April 22, 2009
Continuing Efforts to Make Trade Work for Development
The drumbeat for reform of U.S. trade preference programs continues to build. I sent a policy memo to U.S.
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April 22, 2009
The Media Blitz of Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid is Far from Dead
I had the privilege of speaking at Dambisa Moyo’s first Washington DC event, held recently at the Cato Institute (watch the webcast here). Her book Dead Aid is a full-frontal attack on aid to Africa (and has attracted an extraordinary amount of media attention). As much of my own work has been highly critical of the aid business, it was somewhat unusual (and a little awkward) to find myself mostly defending foreign aid.
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