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Philippa Sigl

Making an oil tanker change course

How we tried to change the World Bank (at least a little bit)

6 min readMay 20, 2018

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Making an oil tanker change course

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A look inside the European financial system

Building an animated visualisation of financial transactions in the Eurozone

3 min readApr 11, 2018

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A look inside the European financial system

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Philippa Sigl

Taking issue with liberalism.

5 min readJun 23, 2017

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Taking issue with liberalism.

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Philippa Sigl

Are the US one big Private Equity fund?

4 min readJun 21, 2017

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Are the US one big Private Equity fund?

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Philippa Sigl

How to predict someone’s chance of escaping poverty

And why international development efforts are not the determining variable

5 min readSep 28, 2016

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How to predict someone’s chance of escaping poverty

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Accidental twins?

When it comes to Africa, the US and China share more than a healthy dose of pragmatism

3 min readMay 10, 2016

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Accidental twins?

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When you’re based in Liberia and in for a quick Big Mac fix…

…you are very unlucky indeed. Getting to McDonald’s involves driving about 4,148 kilometres to Morocco, crossing a few rivers on makeshift…

3 min readMar 13, 2016

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When you’re based in Liberia and in for a quick Big Mac fix…

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Philippa Sigl

Chart of the week: What chicken in Liberia and heli-skiing in Austria have in common

They both cost a little more than 10% of the average monthly income in their respective countries. But admittedly the comparison is a…

3 min readFeb 24, 2016

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Chart of the week: What chicken in Liberia and heli-skiing in Austria have in common

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Philippa Sigl

Are we getting distracted by board game winning super computers?

Its the humans behind artificial intelligence, not the machines we should focus on now

3 min readFeb 19, 2016

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Are we getting distracted by board game winning super computers?

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Philippa Sigl

Philippa Sigl

Computer Science Imperial College, former Ministry of Finance in Liberia and World Banker. Wondering whether economics could work for the people. Views mine.

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