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Multilateral bank

Vast role for governments

World Bank wants governments to do more to build human capital, generate taxes and provide social protection

Donor action

Bismarck’s tools for nation-building

Social protection is a driver of healthy economic development

International Commission on Drug Policy deserves attention

After five decades, the “war on drugs” has not led to good results

Our view

Why we need the SDGs

If market dynamics resulted in equal opportunities and broad-based prosperity, we would not need the SDGs

Global warming

Technological revolution and prudent policymaking

Words must be followed up by action if climate targets are to be achieved

Ethnographic study of a Swiss bank’s financial analysts

Social anthropologist has studied a Swiss bank’s financial analysts

Development finance

Climate finance and humanitarian aid

Forecasting and monitoring climate finance is very difficult

Development finance

Sweeping changes envisaged

Expert forecasts that ODA will give ground to private investment

Review

Prosperity through the right ­institutions

The success of prosperous nations rests upon sound political institutions

Development strategy

“People have created poverty”

Anthropologist reframes poverty the result of plundering by a few people in rich countries at poor countries’ expense

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