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The Daily Mail, to which donkeys are more important than Africans
So help me I’ve read some rubbish in the Daily Mail over the years – and…
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Do we need a shock-fund for developing countries?
Ray Fisman writing in Slate asks whether falling commodities prices cause civil wars in commodity-rich countries: To…
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Thinking of starting an NGO?
Read this first (Allana Shaikh): Don’t do it. You’re not going to think of a solution…
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Modernising US foreign assistance
The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network has a new website. This is a coalition of American thinkers…
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World Food Day – Worry about incomes, not food production
Today is World Food Day. There are 967 million people living below the hunger line. In…
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World Bank Reform
Because everyone is so concerned with the financial situation, little attention has been paid to the…
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Dear Banks: A message from one of your new bosses
Every time I have suggested things you might do differently, I have been told that this…
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Do women write better about Africa than men?
Michela Wrong on writing books about Africa A book must be the biggest act of presumption…
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How To Spend It
I’ve never liked the name of the FT’s lifestyle section, “How To Spend It“. But with…
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The cult of sustainability
Alanna Shaikh complains about the use and abuse of “sustainability” in development: I also hate this…
