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Many observers are expecting a hard Brexit to take place. But what is the most likely outcome of the upcoming Brexit negotiations and how can the UK minimise any negative economic…
In part 2, Nikolaos Karagiannis briefly presents and criticizes the Moody’s report on the downgrading of The Bahamas, and discusses aspects of a holistic development framework for…
Can we transform the renting economy of Uber and AirBnB into a genuine sharing one? Platform cooperatives must become open and commons-oriented.
“What if this is not capitalism,…
In 1984 the Mexico City Policy, or ‘global gag rule’, was enacted by the United States, restricting federal funds to international family planning institutions that provide…
The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: the evolution and roles of the Revolutionary Guards by Hesam Forozan. New York and Oxford: Routledge, 2016. 255 pp, £100 hardcover…
Andrew Chakhoyan asks what can the U.N. learn from the world of start-ups?
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg announced “Facebook's plan to bring the global community together.” A few…
In part 1, Nikolaos Karagiannis briefly presents the main features and concerns associated with financialization in the present era of neoliberal globalization.
The era of…
So far, the nature of Christine Lagarde’s speeches and the discussions I had with Fund staff this week suggest that there is more work to be done.
Recent commentary on research I…
Matt Haikin, an ICT for Development (ICT4D) practitioner, summarizes a new paper on digital development in East Africa reports, and the challenges for Oxfam and other…
Yolanda Jinxin Ma explores how open data could benefit the government of China.
In the past decade, open data has grown out of a conceptual discussion into a global movement.…