If the U.S. wants to get out of the rut of slow growth and a yawning rich-poor gap, we know the policies that will work —for Ozy.
Charles Kenny
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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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…Or at least that's what I hope. Uses PEPFAR as an example. For the Economist.
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For the Economist: don't get up your hopes that Trump will be voted out for being corrupt.
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A CGD blog with Tanvi Jaluka. For all the protestations about equality, there’s evidence to suggest both the International Olympic Committee and FIFA turn a blind eye to evidence of considerable discrimination against women when it comes to the opportunity to compete at the highest levels of sport. They should be ready to …
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The US should be investing more in nuclear power research —for Ozy.
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A CGD blog. There’s increasing appetite in the US to follow the UK model and launch a review of US spending through international organizations like the United Nations and the World Bank. There is a lot to be said for such an exercise my colleague Todd Moss even carried out a mock ver…
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A CGD blog with Dev Patel. In 2015, there were 77,470,857 visits to the United States from other countries. These visitors brought tremendous benefit: not only did they each spend an average of $4,400 on US goods and services during their stay, but also they helped US firms engage with forei…
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A CGD blog with Tanvi Jaluka. What is the value of women’s work? Organizers of the January 21 Women’s March on Washington are hoping that this year’s International Women’s Day can answer that question.
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For Ozy –there's no middle income trap.
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Donald Trump signs a law repealing a disclosure rule for oil companies just as transparency initiatives such as this were beginning to bear fruit. For the Economist's Democracy in America.
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