From Promoting Economic Pluralism
When the world is facing large systemic crises, Ingrid Kvangraven asks why is the economics profession celebrating small technical fixes? This week it was announced that Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo …
Impoverished economics? Unpacking the economics Nobel Prize Read More
In a recent article in the New York Times, the development economist Seema Jayachandran discusses three studies that used Randomised Controlled Trials (or RCTs) to understand the benefits of enhancing the self-worth of …
Why positive thinking won’t get you out of poverty Read More
There’s a buzz abroad in the development community around a new way to tackle extreme poverty. BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) programme combines asset transfers (usually livestock), cash stipends and …
Naila Kabeer on Why Randomized Controlled Trials need to include Human Agency Read More
Who gets to borrow at a fair rate is a pernicious inequality. It’s funny how, despite overt concerns, affluent people always find ways to keep the poor apart from them: …
Credit Where Credit’s Due Read More
UK farms are throwing away 7% of their annual harvest worth £1.2 billion every year because it does not meet retailers quality standards. Food that is being rejected by supermarkets …
Food rejected by supermarkets to be used to help end UK hunger Read More
It wants firms to make sure staff are trained to manage the needs of vulnerable people and to understand that customers’ circumstances can change The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released draft …
Regulator launches guidelines for lenders to protect vulnerable consumers Read More
Peter Manley questions the single number basis for claims that absolute poverty is on the wane. On 19 January, 2019 Bill Gates retweeted an infographic from Our World in Data — …
Think of a number Read More
Paul Nicolson is a wine merchant, a minister and a lifetime battler for people who struggle to fight for themselves against the unjust and powerful. He had some stories for the The Mint. Paul’s family business …
Paul Nicolson Interview: Scarred with episcopal incomprehension and other tales Read More