Report: I Dream Detroit
The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit’s Future.
Under Armour Wants to Use Baltimore Tax Revenue Without Giving Back to the City
Development projects in cities across the nation are trying to drive out low-income residents, but local activists are taking control with community-based solutions that are beneficial to everyone.
Africa’s Success Story
Diamond-rich Botswana avoided the dreaded resource curse and established a prosperous, stable democracy. But political turmoil has begun to roil the traditionally placid society.
Why Africa Is Turning to China
China portrays Africa as a partner in common prosperity, rather than a “doomed continent” requiring aid.
Mexico’s Track Record: A Cautionary Tale for the G-20
As Mexico becomes the G-20 chair for 2012, its embrace of a neoliberal agenda of deregulation and privatization show a poor track record on all the group’s goals.
Shaking Up the World Bank?
Jim Kim represents a different kind of economics that could shake up the World Bank.
Why We Are Still Not Supporting Jeffrey Sachs to be World Bank President
Even today, Sachs’s approach to development remains top-down and formulaic.
How to Occupy the World
This call for true internationalism challenges the Occupy movement to engage the Global South.
Can the West “Export” Gay Rights?
When it comes to attitudes toward gays and lesbians in Africa, donor countries need to conjure up all their skill to walk the tightrope between mindfulness and meddling.
Burma’s Big Brother
China is emerging as the leading economic force in Burma, and the Burmese are starting to get uncomfortable.
America vs China in Africa
By clinging to a paternalistic attitude and an antiquated Washington Consensus, the United States has opened up space for a broad Chinese role in Africa.
Foreign Policy Goes Gaga
Celebrities are going global in their activism. But are they doing the right thing?
Rethinking Sweatshop Economics
Instead of giving two cheers to sweatshops, we should alter the policies that cause poverty in the first place
Development and Migration: The Missing Link
President Obama’s speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform, he attempted to reframe a debate that has been dominated by a focus on security.
How Do International Trade and Investment Rules Affect Public Finance for Development?
Government efforts to finance job creation and other public goods can clash with subsidies restrictions in trade agreements.