Where does democracy figure in the cycle of development thinking?

13 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: , , , , , ,

On appeals to emotion

11 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, growth disasters, health economics, liberalism, resource economics Tags: , , , , , , ,

Where will be the remnants of extreme poverty in 2030?

11 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: , ,

Poverty will not always be with us

10 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: , , ,

via Poverty: Not always with us | The Economist

via The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty | Laurence Chandy and Homi Kharas | Frontiers in Development 2014 | U.S. Agency for International Development.

Capitalism and freedom is noticeably missing from this survey of UN effectiveness

09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , ,

Whatever happened to the population bomb that so troubled the environmentalist doomsday prophets?

09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth miracles, population economics Tags: , , , ,

Who has been and will be carrying the baton to abolish global poverty by 2030?

09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles

Via The Final Countdown: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 (Report) | Brookings Institution.

How can New Zealand blamed distance for its woes when international technology diffusion is speeding up

09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic growth, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand Tags: , , , , ,

The Chinese and Vietnamese development miracles compared

09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: ,

Hans Rosling’s Yardstick of Wealth – Don’t Panic – The Truth About Population

08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth miracles, population economics

Half of India regards itself as middle-class

08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: ,

The role of governance in holding back the abolition of extreme poverty by 2030

08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles

Via The Final Countdown: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 (Report) | Brookings Institution.

The real-estate surge in the Philippines

08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, urban economics Tags:

Diego Comin — Why New Technologies Do Not Make Poor Countries Rich

06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic growth, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, technological progress Tags: ,

19 incumbent African leaders have been defeated at the polls

06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: , , ,

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