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Podcasts

By Imana Gunawan3 February 2017

On the Trump travel ban, refugees and walling off America: Cut off nose, spite face

For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we seek to provide some background and context for the controversy following President Donald Trump’s travel-immigration ban aimed at prohibiting entry from select Muslim-majority countries like Syria, Somalia, Iraq and four others to protect us from the threat of Islamic extremist terrorism.

Podcasts

By Gabe Spitzer25 September 2015

Michael Clemens sets the record straight on (the benefits of) migration

For the Humanosphere podcast, we speak with Michael Clemens, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development who has…

Global Health

By Tom Murphy31 March 2015

Government scheme sparks brain drain controversy in Uganda

The decision by Uganda to send nearly 300 medical professionals the Caribbean has sparked a controversy that extends beyond the…

Basics

By Tom Murphy2 October 2013

Learning from mistakes made: The Millennium Villages Project

A new book that profiles economist Jeffrey Sachs is augmented by two new reports on the controversial Millennium Villages Project. One explores media attention to the MVP in Africa. Another says that the mistakes made by the MVP provide lessons for future projects and illustrate the importance of transparency in development projects.

Basics