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Are rich countries ‘getting away with murder’ by massaging aid figures?
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. Richard Manning was a highly respected…
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Global wealth inequality
The 300 richest people on the planet have the same wealth as the bottom 3 billion,…
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Waste not, want not
In which I am sceptical about a proposed new public-private partnership to tackle hunger.
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What has aid ever done for anyone?
This will make most sense to people familiar with Monty Python. Nice video from Save the…
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Will CIDA’s demise hurt the world’s poor?
I’m quoted in a couple of Canadian newspapers today about the demise of CIDA.
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Bob Geldof: from activist to investor [podcast]
Celebrity activists who campaign about development are often sneered at by development economists and by commentators; they are variously…
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Britain joins the G-0.7
Britain overtakes Germany to become the world’s second largest aid donor, and the first G-8 member…
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From poverty to power – Duncan Green on Development Drums
In the second of a series of three Development Drums podcasts about the relationship between citizens,…
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Give money or the polar bear gets it
If Coke thinks about this long and hard, I think they will find that making a…
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Accountability and open government [podcast]
In the latest edition of Development Drums, Rakesh Rajani and Martin Tisné discuss accountability and open government.
