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Yunus on poverty
Mohammaed Yunus, accepting his 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, said: I believe that we can create a…
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Is the World Bank Effective?
The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group has launched its Annual Review of Development Effectiveness. It is…
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Passion and gravitas
In principle, it should be possible to sustain gravitas while still conveying passion. I’m here at…
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Hilary Benn and Bill Easterly Debate on DFID
Very interesting debate in this month’s Prospect between Hilary Benn (Britain’s Cabinet Minister with responsibility for…
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Win-win from trade liberalisation
Very interesting paper by James Harrigan and Geoffrey Barrows at NBER which quantifies the benefit to…
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The public interest vs what the public is interested in
Here in Manila, I have had BBC World on the TV in the background. They have…
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Aid Effectiveness
At the Asia Regional Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Manila. Shocking fact – Afghanistan received 1,657…
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The impact of Foreign Direct Investment in developing countries
There is increasing interest in development circles on measures to promote foreign direct investment in developing…
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Microfinance pioneer awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank have been awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. This is…
