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  • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
    African economy
    Pandemic threatens African economic success

    Fall in commodity prices benefits advanced economies

  • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
    ReviewEconomics books
    Greed Is Dead — the problematic rise of the individual

    Collier and Kay’s scathing account of economic self-interest warns of harm to communities

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
    Martin Wolf
    Boris Johnson’s promise to ‘level up’ hard to keep

    The UK’s dire productivity performance since the financial crisis needs to improve

  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia’s path to prosperity opens under Abiy

    The prime minister’s reforms are an object of fascination across Africa

  • Monday, 3 December, 2018
    ReviewBooks
    The Future of Capitalism, by Paul Collier

    A powerful dissection of contemporary failures that dares to suggest concrete reforms

  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2018
    Global economic growth
    World Bank takes new approach to wealth of nations

    Study shows some countries with GDP growth actually saw per capita wealth fall

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2017
    ReviewPolitical books
    A new deal for refugees

    Two Oxford academics argue that extra funds for countries near trouble spots could help solve the crisis

  • Sunday, 11 December, 2016
    Foreign aid
    Shifting aid to support business is the right decision

    Micro-enterprises are no substitute for proper companies, writes Paul Collier

  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2016
    Global migration
    Those who flee strife deserve better

    The challenge is manageable but the global system remains devoid of a strategy, writes Paul Collier

  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 4 October, 2015
    World
    Ties with China are about more than just raw materials

    Trade and investment have been just as important as exporting resources

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2015
    James Crabtree
    Bosses duck the migration issue

    In Europe and India, it has mute backers but noisy opponents, writes James Crabtree

  • Sunday, 26 July, 2015
    African economy
    Africa: more ready to make than consume

    The problem is not a missing middle class but a missing class of organisation, writes Paul Collier

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