Service jobs are the future, like it or not. In @BW.
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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The return of class warfare? In @FP.
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The UN is cheap and pretty effective in @BW.
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Why the guy who thinks the rich are being treated like jews in 1930s Germany is… wrong about stuff. In @BW.
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A CGD blog. Our new analysis Hating on the Hurdle explores the MCC’s use of a hard hurdle for its control of corruption indicator and finds that this strict interpretation &ndash a country must be above the median on the corruption indicator to be considered for eligibility &ndash is…
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A CGD blog. What should the US and Europe do about the relative decline of their global influence? My guest this week, CGD senior fellow Charles Kenny, has a surprising answer in his new book, The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest Is Good for the West. His take? Embrace it.
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The War on Poverty ameliorated but didn't fix the problem. We need drastic measures. For @BW.
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A @BW column on ethanol mandates.
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A CGD blog. Are pay-for-performance aid programs such as Cash on Delivery Aid more vulnerable to corruption than traditional input-focused programs? My guests this week, senior fellows William Savedoff and Charles Kenny, argue in a new new working paper and brief that the opp…
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A CGD blog. My new book The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest Is Good for the West is published today. Here’s a one-sentence summary: a wealthier, healthier, better educated, more democratic, and more peaceful developing world is fantastic news for Europe and America so the …
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