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Romney Takes on Foreign Aid at CGI 2012

Romney Takes on Foreign Aid at CGI 2012

This week marks the official opening of the UN General Assembly in New York. As a result, several other events are taking place in New York to take advantage of the heads of state in town for the General Assembly and to focus on the many different facets of international affairs. This morning at the […]

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Economic Promise and Peril

Economic Promise and Peril

The past few days have brought mixed news regarding India’s economic future.

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Aid, Microfinance & the Stories We Tell

Halfway through Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid, I find myself with many of the same thoughts that plagued me during my graduate studies – how could so many smart people get this so entirely wrong?  Regardless of whether you agree with the intensity of Moyo’s criticism, you will find your head nodding along at some point.  […]

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The Chicken & Egg Debate: High Performance vs. High Impact

When the FP Article,  A $9 Trillion Question: Did the World Get Muhammad Yunus Wrong?, came across my Twitter feed this morning my first thought was, blasphemy!  The praise and attention that Yunus and Soto have received over the past few years – collecting fans and converts of their teachings – make it hard to imagine […]

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