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Dani Rodrik

05/14/12

Does the development spark reside in bottom-up projects, or do macro-level economists have all the answers? The best recent work indicates a convergence of the two camps around diagnostic, pragmatic, experimental, and context-specific strategies.

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

Steve Coll

05/14/12

With annual revenue equal to the GDP of Norway, ExxonMobil is a powerful and secretive company, says Steve Coll. He looks at its relationship with the U.S. government in this Public Affairs program.

The World Needs a Renewable Development Index

Alexander Ochs, Evan Musolino

05/11/12

Worldwatch is partnering with IRENA to help governments develop policies that can best utilize renewable energy's potential for national growth and development.

Why a Focus on Inequality in Fragile States Is Wrong

Seth Kaplan

05/09/12

Many in the development field think that reducing inequality in poor countries should be a high priority, but this reflects a misunderstanding of the problems poor people face in fragile states, and the steps that would help them.

After Austerity

Joseph Stiglitz

05/08/12

There is no example of a large economy recovering as a result of austerity. Meanwhile, society's most valuable asset, its human capital, gets wasted and destroyed. Fortunately, there are alternative strategies.