On the grim economic prospects for black males in the US, for The Economist.
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.
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A review of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now for The Democracy Journal: Its Not as Bad as All That.
And a review of Gregg Easterbrook's It’s Better Than It Looks for The Washington Monthly: Dear Democrats, Don’t Despair.
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The party of white people can't accuse Democrats of being all about identity politics. For the Economist.
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A CGD blog with Mallika Snyder. Christal Morehouse, Alla Volkova, and Silvia Fierscu of The Open Society Foundation (OSF) have just issued a fascinating report on the gender breakdown of speakers at 23 high-level conferences across Europe including nine forums, six conferences, four meetings, three summits, and a ….
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A piece on what Canada could do to further global gender equality for OpenCanada.org.
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A CGD blog with Tanvi Jaluka. Last year on International Women’s Day we talked about labor and financial equality as a prerequisite for women’s empowerment. This year, we’re being a little more introspective. Many nonprofits working in global development advocate for women’s empowerment and gender e…
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Welfare works. Me in The Economist.
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…and that makes welfare unpopular. Me in The Economist.
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A CGD blog with Charles Kenny. Moving beyond low income countries makes sense for an institution focused on ending extreme poverty. But does the IFC follow through by focusing on the countries that are home to the extreme poor? Not really.
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For the Economist. The US opioid epidemic is a public health crisis, not the result of economic decline.
