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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Invasion of the Alien Cattle is the latest column for FP. The column notes the massive influx of cows into the US and makes the point that immigrant bovines just aren’t a big source of demand for the output of other cows –young calves and the victims of enforced bovine cannibalism aside. So every foreign cow is taking…
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This week's FP column describes global progress in reducing the number of absolute poor (those living on $1.25 or less), and the increasing concentration of poverty in smaller middle income countries and Africa. It also discusses if this is good news for aid agencies…
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Afro-Pessimism is Misplaced is a comment piece for for This is Africa. It based on some of the arguments from Getting Better which, just in case you were wondering, you can pre-order here…
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Co-authored with my brother Robert, the latest FP column is the short version of our paper arguing that governments shouldn't subsidize fiber rollout. I'd wanted the title to be 'insoluble fiber,' but there you go.
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The latest FP column –what will happen in Southern Sudan after independence. (Answer: something between Botswana and Eritrea. What about that for exacting prognostication?).
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This column argues that traditional banks using mobile phones, smart cards and biometrics are likely to reach more people with financial services more quickly than microfinance.
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Two more FP columns: one on the likely long term impact of the earthquake (probably small), another on the international response (not as bad as people think).
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This week's column is on government contract publication. No, really, it is exciting and important. You know how Secret Santa gifts aren't usually as good as the ones you get from your loving spouse? That's in part because they are secret. The same thing applies to contracts. Sort of.
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Let There Be Light is the second weekly column for Foreign Policy –a paen to the light emitting diode and its potential impact in Africa.
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What Resource Curse? is the first of my weekly columns ("The Optimist") for Foreign Policy. It suggests there isn't a resource curse. But that doesn't stop EITI and Todd Moss' cash transfer scheme being good ideas.
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