WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social Advancing transformative climate solutions. Analysis, insights, and research from the Climate, Economics, Finance and Equity team at the World Resources Institute.
Dorothy Sang @dorothysang.bsky.social Head of Advocacy & Policy at CARE International UK.
Former Oxfam, Save the Children and UNHCR Global Protection Cluster.
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Markus Goldstein @markusgold.bsky.social Development Economist and Dad. Views are my own.
Danny Sriskandarajah @dhnnjyn.bsky.social Chief Exec of @neweconomics.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org Conserving marine biodiversity for future generations while improving lives of local people today. #30x30 - Funded by German, Sweden, Norway, Ireland & France
David Lawrence @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social Shooting for UK growth & progress with @britishprogress.org
Previously: Chatham House research fellow and Labour parliamentary candidate.
Britain could have the highest living standards in the world!
Publish What You Fund @publishwhatyoufund.bsky.social The global campaign for aid and development transparency. Producers of the Aid Transparency Index and DFI Transparency Index. Also working on localisation, private capital mobilisation, gender, development finance and philanthropies. #aidtransparency
Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. Author: Entrepreneurial State, Value of Everything, Mission Economy, Big Con. Founding Director UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
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Sara Pantuliano @sara-pantuliano.bsky.social Chief Executive, @odi.global | Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal | Independent Eminent Person, 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review | Trustee, Muslim Aid & Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Chair, @BritishFencing.bsky.social | Rollerskater
Kate Levick @levick.bsky.social East Londoner, @E3G Sustainable Finance, generally curious about things/people.
Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social finance, energy, climate, geopolitics, industrial policy
@thepolycrisis.bsky.social
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Lara Merling @laramerling.bsky.social Economist and internationalist. Critical perspectives on 🌎 macro, debt, climate & development, and the role of money. "The purpose of studying economics is to learn how not to be deceived by economists." My opinions. 🇷🇴 in 🇺🇸
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Jon Sward @jonsward.bsky.social I manage the Bretton Woods Project’s climate advocacy on the World Bank & IMF. Personal posts: Climate Justice ➡️ Economic Justice
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David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Gary Forster @gjforster.bsky.social 
Katherine Long @klong.bsky.social Investigations reporter at the Wall Street Journal, via Business Insider and The Seattle Times. katherine.long@wsj.com. Send tips on Signal: longka.38
Theo Maret @theomaret.bsky.social Sovereign Debt • Emerging Markets • Own views • 🚲
Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social CEO of the UK’s Climate Change Committee. Former CEO of Energy UK. Also worked for small businesses, renewables companies, and an environment NGO. Fellow of the Energy Institute. Mum to 2 small humans.
John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
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Coalition For Global Prosperity @britainleads.bsky.social Britain is at its best when it acts as a global leader in development as well as in defence and diplomacy. CEO: Ryan Henson
James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen, writing for a couple of decades or so about the environment, the economy, green politics, and the Climate Theory of Everything
Glenn Moore @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social Comedian, and nephew to three gorgeous uncles. Enquiries: CGagon@avalonuk.com
Glennmoorecomedy.com
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Harsh R. Desai @hrdesai.bsky.social Analyst and Team Lead, OECD development finance statistics. Views my own.
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Swansea West
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
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'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Jochen Flasbarth @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und Nukleare Sicherheit. Hier privat. State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Environment, Climate, Nature Conservation and Nukleare Safety. Views are my own.
Duncan Pruett @duncan.re-course.org Executive Director of Recourse, which works to put people and planet at the heart of development. Based in Amsterdam. Tweets are my own. www.re-course.org
Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info Director, Statistics for Development Division, at the Pacific Community. Posts are personal views, and most likely to be about data and #rstats, maybe with bits of history, social science and philosophy thrown in. Blog is at https://freerangestats.info/.
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social Chief economist for infrastructure at the World Bank. Formerly professor of economics at Toulouse School of Economics
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Alex O’Connor @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social YouTuber. Not sure if I’ll use this.
Rob Merrick @robmerrick.bsky.social Political journalist & media consultant. Long-time @LobbyXI football team veteran skipper. Welshman.
Jesse Chase-Lubitz @jessechaselubitz.bsky.social Climate journalist @Devex | @Pulitzer grantee | Former editor of @Nature Briefing: Anthropocene | @HLuceFdn scholar | @LSEGeography | @ColumbiaGS
Michael Igoe @alterigoe.bsky.social Senior reporter @Devex, focused on politics and foreign assistance.
Devex @devex.com We are the world’s leading platform for insider journalism on global development.
VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social Where research meets practice; a platform for development enthusiasts to discuss key policy issues. Powered by CEPR, IGC & PEDL.
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Sara Harcourt @saraharcourt.bsky.social Policy Director @onecampaign working on international development finance, aid, global debt, and SDRs. Views my own.
IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – a renowned research institute and influential think tank for global sustainable development.
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Vijayendra Rao @bijurao.bsky.social Economist who mixes disciplines and methods. https://www.vijayendrarao.org/
Rachel Glennerster @rglenner.bsky.social President CGD. Development economist. Passionate about impact, evidence and innovation.🔸10% pledge. Posts=personal views.
cgdev.org
Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social Associate Professor at Georgetown University.
Washington, DC.
More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
Nancy Birdsall @nbirdsall.bsky.social development economist, president emerita Center for Global Development (@cgdev.org), hoping some of my Twitter followers move over to BlueSky
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Mann @mannvirdee.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in science, technology, and economics at the Council on Geostrategy. Previously at RAND Corporation and House of Commons. PhD from University of Birmingham. Reposts and likes =/= endorsements.
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com Author of "How to Win a Trade War"
FT econ columnist
Host of The Economics Show w/ Soumaya Keynes podcast
Singer-songwriter https://www.instagram.com/soumayakeynes/?hl=en and http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
Alex Kent @alexakent.bsky.social Feminist co-CEO @RestlessDev #YouthPower on Education, Climate, Gender, Democracy. Gay mum of twins. 🏳️🌈👩👩👧👦 
Claire Melamed @clairemelamed.bsky.social Vice President for AI & Digital, United Nations Foundation, Board member, Full Fact and Our World in Data, Affiliated Researcher, Bennett Institute for Public Policy Research.
David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social Economist at the Center for Global Development. Formerly: Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, RAND Corporation, & my local movie theater. I mostly share about international development research plus books and movies. Views mine, not my employer's.
Owen Barder @owen.org Economist. ex No10, Treasury, CGD, PxD. Former visiting Professor @ LSE. Development Drums podcast. Team GB triathlete age-grouper. Olympic volunteer. Feminist, internationalist. Set up the first UK Government website. Helped invent AMCs.
Leila Bousbaa @leilabousbaa.bsky.social Work in international development | Exec @Labourcid 🌹 | Proud product of immigration 🇩🇿🇮🇪
Ben Simms @bensimms65.bsky.social CEO @globalhealthpart.bsky.social. Health is global. Passionate about overseas aid but looking beyond. Vice-Chair BBC Charity Appeals Committee. Fellow of the RSA.
Teal @tealemery.bsky.social I turn complex information & messy data into actionable insights. Trying to make the world a little bit better. * Views solely my own, RTs not endorsements.
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social Moderately online geriatric millennial. Political strategy consultant mainly in the development / humanitarian sector.
Based in Brighton, UK
Ainhoa Petri-Hidalgo @ainhoa-ph.bsky.social Global Health Policy @CGDEV.org, views are my own.
David McNair @davidmcnair.bsky.social Author | Campaigner | Using Data to Protect People and Planet | Executive Director @ONEcampaign | Council Member @ECFR | Board @AfricaEuropeFdn 🏊♂️🎸👨👩👧
Matt Collin @mattcollin.bsky.social Development economist working at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social in Paris. Illicit finance, tax evasion, and foreign aid. Techno DJ when no one is looking.
www.matthewcollin.com
https://datadarkly.substack.com/
Alasdair Harris @alrh.bsky.social 🌊🤝⚖️
Aveek Bhattacharya @aveek18.bsky.social Strategy Fellow, Global Health & Wellbeing at Coefficient Giving. Views my own
Agence Française de Développement - AFD @afd-france.bsky.social Nous sommes la plus ancienne banque de développement au monde et engagés pour un #MondeEnCommun #SDGs #ODD.
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Samuel Pleeck @spleeck.bsky.social Associate Expert (JPO) working on financing for development for @UNDESA. CGD, Hertie, Bocconi Alumni. Views are my own.
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social Energy & Climate Geopolitics
Head of Political Strategy @350.org
Energy Co-Lead, International Climate Policy Hub.
Views = my own
Vince Chadwick @vchadw.bsky.social Muso, journo. 
Niels Keijzer @nielskeijzer.bsky.social Researching EU foreign and development policy at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn (@idos-research.bsky.social).
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@markplant-cgd.bsky.social @markplant-cgd.bsky.social 
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@katherineklemperer.bsky.social @katherineklemperer.bsky.social Global Health Researcher @cgdev.org. Views are my own. she/her
Daniel Munevar @danielmunevar.bsky.social What it feels like to work on sovereign debt issues
Maia King @maiaking.bsky.social Lecturer in Economics at KCL DPE. I usually post about economics, foreign aid, institutions & governance, policymaking, climate, #locallyledaid and #shiftthepower. The usual disclaimers apply. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/maia-king
Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social Working @gdp-center.bsky.social for a global economy that advances development and addresses climate change. Past: Oxfam, Yale Law, Benin. Views my own. Subscribe to my Substack: timhirschelburns.substack.com
Kenza Bryan @kenzabryan.ft.com Climate reporter at the Financial Times in London.
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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social Tracking international climate diplomacy since 2010 - sign up to monthly / COP briefings here: https://tinyurl.com/48drcph2
Joe Thwaites @joethwaites.bsky.social International Climate Finance Director @nrdc.org
No relation to the glacier.
Views my own
Thomas Doyle @thomasdoyle.bsky.social Global health and development 🌍
Tom Drake @tomldrake.bsky.social Working on global health economics and strengthening research systems.
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Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social 
Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Associate editor at Carbon Brief 🐸
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu President of the @ec.europa.eu
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
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Sam Hughes @samhugh3s.bsky.social Researcher at the Center for Global Development, focused on UK development policy. Interests in economic development & poverty alleviation, economic & intellectual history, philosophy of progress. Christian.
Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social Head of development economics at British International Investment, formerly CGD, ODI, lapsed academic economist and macroeconomics hobbyist.
https://sites.google.com/site/paddycarter/
Umesh Moramudali @umeshmoramudali.bsky.social 
Center for Global Development @cgdev.org The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev🌍 Celebrating 20+ years of independent research & ideas for global prosperity.
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Ranil Dissanayake @scepticalranil.bsky.social I think you'll find it's a little more complicated than that. "Office-talking monster" - my 4 year old. Deputy Chief Economist (FCDO), DPhil (BSG).