"Growth is innovation, and you can't know in advance how to do the innovative thing, or else it wouldn't be an innovation. Development is BOTTOM-UP ...
Lee Bycel | Posted 09.30.2009 | World
I just returned after spending 10 days in Eastern Chad, observing Rosh Hashanah in Darfuri refugee camps. There are no Jews there, but there are millions of humans struggling to survive.
Lee Bycel | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
Why did I spend Rosh Hashanah in Darfuri refugee camps in Eastern Chad? Why would a rabbi welcome the Jewish New Year in a place where there are no Jews?
Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
The standard of living in developing countries has increased much faster than growth in income because of innovation, which has driven down the cost of goods and services.
Dale Buscher | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
It is time to implement interventions that are tailored to the local context, that build on the refugees' existing skills, and that match local market demand.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
The aid industry has spent over $2 trillion since World War II to help spur the development of poorer countries, with not enough to show for it.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.17.2009 | World
There is a very good post over at Philanthrocapitalism, a blog by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green. It is worth reading the whole thing.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business
When large numbers of entrepreneurs, financiers, engineers, and other smart, creative people are constantly bumping into one another, business ideas are formed, sharpened and executed.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
Microcredit is not a silver bullet for poverty alleviation. But Kiva has done an exceptional job in advancing the popular understanding of the role that credit can play in raising people out of poverty.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 02.02.2009 | Entertainment
Check out the trailer for the coming documentary for The White Man's Burden, a book by Bill Easterly. The movie is coming out in 2010, and I urge you to read the book in 2009.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact