Alan de Brauw
LightNews LightNews
banner
adebrauw.bsky.social
Alan de Brauw
@adebrauw.bsky.social
460 followers 190 following 120 posts
Economist- I study value chains, food systems and nutrition, migration, and to some extent agricultural finance. Work at IFPRI, posts do not reflect views of my employer.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
oliviamesser.bsky.social
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
nber.org
Providing cash within days of a flood, vs months later, does more than shift the timing of benefits—it leads to overall improvements in food security and mental health, from Christian, Dunsch, Heirman, Kelley, Kondylis, Lane, Waidler, Adusumalli, Batmunkh and Malhotra www.nber.org/papers/w34414
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
gelliottmorris.com
these charts show the relationship between zip code-level average income and individual probability of voting for democrats in different regions of the country. one of my favorite group fo charts, lots of stories to unearth
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
johnhollinger.bsky.social
Chicago Bulls: TOURNAMENT TOUGH

Bulls beat Knicks 135-125. Josh Giddey 32-10-9 to lead the way, Vooch 26, Dosunmu 22 and 9 assists. Just a fun-as-hell team to watch right now.

Knicks got 100 points from four guys and bupkus from everyone else. Josh Hart 0-1-1 in 15 min, looked totally unplayable
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
adebrauw.bsky.social
I used to think title insurance was the best way to make easy money but this might be even better (although maybe of dubious legality)
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
adebrauw.bsky.social
I'm happy to announce @ifpri.org has released it's "IFPRI at 50" impact assessment report, by Peter Hazell and Frank Place. The report describes IFPRI's impacts on several levels. Report is available here: hdl.handle.net/10568/177103
Taking stock: Impacts of 50 years of policy research at IFPRI
As the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) marks its 50th anniversary, the Institute and its key stakeholders pause to take stock of what is known about its policy influence and impac...
hdl.handle.net
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
adebrauw.bsky.social
There has been growing emphasis on impact evaluations of programs and policies, but how do those impact evaluations actually lead to change? To answer this question, at @ifpri.org we recently commissioned an impact assessment of our impact evaluations- blog here www.ifpri.org/blog/ifpri-a...
IFPRI and causal impact evaluation: Evidence for real-life policies
A new report outlines diverse applications.
www.ifpri.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
crampell.bsky.social
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid
When ICE agents arrested over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.
www.forbes.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
fritschner.bsky.social
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
adebrauw.bsky.social
New blog on our research on overcoming obstacles to digitizing agricultural payments, from a midstream perspective www.ifpri.org/blog/overcom...
Overcoming obstacles and expanding opportunities for digital finance in the midstream of agrifood value chains
Innovations yield benefits across the food system.
www.ifpri.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
adebrauw.bsky.social
Depressed about the Bears loss last night? Or the slide into authoritarianism? Pick yourself up by reading our now published article in the Journal of Development Economics, on transfers and management advice in Malawi w @kateambler.bsky.social & Susie Godlonton www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Transfers, information and management advice: Direct effects and complementarities in Malawi
We examine a program designed to alleviate credit, information, and farm management constraints among smallholder cash crop farmers through transfers …
www.sciencedirect.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
erikamcentarfer.bsky.social
Your daily reminder that US economic data is of extremely high quality even when compared to other advanced nations and the envy of the world
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 8
Exclusive: The White House is preparing a report laying out alleged shortcomings of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs data, five weeks after President Trump fired the chief of the agency
White House Prepares Report Critical of Statistics Agency
The assessment would follow President Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
on.wsj.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
adebrauw.bsky.social
Bear down!
September 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
apowelllaw.bsky.social
If you accept the premise that "illegal Migration" is a serious issue, then you are part of the problem. This is a moral panic and every time you affirm it as an issue you play into the signification spiral. Progressives/left must reject the issue itself not just the "solutions" of the right.
August 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
voxdev.bsky.social
🆕 Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks, @jo-swinnen.bsky.social & Purnima Menon (@ifpri.org @cgiar.org) review the last 50 years of research on food policy – and what it means for the future of food (in)security: voxdev.org/topic/health...
August 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
jessicacalarco.com
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.

Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
officialjackwhite "Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career," wrote Cheung. "It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of The People's House."--White House Communications Director Steven Cheung Listen, I'm an artist and not a politician so I'm in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I'm not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn't me calling out trump's blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous "wall" construction, his attacks on the disabled his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake "gunshot to the ear" that he showed no medical records or photographs of his constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. No, it wasn't me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? Masquerading as a real artist? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being. officialjackwhite He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift. His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and "ample time on at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain't spending any money agenda. on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremascist country club rich idiot. No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc. This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over. This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality television stars. Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves. And no I'm not a Democrat either, I'm a human being raised in Detroit, I'm an artist who's owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
adebrauw.bsky.social
Challenge: Post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
adebrauw.bsky.social
Indicative of a lot of the economy right now
August 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
ifpri.org
🆕interactive story on our #blog:

🌱 🔄Shaping strategies for Rwanda’s agricultural transformation: Successes from evidence-informed investments for agriculture-led development.

🖊️ By Maria DiGiovanni, James Warner, and Serge Mugabo.

🔗 www.ifpri.org/blog/shaping...

@cgiar.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
adebrauw.bsky.social
New blog up at @ifpri.org with @jo-swinnen.bsky.social on conditions necessary to make agricultural value finance work in Low and Middle Income Countries- part of our new Finance Blog Series www.ifpri.org/blog/agrifoo...
Agrifood value chain finance can expand opportunities for smallholders
Building relationships between farmers, buyers, and lenders.
www.ifpri.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
spherical-cow.bsky.social
Honestly, the NYT siding with Idi Amin and saying that Indian-Ugandans are not Africans is not something I saw coming.
July 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
adebrauw.bsky.social
Hey @nytimes.com can you give me one good reason not to cancel my subscription after publishing this as a “news” article? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
adebrauw.bsky.social
It's blog week around here. Here's a piece on work with @kateambler.bsky.social @jeffbloem.bsky.social @mehrabbakhtiar.bsky.social & Eduardo Maruyama on financial innovation in agrifood systems, part of the new @ifpri.org series on Financing Food Systems Transformation www.ifpri.org/blog/four-le...
Four lessons for financial innovation in agrifood systems
Digital apps and other approaches for modernizing value chains.
www.ifpri.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by Alan de Brauw
ifpri.org
Today, we're launching a new blog series, "Financing Food Systems Transformation," which will explore the scale of financing needed to make food systems healthier, more equitable, and sustainable.

🧵👇
Financing healthy, equitable, and sustainable food systems: Laying out options for action
A new blog series.
on.cgiar.org
June 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM