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PRINCETON – When Radosław Sikorski, Poland’s foreign minister, went to Ukraine for talks last month, his Ukrainian counterparts reportedly laughed…
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The Mismeasure of Poverty
ROME – In early 2012, outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced that the Millennium Development Goal of halving the…
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Lives versus Profits
NEW YORK – The United States Supreme Court recently began deliberations in a case that highlights a deeply problematic issue…
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Diamonds Could be a Schoolgirl’s Best Friend
As the World Economic Forum in Africa kicks off, a new paper released by the EFA Global Monitoring Report reveals…
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The Curing Machine
VIRGINIA BEACH – Last year, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for a discovery that took 44 years to…
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Chávismo After Chávez
CARACAS – With the death of Hugo Chávez, Chávismo has lost its supremacy in Venezuela. It does not matter that…
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The Problem with Poor Countries’ GDP
SEATTLE – Even in good financial times, development aid budgets are hardly overflowing. Government leaders and donors must make hard…
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Civilizing the City
BANGALORE – Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – live in urban areas today. Our metropolises are the engines…
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Nigeria’s Poverty-Powered Insurgency
LAGOS – Nigerian security forces recently razed a northeastern fishing village, leaving almost 200 people dead and destroying some 2,000…
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‘War Criminals Will be Booked No Matter How Long They Run’
Minneapolis, Minnesota – A Coalition for Justice in Liberia (CJL) two days symposium geared toward training staffers on how to…
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