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Too Big to Succeed? A Critical Look at the Financing of Dams in Africa
“There can be no prosperity without infrastructure, but infrastructure projects don’t necessarily benefit the poor.” Those are the opening remarks of a report recently released by International Rivers entitled, Infrastru...
NATO In A New Era
In the waning days of World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered his strategists to develop a plan for a surprise attack against USSR forces in occupied Germany. Appropriately named “Operation Unthinkable...
COP18: Brazil deforestation highs and lows
Yesterday, the Brazilian Government announced that deforestation of the Amazon rainforest had hit a record low. Brazil has come a long way since deforestation peaked in 2004, at which time twenty percent of the Amazon rainfores...
MDGs: Putting Gender on the Development Agenda
I recently attended a talk at the London School of Economics, where Professor Naila Kabeer discussed the place of women and gender issues within the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) as the 2015 deadline is approaching with va...
China’s trade-off: Economic growth versus migrant welfare
Migrants in China often have to work long hours, are underpaid and are hired illegally, not bound by an authorised labour contract. Having to work in hazardous work conditions, sometimes with only a few days off a year, fallin...
Banks and Beaches: 40 Years of Banking and Finance in the Cayman Islands
When one hears a reference to the Cayman Islands, it is normally in connection with criminal activity: drugs, money laundering, and tax evasion. This tiny territory in the western Caribbean has earned quite a reputation – one...
