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Blog Post
October 21, 2016
If the UK leaves the EU customs union, it will need new trade policies for poor countries as well as with major trading partners. This post kicks off a discussion of what that policy should look like by assessing which country currently has the best trade-for-development policy in the World.
Blog Post
July 18, 2016
While the United Kingdom (UK) is working out its relationship status with Europe, it will also have to resolve its trade relations with the rest of the world. The UK will need to establish the foundation on which new trade relationships will be built—that means bringing its membership in the W...
Blog Post
January 07, 2011
This is a joint post with Vijaya Ramachandran.
The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) recently reported that the December 2010 Food Price Index surpassed the peak reached in June 2008. A closer examination of the data, however, provides some modest hope that the worst effects of th...
Blog Post
September 14, 2010
This is a joint post with Kaci Farrell.
Later this month, world leaders will meet at the UN in New York City to discuss accomplishments and challenges to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 target. While their discussions will cover a range of topics and strategies, su...
January 16, 2010
By Kimberly Ann Elliott
A decade ago, the multilateral development banks (MDBs) were rightly subject to harsh criticism for ignoring the role of corruption in undermining growth and development. Since then, corruption and related issues of “institutional quality” have moved to the center of the ...