ADAM TOOZE

RT @larsweisbrod: Was Danilo Scholz bei Facebook schreibt 🙏 https://t.co/gkKSniMeC6

Amazing story this …. twitter.com/liamvaughanBBG…

To achieve rising gdp per capita, Nigerian GDP needs to grow at > 2.5% It has not achieved that since 2015! Latest @WorldBank NDU warns

LGFV (local government finance vehicles) are one of weak links in Chinese debt-fueled growth. Biggest creditor to local gov Biggest debtor to bank system 1/2

If I read this chart right, the @WorldBank expects Nigeria's economic performance in 2020 and 2021 to be near identical to that of Iran under

How Chinese coal company Yongcheng’s il-fated expansion into coal-derived chemicals, led to default, threatened doom-loop with finances of Henan regional government and delivered a shock

Nigeria’s oil industry has been hit hard by 2020 shock, but service sector accounts for most of GDP decline. Those are most precarious livelihoods. From

What might have been? @WorldBank benchmarks Nigeria against Indonesia. In 1970 if you believe numbers Nigeria gdp per capita is 2* Indonesia. In 2018 Indonesia

Humanitarian shortfall: in context of COVID-19, funding requirements to support 265 m of 441 m people in greatest need in 64 countries surged to $39

Imagine worst case in China. All unserviceable LGFV and SOE debts end up piled on their local gov backstops.-> debt of 65% of GDP ->

Local government finance vehicles are one of key weak links in China’s financial system. Read this report by Sun You ft.com/content/9688e7… Along with Box 1.3

In 2021, 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. This number has risen to 1 in 33 people worldwide – a significant increase

Nigeria: “It’s not entirely a doomsday scenario . . . because there is a choice” Shubham Chaudhuri @WorldBank on latest report on Nigeria, which warns that 15-20 m could

No NDU: @WorldBank trails the Nigeria Development Update on its website dated Dec 8 2020. It places an excellent and dramatic piece in @FT by

Official estimates for rural poverty based on the 2010 national poverty line of 2300 yuan (in 2010 prices) per capita. Official estimates of poverty for

Where is the latest Nigeria Development Update on the @WorldBank website ? After @neiLmunshi alarming report in the @FT we need to be Able to

All countries have seen dramatic increases in cross-border data since 2010. But growth in China has been explosive. vdata.nikkei.com/en/newsgraphic… https://t.co/KQmPLNZn3P

RT @eszterz: Rutte wants these 3 Qs answered before agreeing to #rule of law deal with HU and PL: – EP's opinion – Legal advice

RT @70sBachchan: @Robert_Suits This is beautiful scholarship Robert! Chock full of insights. Of interest to energy/Ag/electricity ppl @natt…

RT @Robert_Suits: Today, one of my longest-running research projects is finally coming to fruition. It's a comprehensive inventory of U.S.…

RT @RoitmanJanet: @adam_tooze Yes, watch out for this (Forthcoming): J. Roitman, “International Consultancy Firms and Africa: New Debt Bon…

RT @RobinBrooksIIF: We talk about a "Wall of Money" into EM and are tracking the biggest inflow EVER. That inflow has driven EM interest ra…

RT @casparhenderson: Me too twitter.com/literaryvienna…

The SIPRI top 25 arms-producing and military services companies in the world, 2019 Figures for arms sales and total sales are in millions of US

Half the children in low- and middle-income countries are unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10. In 2019 10% of kids

Ray Dalio on China: 'This ain't your grandfather's communism’ Bridgewater’s founder on China on Fox! Very 2020. foxbusiness.com/markets/ray-da… https://t.co/tNCBS9EOSh

One to read later today …. twitter.com/hanskundnani/s…

Merkel to the AfD scornfully: "Its a shame (you) but it really isnt that bad. I believe in the power of enlightenment. … I studied

RT @aldatweets: Tattoo this chart onto my chest. I don’t want to hear a damn word about 2050. We have until 2030 to make BIG

Chinese workers in Africa peaked in 2015 at 263k. In 2018 there were 201057 of which 60k in Algeria and 27k in Angola, 10k in

That moment when you are on an interesting webinar organized by French economic development agency @AFD_en … and you check out the audience and …

A privilege to be part of this event along with @HarryWinkler of @UCT_Research twitter.com/AFD_en/status/…

rue Roland Barthes … Gotta love the address of the French Economic Development Agency! @AFD_en https://t.co/9nAUWG0wJM

When there is talk about US leadership in debt restructuring initiatives, it is worth bearing in mind the sharp decline in US bilateral lending. Has

Of China’s $137.1bn in lending to Lat Am and Caribbean over period 2005-2019, by far largest part goes to Venezuela, followed by Brazil, Ecuador and

RT @Jeffrey62093861: @adam_tooze And along with Stresemann the subject of one of my undergraduate essays in early 70s.. Only book I could f…