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Articles on Debt and development sorted by subject, displaying 1 - 15 of 413

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Electricity in Africa

The dark continent 

Power shortages have become one of the biggest brakes on developmentAug 16th 2007

ASIA: Asia.view

Always with us 

The intractability of South Asian poverty Aug 15th 2007 Web only

FINANCE & ECONOMICS: Economics focus

In praise of usury 

Ignore credit snobs. It is no sin to profit from lending to the poorAug 2nd 2007

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Sierra Leone

As you were 

Peace, and now elections. But not much else to brag aboutAug 2nd 2007

BOOKS & ARTS: How to help the poorest

Springing the traps 

Compulsory reading for anyone trying to help the poorAug 2nd 2007

FINANCE & ECONOMICS: Market.view

Into Africa 

Investors eye globalisation’s final frontierJul 29th 2007 Web only

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Zimbabwe

Kroners for cronies 

How to prop up the governmentJul 26th 2007

INTERNATIONAL: Dealing with disasters

Flood, famine and mobile phones 

Technology is transforming humanitarian relief—and shifting the balance of power between donors and recipientsJul 26th 2007

BUSINESS: United Nations Global Compact

Third world way 

The UN Global Compact may be the best way to draw corporations into the development process. Is its optimism justified?Jul 20th 2007 Web only

ASIA: Papua New Guinea

Left behind by Asia's rise 

Nature has dealt this poor Pacific country a tough hand. Even so, reformers have already shown how it could be doing much betterJul 19th 2007

ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT BRIEFING

Under bad management 

Despite some improvement, African governance is woefulJul 16th 2007 Web only

INTERNATIONAL: Green.view

Losing sleep over climate change 

Poor countries may be more worried than rich onesJul 16th 2007 Web only

INTERNATIONAL: Global public health

More money than sense 

Lack of money can no longer be blamed for the poor world's health problemsJul 5th 2007

LEADERS: Global poverty

Are we nearly there yet? 

Mid-way through, the UN's drive against poverty remains half crusade and half charadeJul 5th 2007

BRIEFING: Millennium Development Goals

The eight commandments  

In 2000 the world set itself goals to cut poverty, disease and illiteracy. It will take more than aid to meet themJul 5th 2007

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