…economics, feminist anthropology, feminist politics, and many other disciplines offer fresh and pressing insights into the damage caused to human beings and our planet by complex, ancient-yet-modern, inequalities of gender,…
What kind of inequality matters most? The case for unfairness.
…wrong in the example above. Yet the insights of behavioural economics show that people care not about absolute gains, but what we consider fair. In a famous result (also known…
Last word to Twaweza: Varja Lipovsek and Rakesh Rajani on How to Keep the Ambition and Complexity, Be Less Fuzzy and Get More Traction
…and empirical evidence from within the transparency and accountability field, but also wider such as in public health, economics and political science. We know that experiences are not automatically portable…
Possible Fragments of the Post-Covid World Order, according to The Economist
…to getting some health-care and education services online. The pandemic will mark a turning-point in politics and geopolitics as well as economics. The world will emerge from 2020 into an…
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…of anger. Both are vital to a well-working democracy.’ Fascinating essay on the politics of emotion, from George Marcus The one iron rule of economics ht Robert Went Credit: smbc-comics.com…
A new/better way of measuring the fragility of states?
…Institutions, Economic Foundations and Resilience. This is definitely progress – with the new framework, it is clear that Benin — vulnerable in resilience and economics — has different development needs…
Development optimism from Justin Lin: review of ‘The Quest for Prosperity’
…you don’t have any cooks. Justin is much stronger on the economics than the politics, and ‘assumes a tin opener’ in the shape of an effective state both willing and…
well-being v ‘growth with equity’: what are the pros and cons?
…influenced by the orthodox economics of growth, returns on investment, incomes and assets. Those all form important parts of the pursuit of well-being, but the concept itself has less resonance…
What do aid agencies need to do to get serious on changing social norms?
…‘get’ norms – those that delve inside people’s hearts and minds, like psychology and anthropology, rather than the current intellectual dependence on economics, law and political science, which seem to…
A wonderful book by Jean Dreze, India’s Orwell
…and political and social tumult. His perspective is what he calls ‘jholawala economics’ – a tongue in cheek subversion of the derogatory Hindi word for backpacker activists. The essays capture…
Ah, so that’s how you sell books…..
…American counterparts – it’s hard to imagine our boys sneaking off to pore over radical critiques of orthodox economics under the duvet. Next question, how do I get someone to…
#PowerShifts Resources: The Virus of Gender-Based Violence
…metrics of loss: that is, concerned with counting the costs to national economies. Sadly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, the economics of GBV are a tool to convince many decision-makers of its…