đź“š 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.
Category: Development
239 posts
Not only the state will bleed
The property ladder here and there
Land deals and local political economy
On MPIs and MDGs
Response from Oxfam: Governance, land grabs and tricky statistics
Land grabbing: whatever you do, don't mention the G-word.
How policies end: not with a bang, but a whimper
If I were British, I’d be proud of DFID
Dar es Salaam and the megacity
The limits of handwaving and fancy graphs
How to avoid your social obligations: adopt a new religion
The African Man vs the Hollywood Stereotype
Kenya, exogenous governance shocks edition
Never gonna give you up
The CSAE Blog
Not getting better, Nigeria edition
A land registry of their own
Famine prediction bleg
Cash-on-delivery grants in Indonesia
Why aren't we betting on development initiatives?
Accountability and the Gates Foundation
The Guardian almost says the P word
Sentences to ponder, Madonna edition
Sad sentences
Africa and poverty traps
Agricultural productivity, food consumption and Oxfam
Ideology and results-based aid
The external validity double standard
What lies beneath
Not getting better: stable vs unstable gains
The boy who cried crisis
The MVP debate happens
Negative aid
Fertiliser and the economists' only joke
New rules for Africa's resource scramble
Considering the counterfactual and the subsidising of subsistence in Malawi
On the opportunity cost of the Malawi fertiliser subsidy
Guest posts on the Malawi fertiliser subsidy
Health spending, suggestive studies and the IMF's guilt-by-association
Give it away, give it away, give it away now
On Entrepreneurs, Capitalism and History
Do the MDGs influence national policy? Should they?
Questions on the edge of poverty
Op-ed of Darkness
Development as Anarchism?
On Haiti
Having your carbon cake and eating it too
Joined at the hip?
Transparency and climate change payouts
A quiet debate on aid
J-PAL's Christmas shopping list
Democracy and climate change
Taxing Times
What do you think should replace the MDGs?
The headless heart
Should growth really be rationed?
Awards of the day
The dog with two bones
Numbers are a dirty business
If they have no pencils, let them have wireless access
In which we Tackle the Most Important Issue in Development
Public or Private Questions
It's hard to rely on my good intentions
A Culture of Development?
Where it hurts the most
Let's keep it strictly C.O.D.
