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Day: June 21, 2011

Visualizing the “Misery” of Failed States

by Alana Tiemessen | 21 June 2011, 1704 EDT | | 0 Comments

Foreign Policy magazine has just released their yearly Failed States Index ("A Year in Misery: The 2011 Failed States Index"), which also includes their photo essay called "Postcards from Hell."This photo essay raises the ire of those who criticize it as "poverty...

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Groupthink at the IMF?

by Kate Weaver | 21 June 2011, 1650 EDT | | 0 Comments

This week, the Independent Evaluation Office at the International Monetary Fund released its report on the relevance and utility of research at the Fund (see also today's Financial Times article on...

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