Charles Kenny

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Charles Kenny writes about global development — what’s working, what isn’t, and how the world can do better. An economist who spent fifteen years at the World Bank, he is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.

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Chart of the Week #4: Angus Deaton and the Location of Poverty

A CGD blog with Justin Sandefur. On Wednesday, Angus Deaton published an op-ed in the New York Times that paints a compelling picture of the depth of poverty in America, and the need for more money and more policy attention to fix it. It&#39 s a sobering read, and we strongly agree that America’s most destitute dese…

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