Category Archives: EC307

Foreign Aid in Dangerous Places: The donors and Mali’s democracy

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Ken

Nicolas van de Walle looking at the role of foreign aid in preventing conflict in Mali. Abstract Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the territory came … Continue reading →

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Does it matter if we know how rich we are?

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Ken

Lies, Damn Lies and GDP – link from Chris Blattman How important is the measurement of GDP? It matters for research, but does it really matter for governance?

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Measuring Development

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Ken

A new paper by Martin Ravallion from the World Bank. The basic idea – the UN HDI formulation has changed but remains arbitrary. SSRN link

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Dead Aid – The Short Version

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Ken

Her 2009 Wall Street Journal article, based on her book “Dead Aid”, on the negative role of foreign aid.

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