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What Gordon might do first: abolish the royal prerogative?
Arguably Gordon Brown’s most successful policy was designed while waiting for office, and implemented as a…
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Farmers on welfare
It is good to see some American voices speaking out against farm subsidies. Here is Jonah…
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Okonjo Iweala resigns
SaharaReports.com reports that the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Okonjo Iweala, who was formerly the…
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Aid works for redistribution
Much of the literature about the effectiveness (or otherwise) of aid revolves around whether aid accelerates…
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Who killed Doha?
Bruce Bartlett blames the US in general, and George Bush in particular, for “the death of…
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Hobbling around the San Francisco Marathon
It seemed a good idea at the time. The SF Marathon starts at 5.30am, so we…
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Giving aid to Ethiopia
David Loyn, the BBC Developing World Correspondent (is there really only one?) is extremely sensible and…
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Getting kids to school in Ghana
In Ghana, the primary school gross enrolment rate has risen steadily from 80% in 2002 to…
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The need to reform technical assistance
Santigie Kamara writing in allAfrica.com yesterday may be overstating the case, but only a little: Reports…
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$100 laptop to be rejected by India?
The Times of India reports that the Human Resources Department of the Indian Government is opposed…
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