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Is the tide turning on migration?
I’m grateful to my Dad for pointing out the article in today’s Guardian by Brendan Barber,…
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More democratic countries do more for developing countries
A new paper by Jorg Faust at the German Development Institute looks at whether rich countries…
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Extreme drug resistant TB
Ruth Levine at the Global Health Policy Blog rightly points out that the emergence of Extreme…
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Fair trade coffee workers paid below minimum wage
The FT reports that fair trade coffee from Peru is being produced by workers who are…
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Returning to DFID
After two wonderful years in Berkeley, working for the Center for Global Development, I am returning…
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Africa Now Better for Business Says World Bank Report
The annual World Bank report, Doing Business, reports an improvement in the business environment in two…
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Using aid to buy influence at the UN
A new paper by Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric Werker finds that joining the Security Council results…
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Africa: the problem is not corruption?
The Wall Street Journal reports a new paper by Paul Collier about the reasons why growth…
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U.S. Dedicates $64 Billion To Undermining Gates Foundation Efforts
This article in The Onion is very funny: “If they want to ensure that millions of…
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Government Cathedrals, Government Bazaars
I am sure that you are all avid readers of Public Finance magazine. You’ll be fascinated…
