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Owen Barder

Owen is CEO of Precision Agriculture for Development. He has worked in the office of the UK Prime Minister, the British Treasury, the Department for International Development; and at the Center for Global Development.

What Can International Development Learn From Britain’s Olympic Team?

Getting on the bandwagon of identifying lessons from Team GB’s relative success at the 2016 Olympic Games.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsAugust 18, 2016 ago

More in common

Thoughts the day after the Brexit referendum.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsJune 24, 2016 ago
Flag of Ireland in a mixed stack of european coins and a blue background.(series)

Whose aid is most effective? Are generous donors less effective?

The most effective aid donor in the world is probably not who you think it is.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsJune 15, 2016 ago

Do middle-income countries really get more aid than low-income countries?

Hans Rosling, using ODI data, said that middle income countries get three times as much aid as low income countries, per person in poverty. Actually low income countries get 79% more aid per poor person than middle income countries.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsJune 11, 2016 ago

Aid transparency: are we nearly there?

There is good news and bad news in the 2016 Aid Transparency Index, which is published today.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsApril 13, 2016 ago
The sun shines on Ardbeg distillery warehouse

Why taxing global companies is hard

Should the profits on scotch whisky be taxed in Scotland, where it is made, or China where it is sold? And what about Google?

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsJanuary 28, 2016 ago

Share the Road

Why cyclists cycle in the middle of the lane.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsJanuary 27, 2016 ago

Will we be the first generation to eradicate malaria?

This isn’t the first time that Bill Gates and the UK government have announced a $3bn plan to eradicate malaria.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsJanuary 25, 2016 ago

Price discrimination and welfare costs

There is nothing inherently wrong with price discrimination. But some of the mechanisms firms use to enforce it have huge welfare costs.

By Owen Barder, 7 yearsJanuary 25, 2016 ago
Hillary Clinton attends the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting at The Shertaon New York Hotel on September 25, 2013 in New York City.

When the US Secretary of State reads your blog posts

One of my blog posts (written with Kim Elliott) ended up on Hillary Clinton’s desk according to the latest batch of released emails.

By Owen Barder, 7 years ago

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