Development
Unaccountable aid good for donors, bad for the poor
IPN Opinion article
President Obama says “mutual accountability” will now underpin America’s foreign aid. He called on rich donor nations at the recent Millennium Development Goals (MDG) summit to “commit to the same transparency that we expect of others.”
Pakistan: A flood of restrictions
IPN Opinion article
Pakistan’s horrific floods have been compounded by horrific mismanagement and then by regulations that make it harder to save the victims and start reconstruction. The solution is more freedom, not more restrictions, says this widely-experienced Pakistani economist and consultant – citing practical precedents.
Economic Freedom the Key to Surviving Catastrophe
IPN Opinion article
Millions are suffering and thousands have died from flooding in Pakistan and China.
An extraordinary heatwave in Russia sparked fires, causing dreadful pollution and wiping out swaths of the wheat crop.
Are these weather-related disasters caused by global warming? Do they portend worse catastrophes? What can be done? Should Pakistan get more aid?
