Charles Kenny
Books, Papers and Articles
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.
Category: R. Columns and general writing
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The case for sending America's youth abroad –in @FP. It was reprinted and this letter writer didn't like it. He'll like the forthcoming column on class warfare a bit more, I'm guessing…
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Legal discrimination on the grounds of gender shouldn't be more acceptable than on grounds of race. For @BW.
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There are people in the US living on less than $2 a day. Let's have a basic income grant. For @BW.
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A @BW article arguing the rise of divorce is good for women worldwide.
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Trust in gov't is down worldwide, suggesting it is more than the financial crisis. Time for more transparency.
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Yay! Kenya's found more water. Boo! the problem is getting it where its needed.
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Military power doesn't get you the kind of respect it used to –which is good news– in @BW.
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For @FP, in which I argue existing examples of dismantling borders suggest we should do more of it.
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The crisis of learning in the developing world for @BW. Its the short version of this CGD report.
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A review of Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth by Peter Blair Henry in Washington Monthly.
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