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On the left side of the Atlantic there is plenty of chatter about so-called STEM jobs. Employers searching for candidates for these Science, Technology, Engineering, and…
A few days ago Prime Minister Julia Gillard released the long-awaited White Paper, setting out the “roadmap” for Australia’s relations with “Asia” until 2025. When this was first…
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When The Economist labels the UK Border Agency’s revocation of London Metropolitan University’s licence to teach international fee-paying students a “case of xenophobic populism…
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Staff at my Siem Reap hotel in Cambodia were preparing for an influx of guests connected with the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting, and associated gatherings like the ASEAN-…
Like nearly all people interested in development economics, I’m always fascinated by new ideas about why foreign development aid has been, in general, such a miserable failure.…
Two interconnected reasons have caused me to focus particularly on Syria in the past few days. The first is straightforward enough. I have been finalising a book put together on…
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