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Letter to the editor: Aid for Afghanistan -- Comment on an editor-ial, by Peter Bell, New York Times, 2 Sep 2002 (free - registra-tion req'd); and Editorial: To rebuild Afghanistan -- Foreign donors need to stay engaged until governmental authority is fully re-established, New York Times (free - registration req'd) with Int'l Herald Tribune, 27 Aug 2002 Editorial: Johannesburg and after -- To protect the world's re-sources, governments need to step forward, Washington Post, 2 Sep 2002 Letter to the editor: How to get water to the poor -- Comments on an editorial and related articles, New York Times, 2 Sep 2002 (free - registration req'd); and Editorial: Water for a thirsty world, New York Times (free--regis-tration req'd) with International Herald Tribune, 29 Aug 2002 Departing WTO chief ponders joining his critics: Next job -- At a pro-freer trade NGO?, Int'l Herald Tribune (with NYTimes and WashPost), 30 Aug 2002 Letter to the editor: Environmentalists vs. the poor? -- Comments on Lomborg, New York Times, 30 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) [incl link to: Lomborg -- The environmentalists are wrong]; and Danish darts -- Bjorn Lomborg: Reviled for sticking it to ecological dogma, by Andrew Goldstein, Time, 18 Aug 2002 Editorial: Sustaining the poor's development -- The biggest envir-onmental gathering in a decade could yet do some good, The Economist, 29 Aug 2002 (includes a link to: The Earth Summit -- An easy target for cynicism?) Afghanistan's future: How to rebuild a country -- New thinking by the Americans?, The Economist, 29 Aug 2002 (follow this link to a primer on the Afghan economy) Brazil's unwatched borrowing: How could a country recently char-acterized as an IMF star performer again be on the edge of financial crisis?, by Morris Goldstein, Financial Times, 27 Aug 2002 WTO to face openness issue again: Poor countries fear more lob-bying by rich nations would follow, Washington Post, 27 Aug 2002 Divergent agendas at Earth Summit: S. African Pres Mbeki urges rich, poor nations to close resource gap, Washington Post, 27 Aug 2002 Newsroom: Now Steve is running to revive Forbes, by David Carr, New York Times, 26 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) Editorial: Democracy as afterthought -- Pakistan cannot be a useful ally if its military dictator does not loosen his reins and give more scope for the rule of law, Washington Post, 25 Aug 2002 Rich, poor further apart as Earth Summit nears: Economic gap has widened since '92 Rio meeting, Washington Post, 25 Aug 2002 Editorial: Sustaining the planet -- Bush must lead an effort to re-configure foreign aid to underwrite sustainable development, New York Times (free - registration req'd) with Int'l Herald Tribune, 24 Aug 2002 The cartel of good intentions: Foreign aid bureaucracies -- Bloated, unaccountable and out of touch with sound economics, by William Easterly, Foreign Policy, Jul-Aug 2002; and Book value: Reviews of William Easterly's The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Trop-ics (2001), The Economist, 28 Mar 2002; and Finance and Development, Sep 2001 (Related links below: Easterly on Mar 20th and Jan 22nd) Horizons: The case for sanctions -- Voluntary compliance must be supplemented by penalties potent enough to matter, by Robert Frank, New York Times, 24 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) Coffee/tea break: Sorrow so sweet -- A guilty pleasure in another's woe, New York Times, 24 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) When it pays to be poor: Earth to the UN -- Welfare doesn't work on a global scale either, by Claudia Rosett, Wall Street Journal, 21 Aug 2002 Sustainable development: Does the World Bank�s prescription, spelled out in its new World Development Report, make sense?, The Economist, 21 Aug 2002 Small-picture approach to a big problem -- poverty: Grassroots economists' influence grows, by Daniel Altman, New York Times (free - registration req'd) with Int'l Herald Tribune, 20 Aug 2002 Latin America, the wrong hangover: Politicians and the public should think twice before opting for a vigorous populist revival, by Ernesto Zedillo, Forbes, 20 Aug-2 Sep 2002 Why isn't fast track...faster?: Trade experts wonder whether Bush paid too high a price to pacify protectionists in getting the trade au-thority, New York Times, 18 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) Letter to the editor: Projects to rebuild Afghan roads going no-where, despite promises -- A comment, by ADB's Yoshihiro Iwasaki, Washington Post, 16 Aug 2002; and Projects to rebuild Afghan roads going nowhere, despite promises, Washington Post, 7 Aug 2002 Editorial: A Latin American backlash against the free market?, The Economist, 15 Aug 2002 Freedom makes all the difference: A task for Johannesburg, by Amartya Sen, Los Angeles Times with Int'l Herald Tribune, 15 Aug 2002 A second chance for Brazil and the IMF: There is no reason for Brazil to collapse, by Joseph Stiglitz, New York Times (free - registration req'd) with International Herald Tribune, 14 Aug 2002 Lessons in economics from Latin America: Why is good old-fash-ioned contagion now underway in the region?, by Charles Wyplosz, Int'l Herald Tribune (with NYTimes and WashPost), 14 Aug 2002 Lessons from the fastest-growing nation: Botswana? -- Growth has skyrocketed thanks to free-market principles and prudent manage-ment, by John Koppisch, BusinessWeek, 13-26 Aug 2002 Small is profitable: What will work in the developing world is a focus on inexpensive, downsized products, by Manjeet Kripalani and Pete Engardio, BusinessWeek, 13-26 Aug 2002 Horizons: Bush's economic team is broken, and it's time to fix it, by Robert Barro, BusinessWeek, 13-26 Aug 2002 Letter to the editor: Superficial reform in Latin America -- A com-ment on Weisbrot, by John Sullivan, Washington Post, 12 Aug 2002; and Failure in the developing world: Economists in denial, by Mark Weisbrot, Int'l Herald Tribune (with NYTimes and WashPost), 7 Aug 2002 Giving Argentina the Cinderella treatment: Many believe this is to ensure that other countries won't be tempted to default on their debts, New York Times, 11 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) A man-made disaster in Zimbabwe puts 300,000 lives at risk, by David Coltart, New York Times with Int'l Herald Tribune, 10 Aug 2002 Editorial: A rescue for Brazil, Washington Post, 9 Aug 2002 Logic of bailout prevails again: Even longtime opponents of IMF rescues feared crisis in Brazil, by Paul Blustein, Washington Post, 9 Aug 2002 IMF loan to Brazil also shields US interests: Why Brazil gets help and not Argentina, New York Times (free - registration req'd) with International Herald Tribune, 9 Aug 2002 The lost continent: The truth is that we've lost a lot of credibility with our southern neighbors, by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) A Latin crisis to rival Asia?: Fears of a 1998 replay, Int'l Herald Tribune (with NYTimes and WashPost), 8 Aug 2002 Editorial: Outrageous steel (cont'd), Washington Post, 7 Aug 2002 Editorial: Economic aid for Brazil and the Powell doctrine, Washington Post, 7 Aug 2002 Tough talk aside, the aid flows: Global crises melt the Bush admin-istration's resistance to bailouts, by Paul Blustein, Washington Post, 6 Aug 2002 Horizons: After irrational exuberance, irrational pessimism, by Laura D'Andrea Tyson, BusinessWeek, 6-12 Aug 2002 Editorial: South America's troubled economies -- Treasury's Paul O'Neill should push Argentina and the IMF to come to terms soon, New York Times, 6 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) Fast-track authority: Don't knock it -- Even if Bush ticks off only a few items from his lengthy trade-to-do list, he could emerge a big winner, BusinessWeek, 6-12 Aug 2002 Letter to the editor: Defending the IMF -- A comment on Cassidy's review of Stiglitz's book, by Graham Hacche, The New Yorker, 5 Aug 2002; Book value: Reviews of Joseph Stiglitz's Globalization and Its Discontents, by John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Jul 2002; and by Benjamin Friedman, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug 2002 (Related links below: Trends in world poverty and inequality on Jun 11th); and Interview with economist/author Joseph Stiglitz, by Alan Friedman, International Herald Tribune-TV, 2 Jul 2002 A go-go approach to globalization: The Bush team is split on for-eign economic policy between Treasury and the Trade Representa-tive's Office, by Sebastian Mallaby, Washington Post, 5 Aug 2002 The Americas prepare for trade on a fast track, by Walter Mead, New York Times, 5 Aug 2002 (free - registration req'd) Managing the world economy: The challenges facing the global fin-ancial system, by IMF's Kenneth Rogoff, The Economist, 3 Aug 2002; and Harry Dexter White and the IMF: Tinker, tailor, soldier,...?, by James Boughton, Finance and Development, Sep 1998 (Related links below: Remembrance of Keynes on Apr 21st) World trade talks: A step forward -- For Bush, getting the trade promotion authority is only the start, not the end of the battle, The Economist, 1 Aug 2002 Editorial: Democracy's trials -- This year's UN report reminds us that elections need to be teamed with efforts to build crucial institu-tions, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jul 2002 Islam and development can go together: A look at the facts from a new UN report, by Philip Bowring, Int'l Herald Tribune (with NY Times and WashPost), 30 Jul 2002 Horizons: O'Neill v. Rubin -- Smackdown for Clinton-era financier, Wall Street Journal, 30 Jul 2002 Panel of independent advisers' report on economic and financial issues facing Argentina, by Andrew Crockett, John Crow, Luis Angel Rojo and Hans Tietmeyer, 29 Jul 2002 Editorial: Trade moves ahead, Washington Post, 29 Jul 2002 Horizons: CEOs in handcuffs -- Don't punish companies for being looted by dishonest execs, Wall Street Journal, 26 Jul 2002 Coffee/tea break: Adrift, Argentines look to 'St. Evita', New York Times, 26 Jul 2002 (free - registration req'd) World poverty: The UNDP's latest Human Development Report finds economic development and democracy in retreat, The Economist, 24 Jul 2002 Horizons: Only big investors thrive -- The best solution is to warn all small investors that the game is rigged, by Lester Thurow, New York Times with International Herald Tribune, 24 Jul 2002 Down in the dumps in Latin America: With growth slumping, is the region headed for another 'lost decade'?, by Geri Smith, Business Week, 23-29 Jul 2002 Editorial: Population-control politics, New York Times, 23 Jul 2002 (free - registration req'd) Horizons: A time for government action -- The market's down-ward spiral must be stopped. But how?, by Alan Blinder, New York Times with International Herald Tribune, 22 Jul 2002 Horizons: To regain confidence -- We need to restore the sound, broad-based strategy that was so central to the prosperity of the '90s, by Robert Rubin, Washington Post, 21 Jul 2002 Horizons: The global cost of crony capitalism -- Could corporate abuses erode a key element of America's superpower status?, New York Times, 21 Jul 2002 (free - registration req'd) Editorial: Who cares about trade?, Washington Post, 21 Jul 2002 The way ahead: Reforms by the IMF are under way in seven key areas, by IMF's Thomas Dawson, Far Eastern Economic Review, 19-25 Jul 2002 An interview with Joseph Stiglitz: Market mischief -- How small distortions spell big trouble, by Michael Weinstein, Ford Foundation Report, Spring 2002 Letter to the editor: Advice from the IMF -- A comment on Stiglitz and an editorial, by IMF's Graham Hacche, The Guardian, 16 Jul 2002; Editorial: Reforming the IMF -- It should be more democratic for a start, The Guardian, 8 Jul 2002; and Corporate corruption: The conflicts of interest driving US financial scandals are being replicated on a global scale, by Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian, 4 Jul 2002 Letter to the editor: A wealth of data on poverty reduction -- A comment, by Stephen Moseley, BusinessWeek, 16-22 Jul 2002 Editorial: Turkey's fever, Washington Post, 13 Jul 2002 Coffee/tea break: After lunch -- Nobel Laureate/author Joseph Stiglitz, tells why he is considered a whistleblowing hero, a heretic and a conspiracy nut, by J Smith, Financial Times, 12 Jul 2003 Farm subsidies: Europe struggles to curb them, The Economist, 10 Jul 2002 (includes a link to: Franz Fischler, canny reformer of EU agriculture, 4 Jul 2002) Horizons: Buffett jumps in where others fear to tread by under-writing terrorism policies: Cites the Noah rule--Predicting rain does not count, building arks does, BusinessWeek, 9-15 Jul 2002 Financial crises in emerging markets: Does the IMF make mis-takes?, The Economist, 9 Jul 2002 Letter to the editor: IMF advocates trade and aid as solutions to poverty -- A comment on McQuaig, by IMF's Graham Hacche, The Toronto Star, 9 Jul 2002; and Africa suffers, West chants mantra of trade, not aid, by Linda McQuaig, The Toronto Star, 30 Jun 2002 Lending to small business makes waves in Russia: A banker's pet project lends to startups and prospers, BusinessWeek, 9-15 Jul 2002 African leaders drop old group for one that has power: The Organization of African Unity is replaced by the African Union, New York Times, 9 Jul 2002 (free - registration req'd) An open letter to the Editor, The Times of London: Rogoff critique should be no surprise -- A reply to Stiglitz, by Graham Hacche, IMF Web site, 9 Jul 2002; How I was ambushed by the IMF for daring to challenge its mistakes, by Joseph Stiglitz, The Times of London, 8 Jul 2002; An open letter to Joseph Stiglitz, by Kenneth Rogoff, IMF Web site, 2 Jul 2002; and IMF economist assails author of critical book, Washington Post, 2 Jul 2002 (follow this link to a brief summary of Globalization and Its Discontents, by Joseph Stiglitz) << Previous Next >> Copyright 2001-2007 Leonardo L. 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