Tag: economic aid

Economic Development Links

Feb 4, 2014

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Gender and Sex, Human Progress, Links – Economic Development, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. EconLog: On Sweatshops: They're Better Than the Alternative – Art Carden … Here's some of what I wrote them specifically: Sweatshops are an important exercise in appreciating the difference between what we see (people in sweatshops) and what we don't see (the jobs they would have if they didn't have sweatshop opportunities). Sweatshops employ…
Africans remittances outweigh Western aid

Apr 17, 2013

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Immigration, Public Policy

BBC: Africans remittances outweigh Western aid Africans are helping themselves more than aid workers are, according to new research. Analysis of cash flows by Hong Kong-based Ghanaian academic Adams Bodomo shows that Africans living outside the continent send more money home to their families than is sent by traditional Western aid donors in what is…
Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid

Oct 2, 2009

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Economics, Poverty

This is a great piece on economic and community development at TED.