On June 23 and 24, twenty five experts met at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government under the auspices of the Geopolitics of…
A review of "Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa: From the Margins to the Centre."
Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East. The Arab Spring that resides in the popular…
When terrorists operating under the banner of the Islamic State launched their savage attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 the world was…
Why does Islam seem to dominate Egyptian politics, especially when the country's endemic poverty and deep economic inequality would seem to…
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The majority of the poor and hungry people in the world live on small farms and struggle to subsist on too little land with low input - low…
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are accurate? And…
One of the most highly touted developments of the last five years was the rise of the Massively Open Online Content (MOOCs).
This…
Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies…