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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 10h

It's all about 2 and 3 wheelers

4 wheel EV sales are pitiful, led by local brand Mahindra

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EV Sales Digest – July 2025 - JMK Research & Analytics

EV Sales Digest – July 2025 Summary Table of content: Enter email to download full report

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 15h

empathy is the enemy

Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah I was thinking that. But if the power you need can usually be obtained from the grid, would reliability be enough of a worry? Maybe there are contracts about business continuity that require onsite backup

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 20h

A gigantic waste of money by Lewisham council, why can't they stop themselves doing dumb things like this (this is my local, I recommend them) www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

London restaurant facing £2.5million penalty over 'illegal' kitchen fan

Brothers Ahmet and Sahin Gok had their passports seized and face a £2.5million penalty for installing a kitchen extraction system without planning permission

www.standard.co.uk

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 20h

thank you. I guess I should not be surprised, I have read about datacentre building buying gas plants or whatnot in the USA. It all seems very un-ideal though - like the UK system should be looking at what datacentres need and finding a better way of meeting those needs than diesel

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 22h

🆕 Understanding the global construction sector 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks, Martina Kirchberger (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social) discusses the economics of infrastructure and the construction sector: voxdev.org/topic/infras...

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 23h

What's going on here? Why are UK data centre being built with diesel generators? www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

3 data centres set to be built - smallest will use 20 diesel generators

The council approved the plans for Hayes on Thursday (October 2) but the Greater London Authority still needs to sign them off

www.mylondon.news

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 1d

PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference @cepr.org

Bringing together researchers studying the behaviour of firms in low-income countries & focusing on the market forces that drive efficiency in these countries.

📅26 - 28 Mar 2026
📍Oxford, UK

⏰Submission deadline: 20 Oct
cepr.org/events/pedl-...

PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference

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Neil Gregory @neilgregory.bsky.social · 2d

Productive large firms are key to job creation, exports and productivity growth in EMDEs. In high income countries, large firms can access capital markets to finance their growth - DFIs need to help them do so in EMDEs too. Useful report from BII on how to do so.
www.bii.co.uk/en/news-insi...

A mobilisation machine: International corporate bonds in sub-Saharan Africa - British International Investment

Foreign investment in African economies is hampered by a mismatch between what the asset managers that control the largest pools...

www.bii.co.uk

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 3d

I hope nothing bad happens in the world that merits repeated protest

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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 4d

Ethiopia broke ground on its first oil refinery, a $2.5-billion project with capacity to produce 3.5 million tons of fuel a year. To be constructed in two phases, the first phase expected to be completed within 24 months.

GCL of China to Build $2.5 Billion Oil Refinery in Ethiopia

Ethiopia broke ground on its first oil refinery, a $2.5-billion project that the government said is being built by Golden Concord Group Ltd. of China and with capacity to produce 3.5 million tons of f...

www.bloomberg.com

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 6d

We have a terrific line up for this year's "research and practice" conference at @britishintinv.bsky.social (with @cepr.org ) about the business of climate technology adoption - great research, and executives from fascinating green tech businesses. If this is your bag, please join us. More Info:

The business of climate technology adoption: evidence from research and reality - British International Investment

www.bii.co.uk

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 6d

The article makes no mention of biodiversity net gain planning rules.

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 7d

If you imagine that most Reform voters simply wish to control our borders and are not racist, I think some education is required.

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 7d

Fair play to this AI-backed marketing platform, I did not think AI was capable of this level of trolling. 10/10 no notes

www.favikon.com/blog/top-eco...

Top 20 Economists in the UK in 2025 - Favikon

Top 20 Economists in the UK in 2025, recognized for redefining economic thought and shaping the future of policy, finance, and innovation.

www.favikon.com

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 7d

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ODI Global @odi.global · 7d

What are the implications of Western donors' retreat from official development assistance?

A new joint special issue of our Disasters and Development Policy Review journals is now out – featuring 14 free-to-read articles on the future of aid from a range of leading thinkers: buff.ly/3LAy61x 📚

A description of a new special joint issue of ODI Global's Development Policy Review and Disasters journals on 'Critical perspectives on the future of aid'

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 7d

while they're at it, they could produce a compilation the about protecting women and children crew too bsky.app/profile/marc...

MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 8d

Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 8d

Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.

Details here ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 7d

What have we learned about women in the workforce?

Issue 2 of our VoxDevLit on Female Labour Force Participation by Rachel Heath and Co-Editors is out now!➡️ voxdev.org/voxdevlit/fe...

Today's podcast covers the update➡️ voxdev.org/topic/labour...

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Charlie Robertson @frontiercharlie.bsky.social · 7d

AGOA expired last night, but most assume it will be renewed, and attached to some other legislation Congress passes

Doubt it'll show up in trade data if we get renewal in the next few weeks

Ex-AGOA, Kenya's total tariff increase half of China or India, but above Vietnam

unctad.org/news/tariffs...

Tariffs, trade and preferences: What if AGOA ends?

Market access to the United States could further deteriorate for many African countries if the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is not renewed before its expiration on 30 September 2025.

unctad.org

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like it would be helpful for Labour comms to compile a video montage of Reform candidates and supporters saying indisputably racist things, to counter this "racist? how dare you!" response

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 8d

has anyone seen a rough calculation of the negative externality that the AI build out imposes on the rest of the economy via higher electricity prices?

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 9d

Very interesting work on the consequences of how easy it is to raise debt or equity in different countries. Big effect on growth. Also reckons it explains 70% of variation in top wealth shares across countries www.nber.org/papers/w34301

Equity Frictions and Firm Ownership

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Paddy Carter @paddycarter.bsky.social · 10d

I only wish another paper would hire him

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Bjørn H Amland @bjornhamland.bsky.social · 11d

South African authorities required a min. 49 % local black ownership in the project. UK's British International Investment and the Norwegian fund provided loan financing for equity to the holding company H1 Capital Ltd, which facilitates local ownership.
www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

www.development-today.com

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