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    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Global Economy
      US pulls ahead of UK in tackling regional economic woes

      The all-powerful role of the Treasury holds Britain back in the race to spread prosperity to neglected, restive regions

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      African economy
      Global capital and young workers can power transition in Africa

      Continent needs businesses that can raise finance to invest and are competent enough to reap the gains from scale and specialisation

    • Friday, 4 February, 2022
      ObituaryEmmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile
      Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, Central Bank of Uganda governor, 1949-2022

      A brilliant economist who was central to his nation’s economic revival

    • 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’ will be 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 is opening up under Abiy Ahmed

      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 Economy
      World Bank takes new approach to shine light on wealth of nations

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

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2017
      ReviewLife & Arts
      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
      Syrian crisis
      Refugees and those who flee war and strife deserve better

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

    • Sunday, 4 October, 2015
      World
      Africa ties with China are about more than raw materials

      Trade and investment have been just as important as exporting resources

    • Wednesday, 16 September, 2015
      James Crabtree
      From Munich to Mumbai, bosses duck the migration issue

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

    • Sunday, 26 July, 2015
      Global Economy
      Africa is more ready to make than it is to consume

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

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