A CGD blog. When you read what economists have to say about development, it is easy to be disheartened about the prospects for poor countries. One big reason is that slow changing institutional factors are seen as key to development prospects. I’ve just published a CGD book that’s a little more opti…
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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For US News and World Report –the world is getting more peaceful and collaboration is increasingly important to US and global well-being.
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For Irin news, with Tanvi Jaluka.
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For Quartz –the world is slowly getting less racist.
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American mortality exceptionalism isn't just about old people. For the Economist.
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For the Economist. Evidence suggests the policies will increase murder rates.
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A CGD blog. The World Bank’s soft lending arm for poorer countries, IDA, is busy rolling out a new $2.5 billion Private Sector Window. (See last year’s outline proposal for reference.) Bigger private sectors in IDA countries would be hugely welcome, so there is much to like in the broad th…
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How to reform the the EB-5 immigrant investor programme. For the Economist.
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Don't blame the Donald for this, at least. For the Economist.
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For the Economist. Old people stand in the way of policies that can deal with the problem of too many old people.
