Monthly Archives: November 2010
Most Times it’s the Little Things
The broken windows theory dates back to 1982 when two social scientists, James Wilson and George Kelling put forth that a building with a handful of broken windows signals something over time if the windows indeed stay broken. The signal … Continue reading
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Another Development Tool That’s Been Right Under Our Noses All This Time
Computers for everyone, subsidized school breakfasts, conditional cash transfers … give up … doing business. Another year, another list. The World Bank’s annual publication “Doing Business” survey has been running since 2003 and examines how countries around the world compare … Continue reading
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Microfinance, so why not Micro-Education?
To begin, microfinance in its strictest sense does not propose to alleviate poverty nor is it the panacea for all developing country (and developed for that matter) woes. What it does do is provide access to formal financial services for … Continue reading
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Lost in Deflation
I remember as a kid seeing images of Japan via TV and the movies. It was different, wonderful, fascinating, otherworldly. It seemed like a fantasy-land of smells and colors, moving parts, robots attending to your every needs and an army … Continue reading
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