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Rick Rowden talks to Doug Hellinger, the leader of a groundbreaking probe into World Bank programmes in the developing world, about the initiative’s significance and its lessons for today’s advocacy …
World Bank called to account – The SAPRI report, 20 years on Read More
Bond Snodgrass tracks the trajectory of the practice of self-interest from a noble aspiration to plain selfishness. Every year, unwitting introductory economics students worldwide crack open their shiny new textbooks …
Inflated interest Read More
Investment droughts in energy generate conflict and misery in the Global South and fuel a flood of migration while impairing bids for sustainability. Prashant Vaze calls on advanced economies to …
All round sound investments Read More
Katy Wiese calls for economic transformation in the European Union to avoid a swerve in the wrong direction. In this year’s European Union (EU) elections, far-right parties made gains across …
Don’t take the right turn Read More
Credit unions are huge in Canada. Guy Dauncey explains why the UK government might look to the world’s second-largest country to guide its bid for a more cooperative economy. 2022 …
Don’t bank on size Read More
Looking good and being good people don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Zoe Gilbertson spins a worthy yarn. The £50bn listing on the London stock exchange of clothing giant, Shein, …
Fibre optics Read More
A wave of alternatives to meat has swept through the UK. In this article Lynne Davis unpacks the debates around these packaged processed food stuffs, and the nature of the …
Getting real on fake meat Read More
As developing nations sink in overseas debt, Bruno Bonizzi describes why local currency debt may be part of the solution. After a decade of sustained growth, Ghana defaulted on its …
A local lifeline Read More
Paul Ekins warns of the need for low-carbon-economy policymakers to consider the full circle. Many of the technologies seen as critical for the shift to low-carbon energy, as well as …
More ore or less waste? Read More
James Robson holds up a trio of pledges that a Labour government might consider in any bid to align education with the skills needed for UK prosperity. Sooner or later …
Education, education and education Read More