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I try to get governance, politics, & evidence out of the shadows and into the public policy mainstream. I try to be engaging not enraging...
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Want to maximise the impact of the third wave of philanthropy? Put a side bet on open politics. (opens the original)
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At Open PEA we apply plain-language, open-access political economy analysis (PEA) across three fronts of development finance:1) The boom: effective altruism, private philanthropy and the AI-powered third wave.2) The bust: the collapse of governmental aid and new models of effectiveness for bilateral donors and international financial institutions.3) The evergreen: low- and middle-income governments’ own revenue and debt.Across all three, the aim is
Open PEA 1066: the practical politics of William of Normandy’s conquest of England (opens the original)
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Omnibus: Borrowing Bayeux, other long art, and Open PEA 1066 edition. (opens the original)
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So, the 70 metre needlework masterpiece is visiting London from France. The art is astonishingly impressive. An epic in strip cartoon form. Stitched by women. In England. <source type=
This cultural loaf - drawing for money (opens the original)
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Last year I wrote about being a late onset start up (Open PEA). This year it’s an even later career pivot: adding part time illustrator to my portfolio livelihood. But a belated life goal in the bag1.It’s a bit wild. I committed to produce an illustration for In Development, a new, weekly magazine, with a picture or cartoon relevant to that week’s article. The writing is all brainy stuff about public policy, economics, and development. I get a peak at w
Financing health in Nigeria: think OoP crisis, not aid crisis (opens the original)
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Open PEA’s latest product examines health financing in Nigeria: the money flowing into the system, and the pipes that are meant to carry it to where it delivers results.That may sound pedestrian. But the paper surfaces some new takes on old problems, plus some lessons about politics and power in Nigeria and health more generally. It also shows the value of doing political economy analysis independently, in public and written for the mainstream.Who actually funds health?The headline is simple: or
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