November 17, 2009
A Question for Raj Shah: How to bring Order to U.S. Support for Business Climate Reforms?
Given his background, Raj Shah is well placed to lead U.S. development efforts in the already-big areas of global health and agriculture.
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August 10, 2009
It's Not All Downhill from Here: The Uphill Flow of Skill-Intensive Goods and FDI from Developing Countries
We tend to think of globalization in the following way: the rich world exports financial capital, technology, sophisticated goods, and entrepreneurial and managerial skills in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries; the latter, in turn, export people, resources, and low-skilled goods to the rich world.
May 22, 2009
Is China Losing Interest in Africa?
Last week, the Aluminum Corp. of China, otherwise known as Chinalco, received regulatory approval to proceed with its investment of $19.5 billion in the Australian-based mining giant Rio Tinto, giving the Chinese access to a large and secure supply of iron ore, copper, aluminium and other resources in Australia and Latin America. Is this a signal that China is losing interest in Africa? Or that African governments are becoming disenchanted with their Chinese partners?
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