament. They are the UK and Iran. #BishopsOut change.org/BishopsOut pic.twitter.com/YLlEM8dBJu
"On nearly every crisis Americans face-from COVID to climate change, inflation to the war in Ukraine-the traditional distinctions between domestic and foreign policy no longer exist." @OpenSociety's @lispahani connects the SOTU dots democracyjournal.org/arguments/bide…
Bidens SOTU Job: Connect the Global Dots
democracyjournal.org
💵Mobilizing alternative financing for Africa is urgently required for full recovery to be realized.
@DaoudaSembene & @David_McNair engaged @cnbcafrica in a panel discussion on the importance of using SDRs as additional financing.
Watch: cnbcafrica.com/media/63197222…
@DaoudaSembene & @David_McNair engaged @cnbcafrica in a panel discussion on the importance of using SDRs as additional financing.
Watch: cnbcafrica.com/media/63197222…
Not just sometimes. 👇🏾
sometimes the FT's comment section is better than the FT itself. e.g. ft.com/content/5c4826… pic.twitter.com/SacL3Ih6Xb
🤔
11.00 Howth/Greystones will terminate service at Connolly Station due to graffiti. -AD
The world lacks an effective global system to deal with debt on.ft.com/3l4MBdq
What will the world be like in 100 years? Super-forecasters @metaculus answer @OurWorldInData qs:
Collapse in fertility: TFR=1.3
End of poverty: 0.5bn ppl <$10/day
Green transition: CO2 ↓90% (and ↓~50% by 2050)
Global prosperity: world GDP pc >$100k
metaculus.com/notebooks/1496…
Collapse in fertility: TFR=1.3
End of poverty: 0.5bn ppl <$10/day
Green transition: CO2 ↓90% (and ↓~50% by 2050)
Global prosperity: world GDP pc >$100k
metaculus.com/notebooks/1496…
The latest #FoodSecurity Update from @WorldBank is out. Download for insights on:
1️⃣ the global food market outlook
2️⃣ emerging issues
3️⃣ regional updates
wrld.bg/T0zg50MIryK
1️⃣ the global food market outlook
2️⃣ emerging issues
3️⃣ regional updates
wrld.bg/T0zg50MIryK
Net approval of Prime Ministers on/near day 100 into the job:
Tony Blair: +50
Gordon Brown: +26
David Cameron: +27
Theresa May: +19
Boris Johnson: -3
Rishi Sunak: -18
BE's @BNHWalker analyses on the worst start for a PM in recent history:
sotn.newstatesman.com/2023/02/rishi-…
Tony Blair: +50
Gordon Brown: +26
David Cameron: +27
Theresa May: +19
Boris Johnson: -3
Rishi Sunak: -18
BE's @BNHWalker analyses on the worst start for a PM in recent history:
sotn.newstatesman.com/2023/02/rishi-…
Rishi Sunak at day 100: the least popular prime minister in recent history
sotn.newstatesman.com
“Africa may experience climate change as a debt crisis sooner and more pervasively than accelerating water stress and drought-related hazards.”
NEW The Polycrisis by @70sBachchan, @leee_harris, @kmac: on debt, diplomacy, and new Cold War risks in Africa
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/dont-…
NEW The Polycrisis by @70sBachchan, @leee_harris, @kmac: on debt, diplomacy, and new Cold War risks in Africa
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/dont-…
🚨Our CEO @DaoudaSembene will be speaking today @BelferCenter on Climate Finance for African States.
⏰ 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
RSVP here to catch the live discussion.👇
belfercenter.org/event/green-gr…
⏰ 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
RSVP here to catch the live discussion.👇
belfercenter.org/event/green-gr…
I’ve been dreaming about this for years 👇🏾
Google Calendar, but it shows the cost of the meeting pic.twitter.com/czRuyb4rPJ
A world where young, dynamic & capital starved #Nigeria gets shut out of borrowing at 40% Debt/GDP & ageing #Italy is able to borrow 145% Debt/GDP for next 2 nothing is incompatible with tackling #climatechange meeting #SDGs boosting global #growth or efficient capital allocation
Mo Ibrahim nails what is perhaps THE question for economic development, the energy transition and prosperity in the @FT
Africa's successful recovery requires individual countries to have
1️⃣ Strong integration in political will & technical expertise
2️⃣ Accountability
🚦 @David_McNair explores the different strategies that will steer a better future for Africa in our recent #FinancingThruSDRs
1️⃣ Strong integration in political will & technical expertise
2️⃣ Accountability
🚦 @David_McNair explores the different strategies that will steer a better future for Africa in our recent #FinancingThruSDRs
Two answers 1) empirically it's been proved - see @FofackHippolyte "In 2015, researchers found that African sovereigns were paying an interest premium on their external borrowing of around 2.9%, or an extra $2.2 billion between 2006-2014." project-syndicate.org/commentary/cre…
[...] Why a debt level at 40% is high for poor countries when rich countries can continue to borrow at 136% of GDP.
Poor countries borrow with high interest rates while rich countries borrow cheaply.
This is what folks mean when they tell you poverty is systemic.
Poor countries borrow with high interest rates while rich countries borrow cheaply.
This is what folks mean when they tell you poverty is systemic.
A system that condemns some to remain at the bottom of the pyramid👇🏾
cost of borrowing is more matter of tax revenues ie. weak state capacity and the writ of the state. Dig into what explains borrowing cost in this piece:
its this letter to the FT, responding to an earlier article by Martin Wolf. ft.com/content/db9215…
Mo Ibrahim nails what is perhaps THE question for economic development, the energy transition and prosperity in the @FT
What’s the latest poverty statistic in your country? How old is it? What’s your country doing to address poverty?
The only policymaker in this region that I see discussing the poverty level & citing recent (record low) statistics is the Hon @NigelClarkeJa
Well done Jamaica 🇯🇲
The only policymaker in this region that I see discussing the poverty level & citing recent (record low) statistics is the Hon @NigelClarkeJa
Well done Jamaica 🇯🇲
About to go live on @CNBC @cnbcafrica from #NewYorkCity
Not as glamorous as it sounds.
If you want to know what I’ll be talking about sign up for One.org/Aftershocks
Not as glamorous as it sounds.
If you want to know what I’ll be talking about sign up for One.org/Aftershocks
The highest earning YouTubers from most active countries in Africa (just on ad dollars)
You cannot throw money at the poor, David. We need to change the structures that create poverty. This is something the aid industry has never understood. Poverty is system failure. Colonisation made it worse. Actually, colonialists created poverty. Neoliberalism entrenched it.
One of the best American policies of my lifetime was PEPFAR, started by Pres. Bush in 2003 to fight AIDS worldwide: It has saved 25 million lives and turned the trajectory of AIDS. @BillGates writes about the importance of Congress renewing it this year: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…
The irony/paradox is that (i) in historical terms we have an unprecedented depth and breadth of multilateral cooperation; but (ii) it is still obviously insufficient. What @AnthonyDworkin and I called the "crisis of relevance": ecfr.eu/publication/th…
Three crises and an opportunity: Europes stake in multilateralism
ecfr.eu
Really fascinating. There is also a theory that during the US spiritual ‘revivals’, demand for pastors increased dramatically. Establishment churches took years to train them but evangelicals that didn’t have a formal process appointed them quickly to keep up with demand. 1/2
⛔ A lack of political will and institutional inertion slows down strides made in mobilizing finance.
During #FinancingThruSDRs event @David_McNair explored why strong political leadership is crucial for Africa to reap from recycled SDRs
Watch more : youtu.be/3RhtJ00j5JQ
During #FinancingThruSDRs event @David_McNair explored why strong political leadership is crucial for Africa to reap from recycled SDRs
Watch more : youtu.be/3RhtJ00j5JQ
👌🏿
College essay assignment: use ChatGPT to write an essay on the following topic. Print it out and, by hand, grade & critique it, showing where it is wrong(based on what we’ve learned in class), inadequate or where the writing is clichéd or otherwise less than excellent.
