This is an impossible dream when aid becomes a tool of foreign policy and a post-Brexit UK will be desperate to cozy up to all manner of suspect foreign leaders. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/02/uk-will-lead-world-on-tackling-famine-and-covid-with-new-department-says-raab?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Clear need for a pooled risk approach to African debt management Pandemic threatens African economic success – https://on.ft.com/2F3Sy57 via @FT
Article illustrates the dammed if you, do, damned if you don’t aspect of lockdowns as well as the politics of pandemics. Modi stumbles: India’s deepening coronavirus crisis – https://on.ft.com/3g3Xc0G via @FT
‘Profoundly disappointing’: KitKat cuts ties with Fairtrade https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/23/profoundly-disappointing-kitkat-cuts-ties-with-fairtrade?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
The side effects of Covid response are severe worldwide. Where was the WHO? https://nyti.ms/3fnJwN9
Desperate need for a collective solution to Emerging Market credit crisis. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/59dc3251-8e44-42ee-85b1-93d34fb8c8c6 via @FT
https://medium.com/f4life/how-to-design-paygo-operational-models-to-improve-repayment-f3477119392
Cocoa Cartel Stirs Up Global Chocolate Market I truly hope smallholder farmers receive the premium as intended. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-cocoa-cartel-could-overhaul-global-chocolate-industry-11578261601
The Economist | Schools of hard knocks An important experiment in education reveals mixed results. https://www.economist.com/node/21777603?frsc=dg%7Ce
Silicon Valley-Backed App Lenders Use Phone Data to Chase Borrowers https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-backed-app-lenders-use-phone-data-to-hassle-borrowers-11574969095