Alan Gelb
Senior Fellow
Expertise:
Foreign aid, Africa, economics of resource-rich countries, growth and development, transition economies
Azevedo as Houdini
Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo faces tough issues as the next director general of the WTO. Top of the list, says Kimberly Elliott, is escaping the Doha Development Round trap.
India’s Biometric Revolution
India’s Universal ID program offers lessons for other biometric identification schemes. Alan Gelb and Julia Clark unpack its success in a new policy paper.
Kristof on the Collapse of Journalism
Thousands of people apply for Nick Kristof's annual win-a-trip contest, but he's worried that even news junkies know little about development.
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