Tackling inequality in Latin America: A report from the Organization of American States Private Sector Forum
While the Peruvian government has been busy figuring out how to talk about inequality and bold redistributive policies without scaring local and foreign investors and markets, the corporate sector has leap frogged them and is now – unlike the government – ready for radical policies. ..
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Rome exceeded expectations; will the G8 do the same?
The Food Summit in Rome turned out better than expected. It was not derailed by Robert Mugabe. It survived the unedifying wrangling over a final communiqué. It gave the topic a good hearing. It confirmed some practical actions. And it passed the torch successfully to the G8 in Japan in July...
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The view from Davos - Part four: The Davos agenda – more to watch
In the last of four blogs with reflections and predictions from Davos, I look at web 2.0, Africa, governance and institutions...
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The view from Davos - Part three: Perspectives on the environmental debate
In the third of four blogs, I consider perspectives in three key areas- biofuels, climate change adaptation and water...
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The view from Davos - Part one: Global corporate citizenship in 2008
Last week, I attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. This is the first of four blogs with my reflections and predictions on how the debates will be taken forward in 2008...
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Important messages from the UK Government on international development. Are we listening?
There have been some important messages on international development from the UK Government since the change of administration in June – and they signal changes of emphasis to which we might want to react.
A first set of changes was to do with structure,..
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Davos 2007
The business agenda dominated at Davos this year, with fewer NGOs invited, hardly any Africans, and fewer sessions with ostensible development content. On the other hand, our ‘What’s Next’ theme at ODI reminds us that the business agenda is actually..
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The role of politics in investment climate: Some thoughts from the Bolivian experience
It was quite surprising to read in yesterday's Financial Times that the Bolivian government is set to approve a US$ 2.3bn bid by two Indian companies (Jindal Steel and Power of India) to extract of one of the world's largest untapped iron ore deposits...
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Notes from Davos 2006
1. This year's Davos gathering, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, was designed to focus more on business and less on 'development', thus fewer sessions on Africa and few African representatives - but ironically the business agenda threw..
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