Ed Baker

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Data Scientist | Economics | Behavioural | Trade and Development | Politics. Views not my own. mastodon: @edbaker3@econtwitter.net

Chart titled: "Developing countries’ interest payments doubled relative to government revenues." It shows net interest payments as a percentage of government revenues from 2010 to 2024, using the median value for each country group. Four line graphs represent: - Developing countries overall: rising from 4.2% in 2010 to 8% in 2024. - Asia and Oceania: from 2.5% to 4.6%. - Africa: from 4.2% to 10.1%. - Latin America and the Caribbean: from 8.5% to 10.5%. Source: UNCTAD, based on IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2025). Note: Figures are net general government interest payments as a share of government revenue.
Line chart titled “Developing countries face higher but divergent borrowing costs.” It shows average bond yields from 2015 to 2025 for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Oceania, and the USA. Yields for developing regions rise sharply after 2020, with Africa peaking above 14% before declining to around 10%. Latin America goes from 5 to 9%, and Asia and Oceania range from 4–6%. The USA line also increases, gong from 1 to 4%. Averages since 2020 are listed as: Africa 9.8%, Latin America 7.1%, Asia/Oceania 5.5%, and USA 2.8%. Source: UNCTAD, based on LSEG (April 2025). Note: Based on JPM EMBI Global Diversified bond yields and U.S. 10-year bond yields.
Bar chart and infographic titled “3.4 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest than on health or education.” The chart shows that 3.4 billion people live in countries where interest payments exceed public health spending, and 2.7 billion live in countries where interest payments exceed education spending. Regional breakdowns show: Africa: 402 million (education), 791 million (health) Asia and Oceania: 2.14 billion (education), 2.24 billion (health) Latin America and the Caribbean: 140 million (education), 356 million (health) Source: UNCTAD, based on IMF and World Bank data (2021–2023). Note: "Interest" refers to net interest payments.
Graph showing polling of the German political parties since the end of 2021. Union look roughly unchanged since October 2023, Afd peak in Jan24 at 22%, drop to 15% by may 24, but have regained to 20%.
Elon musk pretending to think
Rodin's the thinker sculpture
Andrew Bridgen MP: We can shoot UKIP's fox by guaranteeing a referendum on Britian's relationship with Europe
graph showing predicted co2 emissions peaking in 2023, or 2024
Graph shows pisa scores for maths science, and reading for students from oecd countries from 1999 to 2022. The three lines begin to decline slightly after 2012, and rapidly between 2018 and 2022.
bundestagswahl map of dresden showing a mostly green core and a far right suburbs (afd) in blue
Bundestagswahl map of Munich showing greens in the middle and CSU in the outskirts
Electoral map of Dortmund from Bundestagswahl 2021 showing greens in green in the city-centre and SPD in red on the outskirts.