📚 This is an archive of Aid Thoughts, a development economics blog that was active from 2009 to 2017. Posts are preserved in their original form.

October 2009

30 posts

Yarrr, the comedy of the commons

Why don't we fund more health systems instead of just interventions?

You can build it. But they still might not come.

INEPDitude

Academic sins

Unlikely enumeration

African Film Library

Some thoughts on MDGs 2.0

Taxing Times

What do you think should replace the MDGs?

Turning the oil frown upside down

Worth listening: The Very Best

Sachs on the challenges of global governance

So Much for the Ten Year Plan...

Boxers without borders

Sound Familiar?

The headless heart

Game Theories

Economic crimes against humanity

Pritchett, Clemens and Kinison (2009)

What does the crystal ball say?

Living Just Enough for the City? Extended Thoughts on the Charter Cities Proposal

Peter Singer, eat your heart out

What's the rush?

Where in the world is Abu Sharati?

Expert analysis, crayon edition

The struggle of the African farmer, from the safety of your own home

"That'll be two hundred trillion dollars and three cents, please..."

The More Money We Come Across, the More Problems We See…

Should growth really be rationed?