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Shock Altruism

Over the past few months, and most recently in the Washington Post, there have been a variety of articles about the Millenium Village Project.  Created and carried out by Jeffrey Sachs and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Millenium Village Project attempts to provide destitute villag...

Corruption and Aid

Although this story is a little dated, I just came across it and thought that it deserves some attention.  A few weeks ago, Oxfam suspended its reconstruction activities in tsunami damaged Aceh, citing corruption concerns.  Certainly a sign of ethical behavior from an organization, which chose not...

Women Participation

Slowly but surely, a labor market revolution is taking place in Egypt, Record numbers of Egyptian women are holding jobs, and the variety of careers open to them is rising. Women serve as bank CEOs, newspaper editors, university deans, and government ministers. One has been appointed a judge. I sens...

China’s Trapped Transition

I had an opportunity to attend a presentation by Minxin Pei on his new book China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy. Minxin Pei refutes three popular "myths" associated with China's current economic and political situation: economic growth inevitably leads to political l...

New Blog from the World Bank

PSD Blog is no longer the only World Bank blog enlightening us on issues of economic growth and democratic development.  Welcome Poverty and Growth Blog!

Price Controls Revisited

The Russian government, concerned with high inflation which it partly links to the rising prices of goods and services provided by Russia's natural resource companies, is calling on the Russian oil companies to "take measures" to prevent price increases this spring. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fr...

Democracy at Work?

What do you do if neither the Constitution nor the ballot box can resolve a dispute?  Citizens in Thailand have decided to turn to the king and ask him for help.  And such sentiments are not limited to Thailand: Observers say monarchs in Asia's emerging democracies have provided a check against ...

The Costs of Incomplete Privatizations

Across Latin America, a growing number of people say the privatization of public services, a movement that swept the region in the 1980s and 1990s, has failed. Protests have erupted over the issue in several countries, and some governments are beginning to reverse these policies. Last week Argentina...

Responding to Skeptics

Noam Chomsky responds to a question about feasibility of Latin American countries developing an alternative to the Washington Consensus and provides his view of globalization. The term "globalization," like most terms of public discourse, has two meanings: its literal meaning, and a technical sense ...

Revolution Interrupted?

On Sunday, the "last dictator" in Europe was reelected with an astounding 83% of the vote.  It came as no surprise to anyone that Alyaksandr Lukashenka won, or that he won by such a majority.  Of course, the election was fraudulent, the opposition leaders were harassed and jailed, and pre-election...
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