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Jan 26, 2009
How Long Will Rwanda Maintain It’s Glow for Western Philanthropists?
The remarkable transformation of Rwanda in the face of the devastating genocide has perhaps caused many outside of Africa to turn a blind eye to the other side of Rwanda’s history.
Jan 26, 2009
Are RCTs Reaching a Tipping Point?
The recognition granted to economist Esther Duflo, champion of RCTs, ideally moves us closer to a broader acceptance of the value of RCTs for identifying what works and what doesn’t in poverty alleviation.
Jan 19, 2009
Questioning the Value of Holistic Approaches
A recent New Yorker article raises the question of whether solutions aimed at solving two social problems—in this case, environmental destruction and urban unemployment—produce better results than would be achieved by tackling both separately.
Jan 06, 2009
Looking Back on the Food Crisis
The US and the EU hand billions of dollars in cash every year to major producers of maize, soy, wheat, rice and sugar, and still more in the form of loans with crop price guarantees attached to them. These distortions have created a far greater disincentive for developing world farmers than local deregulation, since the foreign produce that shows up in local markets costs less than locally grown goods.