When veteran aid worker Jim Grant took over as head of UNICEF in 1980, it was a crucial moment, globally…
The debate over aid does not want to go away, but it is moving away from general statements about whether…
Bill Easterly William Easterly, a professor of economics and one of Bill Gates’ least favorite aid experts, will be speaking…
William Easterly is a leading voice on the aid and development scene that folks seem to either love or hate. Bill Gates is in the latter camp.
Bill Easterly’s review of Nina Munk’s book, The Idealist, reignited the aid debate following a tweet by journalist Tristan McConnell. This is what followed:
News Analysis (See also Part 2 – the Prequel, a chat with Sachs about his controversial big ideas) Jeff SachsEarth…
Celebrities are often used as eye candy for charity campaigns and giant advocacy efforts. Remarks from actress Angelina Jolie are…
You will remember from yesterday, that Bill Gates is not a fan of Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo (see below video).…
Eskinder Nega was arrested after raising questions about arrests under Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism legislation in September 2011. Now he serves an 18…
An interesting conversation took place in mid-July between Bill Easterly of NYU; Holden Karnofsky and Stephanie Wykstra of GiveWell; and…