World poverty

Topics

The persistence of poverty.
Development theory. The rise and fall of development economics.
International aid.
The rise and fall of the New International Economic Order.

Read

World Bank, “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018," 2018

World Bank – 2018 – Overview

Ogle, “State Rights against Private Capital: The ‘New International Economic Order’, 1962–1981," 2014

Ogle-2014-State-Rights-against-Private-Capital-The-New-Int

Watch

Hans Rosling, "The best stats you've ever seen"

Tom Burgis, "The Looting Machine"

More at tomburgis.com

Listen

Freakonomics, "Dambisa Moyo Says Foreign Aid Can’t Solve Problems, but Maybe Corporations Can"

Activities

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