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The Simpsons go to little Ethiopia
Bart (eating injera and wot): “I wish I lived in Ethiopia”. Lisa: “Exotic. Vegetarian. I can…
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Effective and transparent donors
In two weeks there will be a huge international meeting on aid effectiveness in Busan, South Korea. Ban…
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Who is implementing the aid transparency agreement?
Here is a useful graphic from the International Aid Transparency Initiative about which donors are implementing…
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What would Google do? (Aid effectiveness edition)
This post first appeared on the CGD Rethinking US Foreign Assistance blog. Information, not coordination, is…
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How committed are we to development?
This joint post with David Roodman first appeared on the Guardian Poverty Matters blog. Does Britain’s…
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In praise of Special Advisers
From the Financial Times comes news that David Cameron and Nick Clegg are planning to employ more…
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Don’t waste your time living someone else’s life
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by…
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Conservative Party gives up party political broadcast
This is very impressive. Here in the UK we do not have paid political advertising: instead…
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Aid or immigration?
There was an interesting programme on BBC Radio 4 on Monday night, Analysis, which looked at…
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What happens when donors fail to meet their commitments?
This joint post with Rita Perakis first appeared on the CGD blog. Has the aid industry…
