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Linking aid to progress
This paper, by me and Nancy Birdsall, recommends that donors should consider linking aid to the…
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Thanks, Uncle Sam
Spare a thought for Treasury officials, who are today sending off a cheque for £45 million…
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National identity register
I said in June that the national identity register should be a federation of connected computer…
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The global war on malaria
Ruth Levine, writing at CGD, is spot on (as ever): That’s why we have to do…
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Yunus on poverty
Mohammaed Yunus, accepting his 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, said: I believe that we can create a…
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Is the World Bank Effective?
The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group has launched its Annual Review of Development Effectiveness. It is…
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Passion and gravitas
In principle, it should be possible to sustain gravitas while still conveying passion. I’m here at…
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Hilary Benn and Bill Easterly Debate on DFID
Very interesting debate in this month’s Prospect between Hilary Benn (Britain’s Cabinet Minister with responsibility for…
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Win-win from trade liberalisation
Very interesting paper by James Harrigan and Geoffrey Barrows at NBER which quantifies the benefit to…
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