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Apr

1

2002

12:00—1:30 PM
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Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development

Center for Global Development non-resident fellow and professor at the Kennedy School of Government Lant Pritchett and Harvard University Professor Michael Woolcock presented "Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development."

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