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Governance Grouch

@GovernanceCynic

May have things to say about the worlds of development, aid & governance.

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I was invited to be a sounding board for one of the Cabinet Office’s internal risk assessments for 2019-2020. I was shocked Brexit wasn’t among the risks to UK energy security. They hadn’t thought of that! But they thought of instability scenarios everywhere else. #brexit
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Dulo Folarin Harris (@iamDULO) profile pictureDulo Folarin Harris@iamDULO29 Apr 2020
Trust issues 😂😂😂
Ok really never considered the implications of eating octopus.
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@wef15 May 2019
The most intelligent invertebrate on the planet. 📕 Read more: wef.ch/2LENnvm #nature #wildlife
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It’s quite a shame on the whole development industry how few of us do a proper political economy before starting a project. #politicalmap
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Who’s the reformer/champion? What support does he and she have? What entrenched interests will we have to deal with? What’s the history of this program? What are the historical inequities in the background? All these questions are key to the success of development programmes.
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I think there’s a lot to be said for doing this political economy mapping in house. Otherwise you don’t digest that critical info - the detail of it.
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#Tanzania rushed thru critical bills on petroleum in 2015&again in 2017. Now threatening NGOs. google.co.uk/amp/www.cnbc.co… xitter.cf/governancecynic/status…
Governance Grouch (@GovernanceCynic) profile pictureGovernance Grouch@GovernanceCynic14 Jul 2017
So we really think #Tanzania well performing or doing a good job governing its nascent gas sector?? #resourceGovernanceIndex xitter.cf/stephen_abbott/status/…
So we really think #Tanzania well performing or doing a good job governing its nascent gas sector?? #resourceGovernanceIndex xitter.cf/stephen_abbott/status/…
Stephen Abbott Pugh (@stephen_abbott) profile pictureStephen Abbott Pugh@stephen_abbott30 Jun 2017
Replying to @stephen_abbott @policy_F @NRGInstitute
#Tanzania scores highly for taxation of oil/gas + mining in @NRGInstitute's #ResourceGovernanceIndex but #opendata still lagging behind
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aidthoughts@aidthoughts11 Jul 2017
Page 4 of @wb_research paper on WB/DFID staff biases reveals a bit too much about the two institutions.
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Note @ianbremmer criticism of Obama FP starts at end of 2016. Hedging bets on ethical stand. notsayingwrong but professionally convenient xitter.cf/ianbremmer/status/8812…
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@ianbremmer1 Jul 2017
You mean Obama too, right? xitter.cf/tribelaw/status/880163…
Governance sessions are wonderful platforms for flattery and securing positions in advisory boards. #ResourceGovernanceIndex
#ResourceGovernanceIndex again has bias in favor of disclosure over effectiveness of oversight, which is essential to value realization.
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Why would Angola score higher than KSA on value realization when Sonangol has been unable to offset decline production?
Est ce que @CIAN_Afrique est à l'aise avec cette image de son conseil d'administration? #ousontlesfemmes? – at East, England
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Imagine if we spent more time humbly focusing on incremental improvements to governance and econ development policy in these countries. – at Glasgow, Scotland
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