List of Economic Development articles
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Mark Green, former United States Ambassador to Tanzania, arrives at Trump Tower, January 12, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Trump continues to hold meetings Trump Tower. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) -
mark green Trump Taps Veteran Ambassador, Former Congressman to Head USAID
Mark Green, Trump’s pick to run USAID, is widely respected and offers a much-needed lifeline to a burned-out agency.
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usaid-crop The End of Foreign Aid As We Know It
Trump budget would gut development assistance and fold USAID into State.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - FEBRUARY 22: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump discusses the federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) Development and Diplomacy Are Instruments of a ‘Peace through Strength’ Foreign Policy
Instead of making slash and burn cuts at State, a top-to-bottom review is needed.
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Indian supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate outside the party office as state assembly votes are counted in Lucknow on March 11, 2017. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party claimed election victory in four Indian states, calling it a "historic mandate" that would take the country's politics in a new direction. / AFP PHOTO / SANJAY KANOJIA (Photo credit should read SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP/Getty Images) India’s Optimism Is a Welcome Antidote to Western Pessimism
Americans suffering a crisis of confidence about the future of their country's democratic institutions under President Donald Trump could use a dose of Indian-style optimism.
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s sudan crop Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants to Charge Aid Workers For Help
Aid organizations slammed the government’s proposal.
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN-OCTOBER 31: USAID blankets being distributed by Mercy Corps are about to be loaded onto trucks at Chaklala airport October 31,2005 in Rawalpindi, Islamabad surrounded by relief goods waiting to be distributed. The current death toll is now believed to be over 55,000 from the South Asian earthquake that happened over 3 weeks ago. Over 3 million people are still without proper shelter and aid organizations including the U.N are warning that thousands could die in remote mountainous regions as Winter approaches. Atleast 1,400 died in Indian-Kashmir. (photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) Savaging State and USAID Budgets Could Do Wonders for Results
The Trump administration is threatening serious cuts to diplomacy. But doing more with less isn’t impossible.
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afghan-crop Scathing Government Watchdog Report Details Bleak Outlook on Afghanistan
A warning to President Trump not to mismanage Afghanistan.
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ramouseh A Tale of Two Syrian Cities
In government-controlled Damascus and western Aleppo, the two rival centers of Syrian life seem destined for very different fates.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro, 71, speaks 24 February in Havana during a speech after he was reelected President of Cuba by the National Assembly. In a unanimous vote, Castro was reelected to another five year term. AFP PHOTO/Adalberto ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images) Fidel Was Hell
The longest-ruling dictator of the 20th century was a radical bent on transformational, alternative global development. Ironically, he left his country conservative, impoverished, and isolated.
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gettyimages-625076200 Will Foreign Aid Get Cut on Trump’s Chopping Block?
USAID is in the dark on Trump's plans, but Republicans in Congress could be the main defenders of foreign assistance.
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gettyimages-99052073-crop Yes, the U.S. Can Fight Corruption Overseas
But a U.S. senator’s novel proposal for doing it still needs some tweaks.
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Exchange_SeptOct16 The Exchange: Why Nation Is One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told
Novelists Chigozie Obioma and Taiye Selasi explore how a nation-state shapes a person’s identity — and influences a writer’s fiction.
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GettyImages-530180356 crop It’s Time for Development Banks to Start Listening
The aid community often ignores the wishes of the very people it’s supposed to be helping. The world needs a more bottom-up approach to development.
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exchange_jul-aug2016 The Exchange: When Do African Problems Need African Solutions?
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Ory Okolloh discuss the continent's brain drain and debate the best ways to keep talent at home.
