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It’s the politics, stupid
One of the things I learned in a quarter of a century as a civil servant is that the public has a great deal of common sense. Any minister or department which thinks it knows better than the broad...
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This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. On the eve of the Social Impact Investment summit in London this Thursday, 6th June, I am excited that CGD and Social Finance are releasing a...
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Why are taxes on capital income lower than taxes on labour income?
Thomas Piketty’s book, Capital in the 21st Century, has touched a nerve. His central point is that if returns to capital are bigger than the growth of the economy, then inequality will rise...
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A twenty-first century development policy
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. It drives me crazy that so many people equate development policy with foreign aid. That’s why I welcome this week’s landmark report from the...
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How should donors work with the private sector?
This blog post, jointly written with Theo Talbot, first appeared on the CGD website. Spot the odd one out: Tanzania’s Morogoro Shoe Factory: Underwritten by the World Bank in the 1970s to supply the...
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Financing for development – where the treasure is buried
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center under a different title. It caused Duncan Green to ask this question on twitter, which amused me: Good test for ppl who still see politics as...
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On World Humanitarian Day: Could We Do Better with Cash?
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. This week we mark a poignant anniversary. August 19th was named World Humanitarian Day in memory of the bombing twelve years ago of the UN...
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Here’s a simple way to help refugees: give them cash
This article first appeared on the Telegraph Online on 7 September 2015. The tragic reality faced by millions of people fleeing Syrian conflict were driven home this week as we were confronted with...
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Transforming Humanitarian Aid with Cash Transfers: High Level Panel Report
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. The High Level Panel on Humanitarian Cash Transfers, which I chaired, published our report this week. We concluded that the international system...
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Global goals can deliver on 2C and new development finance – here’s how
This article by Alex Evans, Alice Lépissier and Owen Barder first appeared in The Guardian on 25 September 2015. It summarises this new CGD Policy Paper by the same authors. What if there were an...
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Give us the courage to change the things we can – the serenity prayer for...
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. As my friends know, I’m not religious – indeed, I fall into the ‘militant atheist’ category – but as my day job is trying to promote peace and...
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