7.1 billion mobile-cell subscriptions
3.5 billion mobile #broadband subscriptionshttps://t.co/fcMqmTa069#ITUdata pic.twitter.com/QVCavVwbSB— Int’l Telecommunication Union (@ITU) December 1, 2015
The global diffusion of mobile phones
31 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, Internet technology diffusion, mobile phones, technology diffusion
How India will pass China to become world’s most populous country
30 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, population economics Tags: China, India
Singapore Spring
29 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: Asian Tigers, Singapore
The Great Escape in infant mortality
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
Polio in Africa
23 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, anti-vaccination movement, polio, The Great Escape, vaccinations, vaccines
The battle against Polio in Africa http://t.co/LYB2nGZlAB—
Amazing Maps™ (@amazingmap) June 30, 2015
Chart of the year
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: The Great Escape
The Great Fact in Latin America
19 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Latin America, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
In early 2000s more than 40% of Latin Americans lived on less than $4 a day. What about now? wrld.bg/OK6J6 http://t.co/iEZm030rj6—
World Bank Poverty (@WBG_Poverty) June 25, 2015
How insightful was The Population Bomb
14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth miracles, population economics, resource economics, technological progress Tags: cranks, doomsday prophets
@WorldBank is telling porky pies about #EndPoverty and fighting #ClimateChange
13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate aid, climate alarmists, extreme poverty, global poverty, green rent seeking, overseas aid, overseas development assistance, World Bank

Are @JulieAnneGenter @BjornLomborg attending the same #COP21
10 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in development economics, econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate aid, climate alarmism, expressive voting, green rent seeking, New Zealand Greens, ODA, overseas development assistance
Corruption vs. Human Development
09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bribery and corruption, capitalism and freedom, rent seeking, rule of law, The Great Fact
Corruption vs. Human Development (HDI) http://t.co/WNlSMYzdWD—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) August 08, 2015
More on The Great Enrichment
09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

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