Fish Piracy Feeds the Global Rich
A New York Times article Europe’s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade describes how fisheries collapse is leading roving bandits to scoop up the world’s valuable fish leaving little behind for...
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In a New Yorker article – the promised land – Evan Osnos about African merchants living in China. He also narrates an Audio Slide Show about the economic, social, and religious life of African migrants...
View ArticleAgro-colonialism and/or Agricultural development?
The New York Times Magazine has an article by Andrew Rice Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism? on new mega-investments in agricultural land in Africa. This type of activity featured in the...
View ArticleAfrican Poverty is Falling
A new NBER working paper African Poverty is Falling…Much Faster than You Think! from economists Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Maxim Pinkovskiy argues that African poverty has been rapidly falling across...
View ArticleHow much is African poverty really falling?
Martin Ravallion, Director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank,responds to Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin’s NBER paper that estimates a decline in African poverty. He agrees...
View ArticleGates and CGIAR
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the wealthiest private foundation in the world, joined the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in December 2009. CGIAR is funds a...
View ArticleAfrica’s economic growth
While China’s economy continues to rapidly grow, during the first decade of the 2000s, most of the world’s fastest-growing economies were in sub-Saharan Africa and the IMF projects that this trend will...
View ArticleTwo PhD positions on governance of ecosystem services in Southern and Eastern...
Two PhD positions at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Applications are due May 2nd. The positons are with a project Governance of ecosystem services under scenarios of change in southern and eastern...
View ArticleMontpellier Panel – Growth with Resilience: Opportunities in African Agriculture
The Montpellier Panel, a group of experts from the fields of agriculture, sustainable development, trade, policy, and global development chaired by Gordon Conway from UK’s Imperial College, have a new...
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