Bastian Herre (@bbherre) • Threads, Say more

now have a topic page on foreign aid!

It allows you to explore data on who gives and receives foreign aid, the different types of assistance, and a few examples of when it has been successful.

A thread on what the page has in store:

bbherre

10/21/24

The page has charts showing how much wealthy countries give in foreign aid, expressed both in absolute amounts and as a share of their national income.

We show the data both in the new reporting method of grant equivalents and the old one of net amounts, for a longer-term view.

bbherre

10/14/24

Their work was truly formative for me, and I was thrilled to have James as my doctoral advisor.

I always appreciated how open he was to my research challenging his work.

Congratulations to him, Daron Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson!

bbherre

09/20/24

Tomorrow is #PeaceDay. What’s the current state of peace and conflict worldwide?

We are closer to peace than for most of the 20th century, when many more people died in conflicts.

But deaths have recently increased in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

A thread with key charts:

bbherre

09/20/24

Armed conflict is common.

Recently, at least 150 armed conflicts were ongoing each year.

This number is up from previous decades, but even then, it rarely fell below 100, and there has been no year without armed conflict for centuries.

bbherre

09/16/24

Yesterday was International #DemocracyDay. So let’s check in on the development and state of democracy worldwide.

The world has become much more democratic over the last centuries. But some of this progress has recently been reversed.

A thread with some key charts: