Professor of International and Development Politics @UniHeidelberg and Editor of RIO. Affiliated with @The_PEIO, @AidData, @cepr_org. #china #aid #firstgen
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I've just made my last first-round editorial decision at RIO. Here are some thoughts on what I've learned and the publication process more broadly: linkedin.com/pulse/what-20-y…
New RIO (@The_PEIO) editor: Christopher Kilby
After more than 20 years as editor of the Review of International Organizations, I'm stepping back from new submissions.
As of today, Christopher will take over. I will continue with resubmissions for papers I originally handled.
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I recently talked with Sebastian Spiller of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about why I am unconvinced by the claim that “every euro spent on German development cooperation increases German exports by €2.50.” My thoughts on this can be found here: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
#Entwicklungshilfe wird nicht dadurch überzeugender, dass deutsche Unternehmen stärker „eingebunden“ werden. Auf diese Weise würde sie nur zur verdeckten #Außenwirtschaftsförderung. Unternehmen sollten sich im globalen #Wettbewerb aus eigener Kraft durchsetzen und nicht dadurch, dass ihnen andere heimische Akteure den auswärtigen Marktzugang subventionieren.
Quelle: FAZ, 17. September 2026, S. 16.
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PEIO Call for Papers – submission deadline end of this week!
Join us for the Political Economy of International Organization Conference (@The_PEIO) at the University of Texas at Austin, January 7-9, 2027. Submission is now open at peio.me. Thanks Terry Chapman, Dan Nielson, @goodhouses, @NateMJensen for hosting!
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On World Humanitarian Day, I joined hr2-kultur's "Der Tag" to discuss the state of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Contrary to what people seem to think, I'm clearly in favor of humanitarian aid...
Full episode (in German): hr2.de/podcasts/der-tag/mehr…
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Who should decide how development aid is spent?
I spoke with Das Parlament about the GIZ and German development cooperation. My main point: in democratic partner countries, governments should have much more say over priorities and projects.
das-parlament.de/aussen/entw…
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Do higher oil prices fuel conflict?
New column with Maximilian Herrmann and Jingke Pan: organized violence moves toward oil locations and away from nearby areas, while protests spread outward. Aggregation can hide the resource curse:
How oil price shocks redraw the map of conflict
Maximilian Herrmann (SAP), Jingke Pan & @DreherAxel @UniHeidelberg
ow.ly/OHR750ZpWpE
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New RIO (@The_PEIO) editor: Christopher Kilby
After more than 20 years as editor of the Review of International Organizations, I'm stepping back from new submissions.
As of today, Christopher will take over. I will continue with resubmissions for papers I originally handled.
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5/4 Thanks to the many colleagues who have made this possible, on the editorial board and in other functions: Co- and Associate Editors Helen Milner, James Vreeland, Todd Sandler, and Roland Vaubel above all.
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Axel Dreher retweeted
Congratulations to Erasmus Kersting, PhD, Christopher Kilby, PhD, and Santiago Foncillas VSB ’24 for the publication of their paper, “Dirty Work and the Domestic Politics of Aid,” in Cambridge University Press’ International Organization journal! cup.org/4voddVQ
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What happens when Wagner enters African conflict zones?
New GODAD paper by @lilleberlin and Lev Lvovskiy: Western bilateral donors retreat, while the World Bank initially reengages – more projects and disbursements. After 2022, that WB premium declines.
godad.me/papers/
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21648
Refineries, Pipelines and Petroleum Fields - The Impact of Oil on Conflict Around the World
Axel Dreher @DreherAxel, Jingke Pan, Maximilian Herrmann @UniHeidelberg
ow.ly/3kHE50ZgjcQ
#CEPR_DE #CEPR_PoE #EconTwitter
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What happened after the USAID shutdown?
New GODAD working paper by Marcella Nicolini & Fabio Sabatini: exposed African regions saw falling nightlights and rising acute food insecurity, especially where vulnerability was high and institutions weaker.
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The impact of the USAID shutdown on Africa, as seen from space and on the ground.
M. Nicolini and I study the effects of the aid cuts by linking GODAD data on USAID projects to satellite-based measures of economic activity and IPC food insecurity indicators.
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Axel Dreher retweeted
The call for papers for this year's edition of Economics of Global Interactions is just out. Deadline for submissions: May 25. Please share! @NDConiglio @Raffaele_Lagrav @SilviaMarches12 @DreherAxel @TorsvikGaute @jornra @tfharding @LantPritchett @AlirezaNaghavi_ @EconBergen
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The Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD) invites submissions to its new working paper series. If you have a paper using sub-national aid data, let us know. First contributions by Jimmy Graham, Andrea Fazio, Marcella Nicolini, ...: godad.me/papers/
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Axel Dreher retweeted
Chatting with @DreherAxel about Chinese aid & public support (for China), Western aid & political violence, US bilateral aid & the United Nations Security Council, aid & diffusion of economic activity, & some more. Link to full chat in comments. #econtwitter
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Join us for the Political Economy of International Organization Conference (@The_PEIO) at the University of Texas at Austin, January 7-9, 2027. Submission is now open at peio.me. Thanks Terry Chapman, Dan Nielson, @goodhouses, @NateMJensen for hosting!
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