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September 29, 2009

IPN Opinion article

September 17, 2009
New definitions and interpretations of "human rights" threaten real rights -- and now this argument is being dragged into the debate about climate change

IPN News coverage

August 5, 2009
IPN's Philip Stevens comments on a new Lancet study which calls for more accountability from the world's largest health philanthropist.

IPN Opinion article

July 16, 2009
Michela Wrong's new book on Kenyan corruption-buster John Githongo has been an immediate hit, serialised in Kenya's Daily Nation and selling fast everywhere. This characteristically outspoken review by Sir Edward Clay explains why. Sir Edward was British High Commissioner in Nairobi at the time of the Githongo saga and was reprimanded by his own masters and the Kenyan government for his comments on corruption. He has a strong message for aid donors whose largesse supports ruling cliques in Africa.

IPN Opinion article

June 17, 2009
President Obama's offer of AIDS relief to Zimbabwe is conditional on it not going anywhere near the pockets of Mugabe and his gang. But the good news is that there are many things Zimbabweans can do themselves to restore prosperity, even with Robert Mugabe still at the helm: all is not lost, despite the horrors of recent years. This author is part of a group of African think-tanks that compiled a list of practical and relatively simple policy recommendations for recovery in the recent The Zimbabwe Papers.

IPN Opinion article

May 28, 2009
Zimbabwe can recover - if its people are allowed to. For all the catastrophic policies of President Robert Mugabe, there are still enough experienced and dedicated business people, judges, civil servants and even policemen to make the country work again once the right freedoms are in place.

IPN Opinion article

May 20, 2009
Alvaro Vargas Llosa discusses the implications of the 2009 Institutional Quality Index.

IPN Opinion article

May 17, 2009
President Obama has revamped the Bush policy of heath aid to poor countries by widening its scope beyond AIDS to all diseases: it looks like a great idea but it is full of unintended consequences.

IPN Opinion article

May 15, 2009
Philip Stevens challenges the conclusions reached by a recent study in The Lancet about climate change and health.