Read on Twitter

12,399 views

@rglenner

, 3 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter

Pakistan has seen a dramatic fall in income poverty (much faster than that India or Bangladesh) despite slower growth and much less progress on human capital.
#econtwitter: what is your best read on this puzzle? All the hypotheses I have been looking at dont match the data.

@ayeshamysore

@ayeshamysore

Thanks @ayeshamysore for passing on data on poverty measurement and nutrition for 1990s.
opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/ds2/s…
Improved income not leading to improved nutrition was a problem in India which helped explained slower HC improvements than Bangladesh.
Might be a prob too in Pak?

Lots of concern in thread about measurement. I do worry changes in PPP measures might explain some of the timing of big jumps (anyone know?)
But fact the fall persists, both $1.9 and $3.1 poverty rates still lower than rest of SA makes me think not just measurement.

Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Rachel Glennerster

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

@DFID_UK

@tedmiguel

Related threads

Henry Jones

@hthjones

Okay lets do an India/Pakistan update

Pakistan have shot down 2 Indian jets, and have closed all airspace to commercial flights.

The escalation came a one day after the Indian Air Force bombed a "terrorist training camp" inside Pakistan.

@ImranKhanPTI

Pakistan’s PM @ImranKhanPTI currently addressing the nation:

"We didn't take action earlier without assessing our own damage from Indian airstrikes...Two Indian MiGs that entered Pakistani airspace today after our retaliation were shot down. But where do we go from here?"

https://twitter.com/omar_quraishi/status/1100665696881565696?s=21

In direct breach of the Geneva Convention, an Indian Air Force pilot tied up and filmed by Pakistani captors

https://twitter.com/omar_quraishi/status/1100665696881565696?s=21

Read 165 tweets

IndoPacific_SCS_info

@China_SCS_info

#Breaking - Some defense sources report #Indian air strikes across the Line of Control in Muzafarabad, #Pakistan. Indian air force briefing expected later today. Pakistan said Indian jets dropped their payloads & "fled". More confirmation of details needed.

There are also reports of dual, air and ground Indian strikes in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir. No official word yet. Waiting for updates. Stay tuned.

There are also reports that 2 Pakistani JF-17s fighter jets have been shot down.

Read 246 tweets

IndoPacific_SCS_info

@China_SCS_info

Breaking: Large terrorist attack in #India. More than 40 Indian Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and many others injured when Pakistani backed terrorists targeted a convoy with a car bomb at Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's today, ndtv.com/india-news/15-…

Reports suggested that the vehicle used by the terrorists was a Mahindra Scorpio carrying more than 350 kg of explosives in what is the worst attack ever on security personnel in the state.

Sources said that terrorists triggered the car bomb while 78 vehicles with over 2,500 reserve police men were on the Srinagar-Jammu highway. The stretch on which the incident occurred had been sanitized in the morning & authorities called it a serious breach of security.

Read 151 tweets

Andreas Menzel

@InsightOfDay

@Guardian

@Guardian frontpage article today implies that sourcing clothes from Bangladeshi factories is morally wrong. theguardian.com/world/2019/jan…. This is a deeply problematic. These factories give income to millions of poor people. I worked for years with these factories. Long THREAD 1/37

Background: Bangladesh is second largest garment exporter in the world, after China. Ca. 4000 factories produce for export, with 4M workers, ca. 3M female. Factories vary from damp poorly lit shacks with few dozen workers to vast modern complexes with 10,000s workers. 2/37

Every major clothing brand in the world sources garments there, from exactly the kind of factories described in the article. If you are outraged over the Spice Girls from this article, you need to be outraged over EVERY large Western cloth retailer. But should you? 3/37

Read 38 tweets

Millennial Macro

@MillennialMacro

#demographics #militaries #economies #currencies
#USA
- Best demographics
- Largest military
- Largest economy
- Most used currency
- Liquid financial markets
- Open capital account
- Rule of law
- Best geography
- Can be self sufficient if required
- Not trade dependent

#USA
Top trade partners as of 30 June 2018:
- China: 15.2% (strategic competitor)
- Canada: 15.1%
- Mexico: 14.6%
- Japan: 5.1%
- Germany: 4.4%

The next 10 years could result in the below:
- Mexico (25%)
- Canada (20%
- Japan (7%)
- South Korea (5%)
- Great Britain (4%)

#USA
Bring the manufacturing (jobs) home while negatively impacting China's economy.
forbes.com/sites/kenrapoz…
cebglobal.com/talentdaily/au…
irishtimes.com/business/econo…

Read 131 tweets

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Rachel Glennerster

This content may be removed anytime!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

Related hashtags

More from @rglenner see all

Related threads

Trending hashtags

Did Thread Reader help you today?