Development

I read a book called "How to Lie with Statistics" as an undergraduate. It instilled a healthy disdain for statistics and "data-driven policymaking." It is not only about how resilient the data is but...

Regrettably, a segment of the British media believes that developing countries should focus all of their resources and efforts on poverty alleviation rather than space exploration. In essence, such a stance could be seen...

The United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative have recently unveiled the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index for 2023. This index gathers data from a whopping 110 developing countries, comprising...

Investing in technology and research and development (R&D) is an important driver of the economic growth of developing countries, as it can create a solid foundation for long-term prosperity. As Paul Romer discusses in his seminal work...

In his seminal paper entitled "Multilateralism: the Anatomy of an Institution," John Gerard Ruggie defines multilateralism as an institutional arrangement that facilitates coordination among three or more states based on "generalized" principles of conduct....