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World Economic Forum on Africa: Delivering Africa’s Promise

May 6, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Improving Education and Learning Outcomes in India

May 6, 2013

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Often the major problem is that the governments aren't enforcing the labor laws and the safety standards and regulations that they've actually agreed to and the international agreements they've signed up to.

May 2, 2013, Jane Nelson, National Public Radio

Part of the emphasis on the economic relationship is also an attempt to change the perception in America about Mexico and Mexican immigrants.

May 2, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, National Journal

A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ted Piccone and Neil Ruiz

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There’s a great advantage in complementary trade and I’d say it’s something we should think about. We need to have a viable economy, and a viable economy today is not just trade with the United States and it’s not in manufactured goods. It’s in the knowledge sector.

May 1, 2013, Bessma Momani , Ottawa Citizen

This is a new world, this is a much more integrated American market than we’ve seen in the past. I think updating the American people on this reality is the main objective for the White House.

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Washington Times

The bilateral relationship at least with Mexico has been dominated by drugs and violence. I think there is going to be a concerted effort here to refocus attention on the depth and size of the economic relationship.

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, New York Times

Africa Answers: Five Questions for Lawrence Bategeka about Uganda’s New Oil Law

May 1, 2013, Anne W. Kamau and Andrew Westbury

Why Global Education Financing Must Be Part of Europe's Financial Transaction Tax Revenues for Development

May 1, 2013, Sarah O’Hagan and Rebecca Winthrop

Can Egypt’s Transition and Economy Be Saved?

May 1, 2013, Hafez Ghanem

Banking Has to Become Boring Again

April 29, 2013, Lex Rieffel

I don't expect a response [to Syria] soon because all the fiscal constraints on the Obama administration. Not to mention sequestering — the motion currently in the United States Congress — means it would be really hard-pressed to find the funding to do this. We're talking about budgets right now being cut for traffic controllers...that's priority over liberating the Syrian people.

April 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Yahoo! News

Our Job Deficiency: A Challenge to the IMF-World Bank

April 29, 2013, Bessma Momani

The Final Countdown: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 (Report)

April 2013, Laurence Chandy, Natasha Ledlie and Veronika Penciakova

Latin America's Macroeconomic Outlook in the Global Context: Bright Future or Déjà Vu all Over Again?

April 29, 2013

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Creating Jobs Where Institutions Matter: Addressing South Africa’s Unemployment Problem

April 26, 2013, Anne W. Kamau and Andrew Westbury

[Roberto Azevêdo] knows how the system works, how to get a deal done. But he has been saddled by the positions that he has had to take as Brazil’s ambassador. During the Doha round Brazil has not always been the most constructive contributor.

April 26, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Financial Times

Wanted: A Noah's Ark for Species' DNA

April 25, 2013, William Y. Brown

Is Africa Rising or Not? A Discussion of Economic Opportunities and Development Challenges in Africa

April 25, 2013

Era of Big Oil Secrecy is Over

April 24, 2013, Daniel Kaufmann

Education Rising: Reflections on the Learning for All Ministerial Meetings

April 24, 2013, Liesbet Steer

The Final Countdown: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 (Interactive)

April 24, 2013, Laurence Chandy, Natasha Ledlie and Veronika Penciakova

Africa Answers: Five Questions about Sustainable Inclusive Growth in South Africa

April 23, 2013, Julius Agbor

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