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BHAGWATI: “Selection of Jim Yong Kim as World Bank president is impossible to condone but easy to explain” (Economic Times, IN)
388 days ago by Urvashi Aneja
Renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati argues in this article that the selection of the American nominee Jim Yong Kim as president of the World Bank, over Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was overwhelmingly regarded as a vastly superior candidate, points to serious dangers for the unfinished task of development. His tirade in 2000 against the liberal reforms that have transformed countries like India and China into global growth engines, reduced poverty and benefited marginalised groups shows that he lacked good judgment on fundamental issues. Bhagwati also argues that Kim’s appointment could spell disaster for healthcare issues despite his previous work on AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
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CHAULIA: “Kony Games” (The Asian Age, IN)
434 days ago by Urvashi Aneja
Sreeram Chaulia argues that Kony 2012, the film made by American advocacy group, Invisible Children Inc, raises uncomfortable questions about the use of social media and the politics of mis-representing Africa. It ignores the truth about conflicts in Africa: it constructs a one-sided picture of the conflict, with the LRA’s leader as the only villan; it ignores the role of the Ugandan government and the vested interests of the US in mineral-rich Africa.The producers’ emphasis on lobbying the US government to keep pressure up on the LRA also reflects a humanitarian imperialism, and the belief that northern states are the conscience and custodian of the international order. The popularity of the film also highlights the troubling vulnerability of social media to propaganda and distortion. (link to article here)
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TOKATLIAN: “Drugs: a war that failed” (La Nación, AR)
436 days ago by Jimena Val Gora
Juan Gabriel Tokatlian, at La Nación, analyzes the current state of the “war on drugs” from an international perspective. His conclusion is thus: this war has failed.
BHAGWATI: “Selection of Jim Yong Kim as World Bank president is impossible to condone but easy to explain” (Economic Times, IN)
388 days ago by Urvashi AnejaRenowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati argues in this article that the selection of the American nominee Jim Yong Kim as president of the World Bank, over Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was overwhelmingly regarded as a vastly superior candidate, points to serious dangers for the unfinished task of development. His tirade in 2000 against the liberal reforms that have transformed countries like India and China into global growth engines, reduced poverty and benefited marginalised groups shows that he lacked good judgment on fundamental issues. Bhagwati also argues that Kim’s appointment could spell disaster for healthcare issues despite his previous work on AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
CHAULIA: “Kony Games” (The Asian Age, IN)
434 days ago by Urvashi AnejaSreeram Chaulia argues that Kony 2012, the film made by American advocacy group, Invisible Children Inc, raises uncomfortable questions about the use of social media and the politics of mis-representing Africa. It ignores the truth about conflicts in Africa: it constructs a one-sided picture of the conflict, with the LRA’s leader as the only villan; it ignores the role of the Ugandan government and the vested interests of the US in mineral-rich Africa.The producers’ emphasis on lobbying the US government to keep pressure up on the LRA also reflects a humanitarian imperialism, and the belief that northern states are the conscience and custodian of the international order. The popularity of the film also highlights the troubling vulnerability of social media to propaganda and distortion. (link to article here)
TOKATLIAN: “Drugs: a war that failed” (La Nación, AR)
436 days ago by Jimena Val GoraJuan Gabriel Tokatlian, at La Nación, analyzes the current state of the “war on drugs” from an international perspective. His conclusion is thus: this war has failed.
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