The Optimist column this week suggests traditional aid can sometimes buy governments and humanitarian aid can sometimes buy popularity –but only a little.
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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The Optimist column on the nineteen economies that doubled in size over the past decade and what it means for the US.
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My FP optimist column this week summarizes Bentham from the Crypt Once More.
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A piece for Slate suggesting developing countries might leapfrog from traditional energy sources straight to renewables.
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An FP column on the brain drain, and how wonderful it is.
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The role of cheap diagnostic tests in strengtheing the ability of patients to hold doctors to account –my FP column.
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This week's FP column –religion doesn't determine economic performance (no, really).
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