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Whitehall and bloggers
The Ideal Government blog comments on Gordon Brown’s call for Government to make better use of…
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Implicit aid contracts
I thought this was a very interesting and readable paper about aid effectiveness by François Bourguignon…
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Distributional impacts of climate change
Among some bloggers (such as Tim Worstall), and now on the BBC, it is becoming fashionable…
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The role of prizes in innovation
One of the most important and cost effective ways that rich countries can help poor countries…
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Are Republicans good for the world’s poor?
Many progressives here in the UK have a stereotyped view of US politics (roughly speaking: ‘Democrats…
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Ryszard Kapuscinski should have got a Nobel Prize
The Washington Post reports the death of Ryszard Kapuscinski: Ryszard Kapuscinski a Polish writer and journalist…
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Discriminating for religious reasons
Here is my ha’porth, for the record. It is no excuse to say that your religion…
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Get a First Life
Very funny parody of second life: www.getafirstlife.com. I particularly enjoyed the recommendation to “fornicate using your…
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What causes uncertainty in vaccine demand?
Scientific American discusses the need for better forecasting of need for drugs and vaccines: Unpredictable demand…
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Do we learn good?
Andrew Jack wrote in the Financial Times on Wednesday about measures to reduce AIDS in Africa. …
