Daniel Rogger

TL;DR: Although vector-borne diseases will expand their reach and death tolls, especially among elderly people, will increase because of heatwaves, the indirect effects of climate change on water, food security, and extreme climatic events are likely to have the biggest effect on global health.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors study how the management practices bureaucrats operate under relate to the quantity and quality of public services delivered in Nigeria, exploiting data from the Nigerian Civil Service. And they show the negative impacts of incentive provision/monitoring arise because bureaucrats multi-task and incentives are poorly targeted, and because these management practices capture elements of subjective performance evaluation that leave scope for dysfunctional responses from bureaucrats.

TL;DR: This Viewpoint essay argues that timely, up‐to‐date surveys of public sector workers are an essential tool for identifying problems, resolving bottlenecks and enablingpublic sector workers to operate effectively during and in response to the challenges posed by the global pandemic.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors study how the management practices bureaucrats operate under correlate to the quantity of public services delivered, using data from the Nigerian Civil Service, and provide new insights on the importance of management in public bureaucracies in a developing country setting.