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If you had a billion dollars
There were two separate calls today for the creation of two separate $1 billion trust funds:…
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The Downing Street Memos
Much has been said and written about these seven leaked documents. These minutes have been discussed…
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Cycling Economist
Stephanie Flanders is a cyclist, and the economics editor of Newsnight. In this article in the…
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The economics of the cruise ship
Bryan Caplan discusses the economics of a cruise ship as a metaphor for trade and labour…
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The effectiveness of aid agencies
There are people who think that there should not be a significant expansion of aid to…
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Famine in Niger
More than 2 and a half million people are at risk from starvation in Niger, because…
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Aid, evidence and anecdotes
Tyler Cowen says that the debate about the effectiveness of foreign aid has improved in the…
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Sleepless in Sudan
Read Humanitarian Hijinks by an aid worker in the Darfur region of Sudan: The children are…
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US Aid to Africa has not trebled
I expressed some doubt here about President Bush’s claim that US aid to Africa had trebled.…
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Access to Knowledge Treaty
The A2K initiative is an effort to change the priorities of the World Intellectual Property Organization…
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