Apr 26, 2010
The planet's population will swell by two to three billion people over the next few decades. Where will all those people live? My guest on this week’s Global Prosperity Wonkcast has a bold new idea. Paul Romer is a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, a non-resident fellow here at the...
Apr 20, 2010
Can a few brave souls make a difference in the fight
against corruption? My guest on the Global Prosperity Wonkcast this
week is Nuhu
Ribadu, the former head of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission or EFCC and a visiting fellow here at the Center
for Global Development. Nuhu is working on a manuscript...
Apr 13, 2010
How can people who care
about international development interest the public? Last month,
CGD hosted award-winning New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, one of the
world’s most powerful voices on issues ranging from women’s rights
to global health to genocide. In this special edition of the Global
Prosperity...