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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Laughing all the Way to the Bank, the week's FP column, suggests that money can't buy happiness –but maybe happiness can buy money. Its an updated (short) version of this paper.
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Why the growing triumph of democracy doesn't necessarily mean the end of history (yet). For Foreign Policy.
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An FP column on the wonders of oral rehydration therapy.
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Poetic title from Time for a story about the youth bulge and why it is a good thing signalling better things…
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FP column: there are cheaper ways of keeping people alive in poor countries than earthquake-proofing buildings.
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Not actually the latest foreign language entry on this blog, but an FP column about the link between stagnation and democratic change.
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This column makes the case that Mikhail Gorbachev is the cause of a significant drop off in global violence over the last twenty years.
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For those following along in Dutch… this is a piece from Ode Magazine which draws on Getting Better to make the case that Africa is making progress and governments should take some of the credit. There will be an English version soon…
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The latest Optimist column for Foreign Policy suggests the Peace Corps should move towards a grant-making model akin to the Fulbright program. The extended version, The Peace Corps in a Smaller World: A New Model for the Next 50 Years, is now at CGD.
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Mickey Mouse, Villain is a short article for the print edition of Foreign Policy. It argues that Disney's pursuit of ever longer copyright terms is against American and global interests.
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