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Saturday Morning Reading #9

Here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1) Have hammer, looking for nails Owen Barder criticises DFID’s new economic development programme for ignoring trade reform, illicit financial flows, climate change, migration and more. “I applaud the decision to use a wider range of financial instruments. But it is disappointing that the aid budget is the only instrument we can …

Saturday Morning Reading #3

Here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1) In the latest Development Drums podcast, Owen Barder talks to Angus Deaton on his new book, The Great Escape, which brings together his research into health, well-being, and economic development. 2) Jay Ulfelder looks at why 2013 saw more new mass killings than any year since the early 1990s. …