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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.
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Complexity and development
Here is the video of my lecture on Complexity and Development, given in Washington DC on…
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We can be the generation …
David Cameron said today “We can be the generation that eradicates absolute poverty in our world.” We…
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Did Andrew Mitchell have a rubber stamp?
Splendid letter in the Financial Times today from the most senior civil servant in the British Department for…
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London in the snow
Photos from running in Hyde Park and along the Regents Canal in London, January 2013
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A rose by any other name: good global citizenship
I flinch every time I hear about the ‘do no harm principle’ or ‘policy coherence in…
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Development and the death of Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz, who died on January 11th, worked and fought for key freedoms of our time:…
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Guns & economics
Two interesting ideas from economists on gun control. First: require gun owners to take out liability…
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