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• Financial Transaction Tax: summing up a week after Brown’s bombshell

  
  ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC — Authority: 540
  It’s been a week since Gordon Brown stole the headlines at the G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting at St Andrews on 7 November by supporting a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). Was it all a flash in the pan, or has Gordon taken the debate to a new level? In truth, the campaign for what will probably always be known ...
  16 hours ago

• The Place of Nature in Economic Development

  
  Globalisation and the Environment — Authority: 111
  Another large paper to read. This article is overdue and is a must read (if I ever get time). Here are the conclusions. I tend to agree with much of what is written here. The Place of Nature in Economic Development [PDF] In this paper I have reviewed what seems to me to be the most salient issues in ecological ...
  17 hours ago

• Manuel and the Alliance

  
  Africa — Authority: 492
  When Jacob Zuma first rose to the South African presidency many feared that among the changes he would implement would be to reduce the role of Trevor Manuel. Instead Manuel, long considered among the very best, most effective South African politicians, seems to have had his role augmented. Finance Minister from 1996 ...
  2 days ago

• What is wrong with development policy making?

  
  Urbanomics — Authority: 131
  Longish essay (more on the theoretical and abstract front), summarizing impressions on development policy making. It is commonplace to have development experts and multi-lateral institutions venturing diagnosis of what ails a developing country and ready-to-implement prescriptions for those problems. They despair ...
  1 week ago

• Making money, and being a do-gooder. Sounds interesting?

  
  Terry — Authority: 127
  Dionne says: - – - On Saturday November 21st, A brand new (really exciting) one-day conference is making its debut. The Social Entrepreneurship Experience (SEE) is a unique event where students can come learn how to effect change in the local community. Leaders who have successfully started for-profit ...
  1 week ago

• ECCB Sponsored Lecture Presents a Post Financial and Economic Crisis Assessment

  
  Kittivisian Life — Authority: 128
  itizens of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) will be exposed to a new perspective on globalisation when Dr Danny Leipziger, Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management at the World Bank presents the ECCB sponsored 14th Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture on 4 November.Dr Leipziger will speak ...
  1 week ago

• Public, please help me determine a gradual, economical policy for my life.

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 643
  Considering grad school for public policy, economics, international development. Help me sort out my life. Note: my situation is pretty similar to this post . (I did a double take when I read it to make sure I hadnt posted this question already myself) I just got back from teaching English for two years in the ...
  1 week ago

• Syria: Economic Woes

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Ehsani , an economist and contributor to Joshua Landis ‘ Syria Comment, elaborates on the divisions between Syrias top economy decision makers. The Commission for State Planning published a rare report criticizing Abdulla Dardaris, Deputy PM for Economic Affairs, liberal economic policies.
  2 weeks ago

• [Development] Focusing on Metrics and Not People

  
  El Oso — Authority: 473
  Whew. I just published the third and final part of my “New Era of Media Development” series over at Idea Lab. I’m glad to have that out of the way. I know I’ve been whining quite a bit lately about the funding community, but that’s because that is where all the power lies , and hence where the bottleneck ...
  2 weeks ago

• On Disguised Unemployment: Some Issues

  
  Undergraduate Economist — Authority: 92
  This post discusses some of the broad theoretical issues underlying the category of ‘disguised unemployment’. The discussion is made clear by closely examining the hypothesis that Indian agriculture is plagued by the presence of high disguised unemployment. Let us take a glimpse at the Economics textbook for ...
  2 weeks ago

• What Startups Are Really Like

  
  What The Christ? — Authority: 153
  Ever wondered what it’s like to run a startup ? Read Paul Graham’s essay on the subject. I’ve been involved in startup companies before. Paul’s is a spot-on take on things.
  2 weeks ago

• Development Economics - Sharp Practices in International Trade

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  A new interactive resource from OXFAM provides a thought-provoking introduction into some of the issues facing developing economies. In this new series of interactive diagrams, OXFAM explains how it believes trade robs poor people of a proper living, and keeps them trapped in poverty.
  2 weeks ago

• Preparing to return to a long dark winter (and a few notes on microfinance)

  
  Growth Matters — Authority: 107
  Perhaps the recent cold miserable winters have something to do with the fact Americans are starting to lose interest in global warming (via the Opinionator, NYTimes). Myself, Im just dreading my returning to the cold from the considerably more tropical climes of China (not to mention Cody ) though its been a ...
  2 weeks ago

• New series of BBC Earth Report - Deforestation and Externalities

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  BBC World’s Earth Report has just started a new series of reports and the first edition is a powerful programme on deforestation in Indonesia and the impact that this has on carbon emissions.  Across south east asia peat swamp forest is being drained to make way for oil palm or pulpwood trees. The destruction of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Global food prices and the terms of trade

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  Agflation refers to a sustained increase in the general price of foodstuffs and in recent years we have become accustomed to seeing the prices of many basic staple products rising. The era of cheap food looks to be over for now on the back of significant demand-side factors, not least rising population levels, higher ...
  3 weeks ago

• Soaring cocoa prices as supply fails to keep pace with demand

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  There is an excellent article in the Times today about the surge in the world price of cocoa. Cocoa prices have hit a 30-year high as poor weather threatens to drive the price of chocolate up again for Western consumers. Cocoa has reached $3,412 a tonne in New York as concerns deepened about demand outstripping ...
  3 weeks ago

• China’s growth starts to climb back above the 8% target

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  China’s leaders have set ambitious targets for economic growth - with an aim of reaching 8% growth of real GDP in 2009, a year in which world trade has shrunk and much of the developed world has been mired in recession.  An enormous stimulus programme seems to be having an effect with the latest data showing a pick ...
  3 weeks ago

• Broadband and economic development

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  Access to and the speed and reliability of broadband infrastructure is one of the key institutional factors that impact on economic development. The lack of an affordable and cost-effective broadband network can be a huge barrier to economic growth especially in an age where companies in many rich countries are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rwanda invests in connecting the young

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  A deeply encouraging and inspiring report from Rory Cellan Jones on the One Laptop per Child policy being rolled out in Rwanda - a policy that aims to equip 100,000 students with access to the internet. Are there more important priorities than building an IT infrastructure such as meeting people’s basic needs and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Human Development Index for 2009

  
  Economics — Authority: 142
  The Economist chose the release of new data on the Human Development Index as the subject of its chart of the day - available here together with a short commentary. It would make an excellent chart to use as part of a teaching handout. “Mozambique has improved the most, scoring almost 50% higher in the 2007 index ...
  3 weeks ago

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