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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Our Infrastructure Foundations report is now out! For the first time we map assets, unit costs, and capital stocks in digital, energy, and transportation for close to 200 countries. openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Good background to the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development taking place from June 30 to July 3 in Seville, Spain t.co/W3ayznApwl

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https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/06/30/esther-duflo-nobel-laureate-development-aid-is-not-a-waste-of-public-money_6742850_23.html

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Note that there is a financial aid budget to assist with travel for scholars and Phd-students from lower income countries.

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Great upcoming conference at the World Bank, organized by my colleagues of the research department and the poverty global practice. Apply now! Eleventh Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality www.worldbank.org/en/events/20... via @WorldBank

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Eleventh Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

The Eleventh Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) will be held at the World Bank in Washington, DC from July 9 to July 11, 2025. The ECINEQ conference provides an in...

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Guangzhou is at the center of the fascinating Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, the largest urban agglomeration on the planet with around 70 million inhabitants and is part of the Pearl River Delta economic zone. We'll probably be organizing some visits around the conference.

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

… since last year we have decided to hold the conference in countries the World Bank Works with. In 2024, it took place in Rabat, Morocco, at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, and in 2025, we are headed to Sun Yat-sen University, in Guangzhou, China. Finally…

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Second, it’s a unique opportunity to bring that knowledge to an emerging country audience. While the 1st edition was in Toulouse (I co-organized it when still on the faculty there), and the following ones I joint with Berkeley and LSE-IGC…

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Let me explain why I think this conference is important, and you should send us your best papers. First, Infra4dev is THE conference on infrastructure and development where frontier research can get to talk to both policymakers, MDBs, and private sector folks.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

In this new substack post I sketch how humanity slowly came to the realization that our future energy system will mainly run on solar and wind, and why this energy system will be using local semi-autonomous units we call holons. Pls let me know what you think here! open.substack.com/pub/aukehoek...

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How our thinking about an energy system running on solar and wind is evolving

First we discovered solar and wind could become abundant and cheap; now we are discovering we can store electricity, in the future we will discover how to create our energy system bottom-up

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"More solar leads to more coal in China." This is true in the short term, but even then the effect is much less emissions. Long term we will produce solar with solar and the effect is no emissions. I suspect this hand wringing is often by people who can't see the forest for the trees.

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Caspar Henderson @casparhenderson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

“The more we in Europe come to expect ever cheaper Chinese batteries and solar panels…the more coal will be burned in Chinese power stations and metallurgical silicon plants to give us those cheap items.” edconway.substack.com/p/the-most-h...

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The Most Hopeful Chart in the World

And its evil twin...

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🆕 How Paraguay’s dictator turned infrastructure into a tool for repression Felipe González Queen Mary Uni, Josepa Miquel-Florensa TSE, Mounu Prem Einaudi Institute & @stephanestraub.bsky.social WorldBank explore how infrastructure can be exploited for political power: voxdev.org/topic/infras...

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How Paraguay’s dictator turned infrastructure into a tool for repression

Infrastructure can drive development, but history shows it can also be used for political control. Paraguay’s roads under Stroessner's dictatorship highlight this dual nature, providing valuable lesso...

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Econsky The call for papers for the #Infra4dev conference in Guangzhou in May 2025 is out. Submit your work on infrastructure and development by December 31!

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The World Bank and Lingnan College of Zhongshan University, Guangzhou are partnering for the fifth annual Infra4Dev Conference, to be held on the 15th and 16th May 2025 in Guangzhou, China. Submit your paper online: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

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Infra4Dev Conference 2025

The Infrastructure for Development Conference series (#Infra4Dev) is an initiative of the World Bank’s Infrastructure Vice-Presidency, aiming to promote dialogue and exchange between leading edge econ...

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Econsky The call for papers for the #Infra4dev conference in Guangzhou in May 2025 is out. Submit your work on infrastructure and development by December 31!

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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Infra4Dev Conference 2025

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The call for papers for the 2025 #Infra4dev conference, to be held in Guangzhou, China, is coming out soon. Watch this space

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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Thank you to all who attended #Infra4Dev 2024, and to our hosts @UM6P_officiel. It was a packed 2 days, full of cutting-edge research & findings on infrastructure financing. Watch sessions online and follow along if you would like to attend future events: wrld.bg/VPLE50RsF24

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