Dmitry Pozhidaev
@DDPozhidaev
Followers
7,040
Following
808
Media
1,587
Statuses
10,340
Rogue economist & development practitioner. Professor, Makerere University|Development economics & finance|Views are mine.
Belgrade, Serbia
Joined July 2015
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
برشلونة
• 782712 Tweets
BRICS
• 573078 Tweets
John Kelly
• 275223 Tweets
Trump is Hitler
• 249123 Tweets
Bayern
• 199450 Tweets
#tusaş
• 139496 Tweets
Raphinha
• 93178 Tweets
Peñarol
• 72067 Tweets
Megan
• 66195 Tweets
Flick
• 44069 Tweets
Casado
• 41087 Tweets
Lamine
• 31080 Tweets
Lewandowski
• 28015 Tweets
Fermin
• 27941 Tweets
Hatch Act
• 21299 Tweets
Recreio
• 21267 Tweets
Pedri
• 20621 Tweets
Varela
• 20601 Tweets
INBA
• 20353 Tweets
Nunez
• 20329 Tweets
Brest
• 19072 Tweets
Neuer
• 15702 Tweets
Harry Kane
• 12987 Tweets
البايرن
• 11209 Tweets
Kompany
• 10378 Tweets
Fellow Kampalans, can someone explain what's the point of constructing sidewalks & then making them inaccessible to the users they are designed for, ie pedestrians? Why would someone put chains around a sidewalk?
632
817
3K
@UG_Airlines
is truly surprising 😮 Unlike many other airlines that routinely come late, this one usually arrives ahead of time. It came 40 min earlier on a 45 min flight from Bujumbura today. (It also left before time: the plane took off as soon as all passengers came on board.)
207
686
3K
Taking Bukoto street on the way to the airport this morning. The potholes were filled with soil ~1 month ago. But now the soil is gone & we're back to square 1.
206
302
2K
Proudly contributing to BUBUBU (Buy Uganda, Build Uganda, Brand Uganda) 😀 I rejected German and French kettles in favor of this one, produced by Kiboko Enterprise Limited.
89
150
1K
My 2 cents to the discussion abt Kampala's potholes (the photo is from Kololo, an affluent area).
@KCCAUG
faces an immense challenge b/c 80% of all Ugandan cars are concentrated in Kampala. Yet, the quality of construction works & frequency of maintenance also matter.
71
182
942
Twitter works in mysterious ways. You post sth you believe is important (like a research that took months) & you get 2-3 likes. Then you post a causal remark abt
@UG_Airlines
& it gets hundreds of likes!
84
106
762
#Uganda
is showing positive divergence from original projections for
#COVID19
spread. Actual number of cases (53) is way below the projected for this time (~140). Containment measures by
@GovUganda
@KagutaMuseveni
prove to be effective.
#StaySafeStayHome
@MinofHealthUG
@WHOUganda
50
333
682
@B_Kagarlitsky
& I discuss how fighting corruption leads to more econ dependency. I appreciate the dedication & perseverance of my co-author Boris Kagarlitsky who is now serving a 5-year term in a Russian prison for his position on Ukraine
@FredFuentesGL
0
1
118
Belgrade is welcoming
@KagutaMuseveni
of
#Uganda
on an official visit to
#Serbia
. He will meet
@avucic
of Serbia tomorrow & will lead the Ugandan delegation at the plenary talks with Serbian hosts. Warm welcome to you, President Museveni. We hope you'll enjoy Serbian hospitality.
22
96
443
A guest on the tarmac of the Entebbe Airport--Soviet-made Ilyushin IL-76. It's a multi-purpose, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed in 1967. It has a capacity of 60 tons.
Conspiracy theorists, what does it do in Entebbe? 😉
67
64
348
My last day in the office. Leaving
#Uganda
after 7 incredible years. Thank you
@UNCDF
team! Thank you to all our partners! Thank you to my
@UNinUganda
colleagues! Special thanks to
@RMalango2021
&
@SusanNamondo
. You have made these years enjoyable & unforgettable.
30
24
214
In my last blog post, I refer to Boris Kagarlitsky's writings on Russia's dependency to analyze how Russia's delinking from the West reduces surplus value transfer & increases capital accumulation for greater equality
#FreeBoris
@FredFuentesGL
0
3
90
Very grateful to
@Makerere
&
@MakCoBAMS
for the opportunity to contribute to a new exciting MSc program in Development Finance. This is an innovative program. I do hope it'll enhance finance for development in
#Uganda
and look forward to engaging with colleagues & students
@UNCDF
16
36
184
@carlbildt
Why would Swedes be concerned about a lost battle in a conquest raid thousands of miles away from their home? And why Serbs shouldn't be concerned about a battle in their heartland that ended their independence for 400 years? Don't you see the difference?
10
5
163
@nytimes
Obesity as a signaling technique of wealth in Uganda... Jokes apart, I remember a meeting with farmers deep in rural Uganda (Nwoya). Two groups were sitted facing each other: farmers, all gaunt, and government reps, all fat.
35
21
174
#COVID19
situation in East Africa.
#Uganda
,
#Kenya
,
#Rwanda
lead by the number of tests. No tests/no data in
#Tanzania
&
#DRCongo
.
#Uganda
has 1 of the lowest infection rates in the region. Well done,
@GovUganda
,
@MinofHealthUG
,
@WHOUganda
, we're so grateful to you!
#StayHome
9
78
163
Opening a Ugandan Trade Center in Belgrade is a great idea. We should do more to promote Uganda's trade potential in Europe.
Met & briefed Cde
@Odrek_Rwabwogo
on the Russian economic situation as Uganda prepares to open a Trade Centre in Serbia to serve the East European market. I underscored the prevailing demand for coffee, vegetables, fruits, flowers. His resolve to move our exports to $6B is high.
9
29
200
4
20
127
With just 2 new
#COVID19
cases in 5 days,
#Uganda
is doing exceedingly well. Uganda could have had ~250 cases by now instead of actual 54. Kudos to
@KagutaMuseveni
@JaneRuth_Aceng
&
@GovUganda
for leading the nation thru this turbulent time. But it's too early to let guard down.
3
68
128
Celebrating
@Makerere
graduation of the brightest among the new cohort of masters in economics. It takes more effort & perseverance for young women to accomplish this journey. They have to overcome significant social & cultural barriers to education.
4
6
97
My mom is turning 90 today. She has been a source of comfort, love & inspiration all my life. I can't be with her today b/c of
#COVID19
travel restrictions. Join me in wishing her many happy returns of the day with all of us around!
15
3
85
Ellon Musk has lost $200 billion in wealth during 2022. For most Ugandans (and Africans in general) losing $200 would be an irreparable catastrophe. But Musk simply moved from being the richest man in the world to being the 2nd richest man.
13
18
72
It's a very timely statement that puts the calamity to rest. I'm in Nairobi today. Our Kenyan colleagues told me how they were really shocked by those developments which came out of the blue & didn't know what to think. Social media are a powerful tool & should be used prudently.
Dear Ugandans, the brotherly people of Kenya, and all East Africans. I greet all of you.
I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for the tweets sent by General Muhoozi.
Below is my full statement
5K
7K
28K
3
16
71
An apt reminder abt the critical difference b/w the
#WW2
Western & Eastern fronts. The Western war was a standard European war. The Eastern part of the war was entirely different: it was a war of extermination (primarily against the Jews & also Slavs) & of colonial enslavement.
0
24
65
Not sure who prepares the President's speeches but the target of $3000 per Ugandan in personal income by 2028 doesn't look realistic. As the President says, it means a GDP of at least $144bn. The 2019 GDP was $35.165bn. Assuming a good case scenario & growth of 5.2%
9
21
65
Enjoy reading
@DmitriTrenin
's balanced & razor sharp analysis of
#Russia
-West contradictions. For Moscow, 'the aim is not to restore the Soviet Union but to reframe security in Europe as a contractual relationship b/w
#Russia
&
#US
/
@NATO
'.
2
30
61
#Uganda
's top 1% have seen ups and downs since the 1990s but their share of income (green line) was never below 15%. However, over the same period the share of the bottom 50% oscillated around 12%. The majority of Ugandans remain (relatively) as poor as they were 30 years ago.
6
29
60
Kosovo authorities can't keep on blaming Serbs for boycotting Kosovo institutions while the same institutions label the entire community as criminals & terrorists & continue mass arrests of Serbs across Kosovo. Who would join openly hostile & racist institutions?
An analysis published by Kossev-info on how the presumption of innocence is being flagrantly disregarded in
#Kosovo
and how Kosovo Serbs are being publicly branded as criminals and even terrorists without proper investigation, is quite explanatory.
The
0
39
105
0
10
52
We may have felt unhappy about Uganda's inflation last year but, comparing globally, Uganda did very well at just 10.7% inflation rate. Think about Sudan where inflation reached 103% or Zimbabwe - 269%!
10
22
56
- One third of all nations on the planet are now sanctioned by the US.
- This disproportionately affects poor countries, 60% of which are under US sanctions of one kind or another.
America’s economic war against the rest of the world
The Washington Post recently ran a rather extraordinary piece on the US global sanctions regime — a form of economic warfare waged by the United States against large parts of the world, especially poor countries. Here are some
12
120
257
1
22
54
#Uganda
has one of the lowest rates of access to electricity in East Africa although it exports ~261,077 megawatts annually to other countries in the region
@tonywbuganda
1
34
55
A summary of the 2022/23 budget distribution. Sustainable urbanization (including development of 10 new cities) will get a half of the Parliament's allocation. Are the Parliament's needs greater than those of Uganda's urban sector?
3
26
48
@BrankoMilan
One of those rare ('uncombed') books where you can observe a genius at work. David Harvey started a new virtual course on Grundrisse:
0
10
50
@adnanmahmutovic
Most Bosnian Jews were deported to Auschwitz (many first to Kruščica concentration camp) or to concentration camps in Croatia. By WW2 end, 10,000 of the pre-War Bosnian Jewish population of 14,000 had been murdered.
2
1
48
An impressive range of services offered by a good doctor in
#Kampala
. We also help our partners with their business problems but there are no plans to go into other areas; definitely not the last but one 🤣
9
11
46
Finished working on a new policy paper looking into impact of
#COVID19
in
#African
cities (urban economies, fiscal space, etc) w/colleagues
@UNHABITAT
@ECA_OFFICIAL
@UCLGAfrica
. The paper will be released next week, stay tuned
@UCLG_Saiz
@CLGFDSG_LSlack
@CitiesAlliance
@fmdv_org
2
21
42
Should
#Uganda
press on with its oil production given the potential environmental damage: 100s of displaced villages & 1000s of displaced families, polluted vital water sources, etc. What do you think?
@OilInUg
@PAU_Uganda
92
8
43
The Big Failure of Small Government by
@MazzucatoM
et al
@ProSyn
: Investments in core public-sector capabilities make all the difference in times of emergency. The countries that have handled the crisis well are those whith capable governments:
2
20
39
Walter Rodney asserts that African tribalism was a product of colonialism. According to him, Britain made of the Baganda ruling class as "sub-imperialists" pitting them against other population groups in Uganda.
3
14
41
Internet knows many secrets. It has finally revealed that not only am I much younger and much taller than I pretended to be, but that I'm also an outstanding football player, a fact I was carefully hiding from everyone. 😂
10
1
39
Very proud to announce that now I'm followed by someone called Armani. I expect Gucci, Versace and Prada to join in the immediate future 😉
7
3
38
I'm happy to work w/
@SafeBoda
, my revenues skyrocketed, says a vendor at the launch of new e-platform for food & grocery delivery supported by
@UNCDFdigital
in
#Kampala
. Rarely a market vendor becomes a media celebrity 😃
@UNinUganda
@KCCAUG
@WIEGOGLOBAL
@CitiesAlliance
0
9
39
Public transport regulation in
#Kampala
is long overdue. The city has the most chaotic traffic situation in East Africa. The courage in politics is not abt satisfying particular interest groups but doing what is in the general public interest
@KCCAUG
@KCCAED
@KampalaMinister
On the regulation of transport in Kampala, our team has identified key challenges facing the sector, which we are consulting stakeholders on; final decision will be communicated and implemented after thorough consultations have been concluded.
Statement:
20
26
87
6
12
38
Son of Mbarara in Uganda has been appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Congratulations,
@claverGatete
Swearing in ceremony of the new
@ECA_OFFICIAL
Executive Secretary
@claverGatete
with
@UN
Secretary-General
@antonioguterres
on November 8th 2023.
A warm welcome to ECA!
11
154
613
3
6
39
@BIRN_BTJ
It's as incomprehensible as it is sad: France (!) removes a memorial to Serbian (!) soldiers fallen in WW2 in a Kosovo (!) cemetery & replaces it with a monument to French (!) soldiers fallen in Kosovo (!) History is becoming more & more malleable & situational.
3
0
37
Today's program is as follows:
10.00 Welcome ceremony for
@KagutaMuseveni
in front of the Palace of Serbia
10:15 a.m. Tête-à-tête meeting between
@avucic
&
@KagutaMuseveni
10.45 Plenary talks of the 2 delegations
11:30 Joint press statement
12.00 Serbian-Ugandan business meet
I have landed in Belgrade, Serbia. I look forward to fruitful deliberations with His Excellency Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian business community, to deepen cooperation between our two countries.
519
668
4K
3
8
38
@mucbenson
@UG_Airlines
I'm not sure what really happened, but the fact is they have spent 15 minutes less in flight than scheduled. Tailwind?
2
1
36
@queridoAntonioL
In my capacity as Visiting Professor, I'll advise
@Makerere
to start a new department of Kampalogy :) Please join the faculty staff,
@queridoAntonioL
!
2
2
36
A highly recommendable podcast to understand how the Russian Revolution happened. One key lesson valid for today is that a social revolution looks totally impossible until it really happens. There comes a moment in history when people simply cannot live as before & change happens
It’s the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, and our FIRST EPISODE IS OUT NOW! Alan Woods explains why the October Revolution of 1917 is the greatest event in human history. Listen on your preferred podcast platform and on YT! All links in 🧵
#SpeComPodcast
2
48
99
5
6
34
@eugene_finkel
In the short run, Kharkiv will require investment in (re)construction of public infrastr, with no or below the market return. At the same time, there is a need to restructure PFM systems, public enterprises & attract various private capital for development
1
3
32
I heard
@yuenyuenang
a couple of days ago speaking very eloquently at
@UNUWIDER
event on fiscal states in
#Africa
. She presented an unorthodox concept of 'taxless state', a state that generates development resources through means other than taxes.
#EconTwitter
3
9
33
Launch of the e-platform for food & grocery delivery is abt to start. We're at Naalya market w/ our partner
@SafeBoda
. A lot of interest from the vendors as more of them join the platform.
@UNinUganda
@KCCAUG
@KCCAED
@UNCDF
0
10
30
It was an honor to receive this nice appreciation letter from
@OPMUganda
thanking
@UNCDF
for its contribution to the 1st Annual
@SDG2030
conference in 2022. As part of
@UNinUganda
, UNCDF is committed to working w
@GovUganda
& all partners to help
#Uganda
achieve its devt goals.
4
4
32
My friend Mountain Gorilla sees me off.
#Uganda
has more than half of the world’s mountain gorilla population found in Mgahinga National Park & Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. As their name hints, they live only in the mountains at elevations between 8,000 & 13,000 feet.
5
6
32
This is my latest article just published in the Journal of Applied Business & Economics. I present a new approach to measuring urban economic resilience developed in the context of
@UN
Joint Project on Urban Econ Resilience
@UNCDF
@UResilienceHub
@UNHABITAT
@ECA_OFFICIAL
@UNECE
5
10
29
@fbieber
Branko actually calls for accepting the Franco-German plan on Kosovo. So, if this is the call from Serb nationalists, then who are those who stand against this plan? Ultra nationalists? Worse-than-nationalists?
2
0
30
Not only
@NadaAndersen
has good pictures of Ugandan sunsets & sunrises. Here's the sunset over the Nile at
#Jinja
this evening. "And quiet flows the Nile." 😀
0
3
30
Interesting comment by
@BrankoMilan
(in Serbian). Those who believe that
#China
is a capitalist state are right but those who write off
#Communism
b/c of this are wrong. For China, capitalist production is just a temporary phase b4 the victory of Communism
1
12
27
@BrankoMilan
highlights the methodologically important distinction b/w econ macrostabilization & privatization in post-communist countries. The botched privatization in
#Russia
is a root cause of its current troubles & will haunt it in the future
0
10
29
Ugandan passport allow visa-free or visa on arrival access to 67 countries and territories, ranking it 80th in terms of travel freedom. The best African passport is South African allowing entry to 105 countries, the worst is predictably DRCongo, 42.
1
10
30
Happening today: At 11am
@UNCDF
&
@SafeBoda
#Uganda
launch an e-commerce platform for food & grocery home delivery. The app is fully operational after a week of testing & the deals are good! Join us on live video coverage
@UNinUganda
@KCCAUG
@mtic_uganda
@MoICT_Ug
@WIEGOGLOBAL
1
17
30
If you're a business, take a time to look at
@UDB_Official
products. You may find them surprisingly affordable & adjusted to the needs of your business.
@UNCDF
is pleased to have
@UDB_Official
as a partner for the START facility, a blended finance mechanism for agribusiness SME
192
21
29
President Museveni lashes against the comprador bourgeoisie in his State of the Nation Address yesterday. In Marxism, compador bourgeoisie stands for a section of an indigenous middle class allied with foreign investors,multinational corporations, bankers, and military interests
222
6
28
Tragic quote from
@Volod_Ishchenko
: Who could have imagined in 1945 after the Nazi war, which murdered ~1/4 of the entire population of Ukraine, that the decendants of the survivors would fight using German tanks agst Russians on the very same battlefield they fought agst Germans
2
11
27
My granddaughter talking to Nobel prise winner Ivo Andric in Belgrade.
1
0
26
Has development run out of steam? Very honest, if pessimistic, overview of the global state of development as a practice & process. The factors that helped fast development in the past century don't work anymore
@BrankoMilan
@avgevorkyan
@rodrikdani
1
7
27
This is the view of Naguru Hill from Kololo this morning. Not much of a view, though...
Kampala city fog: Even the 23-floor towering URA Towers is hardly visible
📸 AgaSekalala
26
158
867
0
2
23
Thread. Another Sunday chart. How is
#Uganda
growing in relation to other countries? In relation to Sub-Saharan Africa (red line), Uganda is where is started in 1960, at ~50% of the Sub-Saharan GDP. This means that it has been growing
@mofpedU
@EPRC_official
@rggoobi
7
19
25
Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations is trending again in the non-fiction section. Are we observing the fulfillment of Hantington's prophesy as the world fragments?
1
11
27
Bookstore at
#Istanbul
airport: Female economists rule:
@MazzucatoM
and
@KateRaworth
. Also a good selection of history books on the Byzantine and Ottoman empires.
1
4
26
Rosa Malango,
@UNinUganda
Resident Representative at the launch of
#UNinUGAppeal
: "The Appel targets 12.8m most vulnerable Ugandans to address health, food security, social protection for women & girls, elderly, refugees, informal workers & people w/ disabilities"
@RMalango2015
1
10
26
It was a pleasure to have
@SusanNamondo
, head of
@UNinUganda
as our guest of honor yesterday to commission the new women & child friendly Okubani market in Yumbe district. The market is part of DINU program financed by
@EUinUG
&
@GovUganda
& created 2,000 additional jobs.
0
7
25
14th meeting of the START facility management board approved today financing for 5 new agriculture projects worth over 5bn UGX. The projects add value in maize & rice, apiary, livestock. The Facility is managed by
@UNCDF
w/ support
@PSF_Uganda
&
@UDB_Official
& funded by
@EUinUG
1
13
23
@RnaudBertrand
This thread suffers from the same false equivalence fallacy as other similar threats. For Hamas, killing babies was the objective of their invasion. For the IDF, it has never been an objective. Hamas could hv easily avoided civilian casualties, it's much more difficult for IDF.
22
2
24
Uganda hosts the 3rd biggest refugee population in the world. Watch this interesting discussion abt
#COVID19
impact on refugees & how
@GovUganda
&
@UNinUganda
are helping
@UNHCRuganda
0
6
25
#Thread
🧵Very interesting thoughts on
#UkraineRussiaWar
from Budimir Loncar, the last Yugoslav minister of foreign affairs and a close collaborator of President Tito (in Croatian). He believes that the only way to defeat Putin is peace with him
9
7
24
Playing the grand piano two hands & four paws with my cat 🐈 😂
1
3
23
"
#TalibanTerrorists
have shown over the past few months that they are unable to maintain control over the whole country and that the liberation of the country, at least parts of it in the short term, is inevitable. They suffered a strategic defeat and there is no way to go back"
Un an après la prise de Kaboul où en sont les talibans en Afghanistan? Comment s’organise la résistance notamment dans les vallées du nord et la vie des populations locales? Entretien avec Ali Maisam Nazary responsable des Relations extérieures du
@NRFafg
.
4
20
156
3
10
24
Walter Rodney makes a profound comment: In a modern interconnected world based on the capitalist mode of production & unequal exchange, development of a few countries means underdevelopment for many others. This will not change unless the foundations of the world order change.
5
12
24
It was a pleasure to accompany Ambassador Maria Håkansson
@SwedeninUG
to get first-hand experience of how Swedish support translates into increased productivity, higher farmer incomes & better food security in
#Uganda
.
@UNCDF
is honored to be Sweden partner
@NUCAFE95
1
7
23
Speaking
@ubctvuganda
thos morning: What you can't measure, you can't manage. To manage the SDG agenda locally, you need to have a clear vision of your targets & track it regularly
@sdgs_ug
@UNinUganda
@UNCDF
@MoLGUganda
1
7
22
I remember a SACO treasurer who explained disappearance of the SACO money by an accident: Allegedly, he was crossing a bridge holding the money box in his hands, tripped, and dropped the box into the river. Is it the same case? 🤣
I want to know if the NRM treasurer is being investigated for keeping abnormal sums of (whose) money in her bedroom and for three billion being stolen from her.
And if true, I want to meet her. I have never met someone with so much cash on them; I need a selfie with her.
Like a
14
21
104
5
7
23
How impactful has been the African Continental Free Trade so far? While there's a lot of optimism, 50% of African CEOs do not have enough information about this initiative and don't know how to benefit from it.
2
5
23
@McFaul
Calls for imposing a travel ban on all Russians appear a sign of desperation to me. It may signal moral condemnation but it certainly cannot have any material impact. To start with, 100m Russians simply don't have foreign passports. 2nd, very few visit Western countries.
3
1
20
Uganda Annual
#SDGs
Conference has started. Dr. Byamugisha, Head of the SDG Secretariat, is presenting the results of Leaving No One Behind assessments.
@GovUganda
has deployed a number of strategies to reach out to disadvantaged groups. How effective have these strategies been?
0
5
23
As I prepare for a fundraising session for the newborn
#StanbicUNEERF
, partnership b/w
@stanbicug
&
@UNinUganda
, I have the target of mobilizing $50m in 50 minutes. Wish me luck. Only the sky is the limit!
4
9
23
A bookstore in
#Kampala
(
#Uganda
): yet another sign of the growing female contribution to
#economics
& influence of the seminal ideas they promote
@lindayueh
@MazzucatoM
. Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
, colleagues!
1
7
23
It's a shame we still observe xenophobia & racism. No one would mention the race if a black Ugandan makes critical comments, but when a white Ugandan like
@NadaAndersen
does it, she is labeled a white colonialist.
Thanks to politicking and policies, Uganda never developed enough (infrastructure, education, quality of labour) to attract any serious business. If 25% of the country has access to electricity, and roads are being washed away left, right, and Kampala - which serious businessman
24
69
209
1
6
22