Reaching the World’s Poor with Financial Tools
Missing (as usual) from discussions of the Millennium Development Goals after the recent release of its 2012 report is any talk of the impressive role… Read More
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Slum Dwellers in India Save for Private Schooling
Since 2009, public education has been both free and required for all children between the ages of six and 14. Yet many families in Mumbai… Read More
Social Entrepreneurship: Businesses that Help the Poor
Foreign aid as a development tool has been tried and found wanting. Decades of handouts from developed countries to developing countries have done little more… Read More
Young Arabs Agree: Economic Freedom Necessary for Prosperity
A study released Thursday shows that young people in the Arab world overwhelmingly want greater economic freedom and opportunity, and that conditions prior to the… Read More
Tunisia: In Search of Economic Freedom
Several weeks ago, Tunisia began what has become a trail of protests and uprisings in the Arab world. Tunisia had a number of characteristics that… Read More
Secession Is Just the First Step: Southern Sudan’s Road to Development
The referendum for southern Sudan’s independence, which began on January 9, reached the necessary 60% participation a few days ago. Official results will not be… Read More
It’s the Politicians: Microfinance in India Continues to Take an Unfair Beating
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India have been taking a serious beating recently. The threats and actions of politicians are so bad that they threaten the… Read More
The Other War Front: Economic Development in Afghanistan
The U.S. military has undergone a crash course in economic development while fighting the war in Afghanistan, and development agencies could stand to learn some… Read More
Development Must Start With Basics
A recent Reuters article on Chinese health care points to a problem endemic in much of the developing world: a massive shortage of trained health… Read More
Corruption: Siphoning Off Growth
Stories of corruption in India have filled the news in recent days. First there’s the corrupt Communications and Information Technology Minister, whose scam to pocket… Read More
Default? More Like Corrupt Officials
A recent New York Times article on microcredit in India may have missed the whole point. Their headline implies massive defaults in the microcredit industry,… Read More
Free-Market Poverty Solutions: A Better Poverty Measurement Is A Good Step
Missing in news reports on the recent release of the United Nations 2010 Human Development Report is any mention of a significant addition to the… Read More
Ten Tips for Dealing with Iran
The Heritage Foundation recently published an in-depth study of the Iranian nuclear threat and what the United States should do the “Day After” Iran goes… Read More
