Is "doubling aid and forgiving debt" a good strategy for eliminating poverty in Africa? Bill Easterly certainly doesn't think so. He argues that such a strategy is not enough for...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is taking the necessary steps to hold companies accountable for corrupt behavior. [ADB] last year banned 40 firms and 22 individuals from working for the...
Jan Mohammad, Governor of Uruzgan Province, has known little but war throughout his life. A man with one eye, uneducated, yet wise from years of conflict against the Russians and...
Nineteen year old Sadaar's father started a bakery several years ago, shortly after his family returned to Kabul. They lived in Peshawar, Pakistan for years as refugees, waiting for a...
African entrepreneurs share their stories on starting a business on the BBC website. There are some very interesting on-the-ground experiences, from good I think Ethiopia must be the best and...
Last week, two members of Mercosur, Brazil and Argentina, reached a landmark trade agreement, hailed by the governments of both countries. But if you think the agreement is supporting free trade...
Someone, hit the panic button! Russian population shrunk by nearly 700,000 people in 2005, according to official Russian government statistics, and the life expectancy of a Russian male is now a meager...
An independent and pluralistic media is a central pillar of democracy. The role of the media in a democratic society is one that informs the public, enhances political participation, and...
Recently, National Public Radio conducted an interview with Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The interview was ostensibly about possible outcomes from the recent elections in the...
The big news in the technology pages these days is, surprisingly, not about Steve Jobs' newest toy. Instead, folks are getting steamed up about Google's recent decision to acquiesce to...
