Plural hands to the pump
Lending a hand: an Oxford University-led initiative in Kenya is tackling the chronic scourge of poor hand pump maintenance. Two award-winning projects in dryland East Africa were based on the …
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What’s the impact of impact investing?
The roles of pay-by-result within public policy Source: Addarii et al., Funding Social Innovation (forthcoming) Filippo Addarii, Alexander Shapiro and Marco Sebastianelli offer a short introduction to the ambition, …
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Reigning Men
Teresa Linzner spoke to people and ran a survey to look into why so few economists were women. There is no reason other than most of them are men. Quick. …
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When the losers become the leaders
David Fell recalls his youth and… hopes. It is 1978 and your correspondent is 13 years old. I have not yet heard of economics – I am, perhaps, a nascent …
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Long after the Brothers, it still looks grim
Where there’s a bail out there’s a way. Peter Manley takes a look back. The so-called brain drain is something of a long-established right of passage for young adults in …
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By rewriting our past, we can rewrite our future
Guy Dauncey looks back to see a way forward. Once upon a time, there was a revolution. I have never read about it in any history book, yet it was …
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Putting Stakeholders at the Centre
If the talk of a move from a shareholder economy to a stakeholder economy is to be more than just lip service, businesses need to engage meaningfully with a range …
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Lost and Unfounded
The global trading system is broken says Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia. It is, he says, a politically, socially and economically unsustainable system designed for the 20th century and based on theories …
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Property in Ireland: another bridge too far
The bust after the 2007 property price boom in Ireland has left its scars. As a second bubble is swelling Peter Manley warns that people shouldn’t lose out again to …
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Coastlines, climate change and creativity.
Harnessing human imagination could prove pivotal in convincing the world that climate change is more round-the-corner than on-the-horizon. Prashant Vaze writes. There is a scene in BBC’s Sherlock in which …
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