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Entries by Otaviano Canuto from 02/2011

How Public Spending Can Help Countries Grow

| Posted 02.07.2011 | World
Read More: Public Spending, Gdp Growth, Developing Countries, Private Sector, World Bank, Economic Development, Obama State of the Union, World News

Beyond the epicenter of the economic crisis -- the US and Western Europe -- public spending has had an indeterminate effect on spurring GDP growth in developing countries.

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Delivering Aid Differently

| Posted 02.09.2011 | World
Read More: Foreign Aid, Developing World, Developing Countries, Development, International Development, World Bank, Economic Development, World News

In the future, the new realities of the aid environment need to be confronted head on. Any meaningful institutional changes must target aid impact and reach.

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The Poor Are Paying the Price of the Food Cost Spike

| Posted 02.16.2011 | World
Read More: Food, Food Prices, Development, International Development, Sustainable Food, World Bank, World News

The recent hike in food prices is bringing food costs near the dangerous levels of 2008, creating enormous vulnerabilities in developing countries.

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How Human Rights Have Contributed to Development

| Posted 02.24.2011 | World
Read More: Human Rights, Development, Millennium Development Goals, World Bank, Economic Development, World News

The global push to reduce poverty and malnutrition is a great example where we increasingly draw insights from both development and human rights.

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