Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social A nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
NextBillion @nextbillion.bsky.social Covering #SocialEnterprise and #business solutions to #GlobalDev challenges in #EmergingMarkets. A publication of the @wdavidsoninst.bsky.social, we publish original guest articles, and curated #news, #events, #jobs and #bizdev opportunities. No Paywall.
kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social Teach/research/write African politics & pandemics.
Editor, Good Authority https://bsky.app/profile/goodauth.bsky.social
Host, Ufahamu Africa Podcast https://bsky.app/profile/ufahamuafrica.bsky.social
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com
NYT bestseller THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
Cynthia Kinnan @cynthiakinnan.bsky.social Development economist at Tufts University. I'm interested in direct and indirect effects of financial inclusion, risk, social networks & B2B networks in developing settings.
Lisa Spantig @lisaspantig.com -- private account --
Observations about (academic) life.
Interested in Behavioral, Development & Experimental Economics
Current research: Financial Inclusion and Honesty
www.lisaspantig.com
John Arnold @johnarnoldfndtn.bsky.social Co-Chair, Arnold Ventures
Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development
https://www.cgdev.org/expert/lee-crawfurd
Esteban J. Quiñones, Ph.D. @estebanjq.bsky.social Development economist, demographer & social scientist.
Currently - Senior Evaluator @3ieImpact.org
[x-Mathematica, UW-Madison, IFPRI, FAO, AU, AmeriCorps NCCC & Tufts].
Anti-fascist + anti-racist in Chicagoland, 🇺🇸🇪🇨 & he/el.
http://www.ejquinones.com/
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social economics and computer science professor at Northwestern
bengolub.net
social and economic networks
originally from Ukraine
Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social 👩🏫 Professor at Wharton
📖 Author of the WSJ Bestseller #HowToChange
🎧 Host of Charles Schwab’s #Choiceology podcast
📰 Author of the Milkman Delivers newsletter @ http://katymilkman.substack.com
🌎 Website: www.katymilkman.com
Nathan Nunn 🇨🇦 🇰🇷 @nathannunn.bsky.social Professor of Economics. University of British Columbia. Political Economy, Economic Development, Economic History, Cultural Evolution. 🇰🇷🇨🇦
Andrew Zeitlin @andrewzeitlin.io Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Development, labor, public, field experiments
andrewzeitlin.io
Florent Bédécarrats @fbedecarrats.bsky.social Applied economist @IRD, I work mostly on policy evaluation, development & environment issues. Opinions are my own.
Sean Higgins @seankhiggins.bsky.social Prof @NorthwesternU @KelloggSchool Finance. I study how technology reduces frictions in payments markets and consumer financial markets
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/
Ryan Edwards @ryanbedwards.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the Development Policy Centre at the ANU | Research on development, labor, trade, and the environment | Personal account, usual disclaimers
www.ryanbedwards.com
Mahreen Mahmud @mahreenmahmud.bsky.social Development economist at Exeter | Postdoc CSAE, Oxford | Kent, Warwick, LUMS alumna
From Lahore, Pakistan 🇵🇰
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mahreenmahmudsite/
VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social Where research meets practice; a platform for development enthusiasts to discuss key policy issues. Powered by CEPR, IGC & PEDL.
Board: Martina Björkman-Nyqvist, Michael Callen, Cesi Cruz, David Lagakos, Joana Naritomi, Oliver Hanney & Emaan Siddique
Justin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social Development economist, worrying about economic growth these days. https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/justin-sandefur/
Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social I bleat about the history of global economic development
https://pseudoerasmus.substack.com/
https://pseudoerasmus.com
https://medium.com/@pseudoerasmus
David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social Lead Economist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group
Development Impact blogger
https://sites.google.com/site/decrgdmckenzie/
Josh Merfeld @merfeld.bsky.social Development, labor, and nerdy measurement stuff | Senior Lecturer, Uni Queensland | IZA | J-PAL | insulin addict | dad of an awesome girl
https://joshmerfeld.github.io/
Jeffrey Bloem @jeffbloem.bsky.social Research Fellow at @IFPRI.org. Development economist with research interests in agriculture, conflict, and psychology. Views are my own.
Website: https://jeffbloem.github.io/
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Alex Hughes-Smith @alexhughessmith.bsky.social Let's make a functioning market for impact
Comms @ Mulago
Adrienne Lucas @profalucas.bsky.social Development/Education/Health Economist | Prof and Dept Chair, UDelaware | Research Associate, NBER | Faculty Affiliate, J-PAL | Non-Resident Fellow, CGD | she
https://lerner.udel.edu/faculty-staff-directory/adrienne-lucas/
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.
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).
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/
Giorgia Barboni @giorgiabarboni.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School. Development Economics, Household Finance, Green Finance, and Banking.
www.giorgiabarboni.com
Asterisk Magazine @asteriskmag.bsky.social www.asteriskmag.com
Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net Raising kids & bread & grant money. Cleaning data & diapers & fish. EA (bed nets, not light cone). Social scientist. typos. twitter.com/ryancbriggs
Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social Fellow at the Center for Global Development, author of Getting Better and The Plague Cycle. (CGD doesn't have institutional positions, so don't blame it for mine).
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social Development economist studying tech adoption, beliefs, and learning
💼 Senior Research Fellow at CDES, Monash University
Soon: Associate Professor at Macquarie University
🧜🏼♀️ Freediver
emiliatjernstrom.com
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.
Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social FT opiner. "Sinecured oaf", “mutton-headed fellow”-two satisfied readers. Globalisation/trade/econ/snark. Cestrian, Londoner, Brit, European. RT≠👍 Views own. alan.beattie@ft.com. Sign up to my FT Trade Secrets newsletter https://www.ft.com/trade-secrets.
timothyogden.bsky.social @timothyogden.bsky.social Managing Director, Financial Access Initiative (at NYU Wagner); Executive Partner, Sona Partners; President, Bardet Biedl Syndrome Foundation; Board chair, GiveWell
Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith.bsky.social New Yorker, Idahoan, Story-Seeker, Radio-Maker @Bloomberg @Marketplace formerly @NPR Author: Machiavelli for Women
🎁 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/hh3huea6
Center for Global Development @cgdev.org The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev🌍 Celebrating 20+ years of independent research & ideas for global prosperity.
mediarelations@cgdev.org
Brookings Institution @brookings.edu We equip decisionmakers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world.
📩 Sign up for the Brookings Brief: http://brook.gs/3JuZxRE
ODI Trade and Economic Development @odi-trade.bsky.social Expert analysis on trade and economic development at @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank.
Website: https://odi.org/en/about/our-work/international-economic-development-group/
ODI Global @odi.global Igniting new ideas to confront global challenges. ODI Global turns bold ideas, evidence, and broad expertise into actionable strategies for a more resilient, just and equitable future.
Website: www.odi.org
Think Change podcast: https://buff.ly/3XAKJJ1
Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social Sovereign Debt “veteran” (retd.) apparently. Finance stuff, opinions and Bottlejob FC.
Kevin Carey @kevincareywb.bsky.social World Bank
Macro / Climate
Opinions are mine and not WB
X: Kevin_Carey_WB 
Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com Editor of FT Alphaville, co-host of The Story of Money and author of Trillions and A Fabulous Debt. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social Official account of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). We work to ensure everyone benefits from the global economy. Website: https://unctad.org
Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab @princetonsovfinlab.bsky.social Policy-relevant research on the political economy of government finance. Based at Princeton SPIA; part of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. Directed by laynamosley.bsky.social & peterrosendorff.bsky.social
https://psfl.princeton.edu
Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social Political economy of finance; supply chains & worker rights; Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab. @princetonpolitics.bsky.social
Co-editor of International Organization. Recovering trail runner, very amateur rower. https://laynamosley.scholar.princeton.edu/
Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 💥A platform for those interested in increasing the impact of academic research. 📨 Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/subscribe-via-email/
Jonathan Rosenthal @journalistjon.bsky.social International Editor at The Economist
Previously covered Africa, banking, European business & finance
Finance for Development Lab @findevlab.bsky.social A think-tank hosted at CEPREMAP in Paris working on #development #finance // Think-tank hébergé par le CEPREMAP, à Paris, sur la finance du développement
NBER @nber.org The National Bureau of Economic Research is dedicated to conducting and disseminating nonpartisan economic research.
nber.org
Ezra Klein @ezraklein.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times, host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast. 
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Alberto Bisin @albertobisin.bsky.social Economist at NYU and NBER. Biker: BMW 850GS, Vespa (Old World) & Bonneville T100 (New World). Olive and lemon trees. @Inter. FirstGen college.
Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief. 
Tilman Brück @tilmanbrueck.bsky.social Zero Hunger. And Peace. For All. @ IGZ, HU & ISDC.
www.linkedin.com/in/tilmanbrueck
Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org Our World in Data is a free, nonprofit website with a mission to increase understanding of the world’s largest problems and drive informed action to solve them. Based out of Oxford University (@ox.ac.uk), founded by @maxroser.bsky.social.
Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social Managing Editor of VoxDev
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
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
Michelle González Amador @michelleg06.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @w-u-r.bsky.social | Economic Development | Human Capital: Education, Health | Rstats | 🐘🌵🌚🌝 🌊🌶️
Richard Thaler @rthaler.bsky.social Behavioral Economist, sports fan- B @benbernanke.bsky.social @benbernanke.bsky.social
Marijo Silva-Vargas @marijosilva.bsky.social Development economics and public policy researcher at J-PAL Europe & LISER
Photographer of social stories https://www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/335374
Science comms with visual stories
Bolivian & naturalised-Italian
Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social Economics professor at Princeton. I study environmental conservation, gender equality, and (too many) other topics in developing countries.
seemajayachandran.com
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social the money stuff guy
Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social Reporter @ The Washington Sun. Formerly chief econ correspondent @ The Washington Post. Founder Ithaca Voice. Writing a biography on Bernie Sanders.
Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social Econ prof University of Zurich.
Faculty affiliate at JPAL, CEPR, CESifo.
Board member IIPF, Helvetas, GAIN.
#EconSky
Brad DeLong @braddelong.bsky.social Author of "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the 20th Century". Too online since 1995. Sometime Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. UC Berkeley Professor.
Emily Peck @emilypeck.bsky.social Axios reporter, Slate Money host. I'm back on coffee.
Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social I write about the economy for the opinion pages of The New York Times. Verification: https://go.bsky.app/8WhdCDa
Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a nonpartisan, independent research institution devoted to studying international economic policy.
Explore our research: piie.com
John Voorheis @johnvoorheis.bsky.social Bad takes are my fault
Michael Clemens @mclem.org Economist and professor at School of Government & Policy, Johns Hopkins University. Fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics, IZA, CReAM, CGD. Assoc. Editor JEP. Personal views only.
Web: http://mclem.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-1354-0965
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social i'm on the verge of tears by the time we arrive at espace, since i'm positive we won't have a decent table http://rachaelmeager.com http://rottenandgood.substack.com
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories.
https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
@guidoimbens.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social 
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA.
I share social science.
Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social Economist, political scientist & writer @UChicago @HarrisPolicy. See my book Why We Fight: http://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/636263
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Ted Miguel @tedmiguel.bsky.social Economics Professor and Director Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of California Berkeley (USA)
http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu
@undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social Historian of applied economics
(macro, public, urban, ag, env, design, tractability, computational econ & more)
CNRS & CREST, Ecole Polytechnique 
Ray Fisman @rfisman.bsky.social Econ prof at BU. I mostly study hidden influence in U.S. politics (not so hidden these days). Some people call it corruption. I agree... https://sites.bu.edu/fisman/
Working on a book about whether business will save or destroy the world (Spoiler: Neither)
Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social Assistant prof in economics at the University of Toronto, research on cash transfers and evidence-based decision-making, J-PAL affiliate. https://evavivalt.com/
Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com Economist @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Founder @malengo.org and @busaracenter.bsky.social. Also @stockholm-uni.bsky.social & @econmpi.bsky.social. johanneshaushofer.com
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social 
Andrew Ross Sorkin @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social @NYTimes Columnist/Editor & @SquawkCNBC Co-Anchor. Author, Too Big To Fail. Founder, @DealBook. Co-Creator, BILLIONS @Showtime.
NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social Don't just understand the economy – understand the world.
linktr.ee/planetmoney
Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social — Founder of Our World in Data
— Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.