In September this year, world leaders will meet in New York at the United Nations General Assembly. Top of the agenda will be the passage of a resolution laying out global development goals for the fi...
On 03 Feb 2016 What have the MDGs achieved? And what might their achievements mean for any second
generation of MDGs or MDGs 2.0? We argue that the MDGs may have played a role in increasing
aid and that developmen...
On 24 Feb 2012 Construction is a $1.7 trillion industry worldwide, much of which is linked to publicly financed
projects. Outcomes from this financing are frequently suboptimal. Cost and time escalation, as
well a...
On 25 Nov 2011 It is widely agreed by economists and political scientists that the middle class is vital to progress
because of its many virtues. But it is difficult to define a middle class by income in a manner t...
On 16 Nov 2011 There is a burgeoning academic literature on happiness polls that has used a range of different
measures and approaches across countries rich and poor alike to answer the question, “what makes
peopl...
On 21 Jul 2011 Robert Solow’s model of exogenous growth driven by the global diffusion of technology is out of fashion
because it ill fits the empirical evidence. Today, economic growth is considered endogenous, an...
On 14 Jun 2011 The Peace Corps is 50 years old in 2011. The agency still holds to its founding goals, laid out
by John F. Kennedy, of providing technical assistance and promoting understanding. It runs
according t...
On 13 Jun 2011 There has been considerable progress in school construction and enrollment worldwide. Paying kids to go to
school can help overcome remaining demand-side barriers to enrollment. Nonetheless, the qual...
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