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April 17, 2005
The Shackled Continent
Robert Guest's book The Shackled Continent provides an excellent account of the problems facing Africa, answering the question: why is Africa so poor?
His conclusion is that sub-Saharan Africa is poor because it is shackled by poor government. Guest has spent six years reporting from Africa, and fills the book with accounts of what he has witnessed. Read our write-up on the Globalisation Institute Blog.
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April 10, 2005
GI launches Daily Digest
The Globalisation Institute has launched a free-of-charge Daily Digest.
It's an e-mail sent each morning that features what the best of the world's media is saying on globalization. It's essential reading for anyone interested in, or working in, international development. It means that if the Wall Street Journal publishes a story on the success of African water privatization or if the Guardian writes about microfinance, you'll know about it.
You may already receive news updates from other sources, but this one's unique: we concentrate solely on globalization - and on the struggle between neo-mercantilist NGOs, and the forces of progress and free trade.
If you'd like to receive our Daily Digest, just drop us an e-mail asking to be added. Make sure you mention: Daily Digest.
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April 01, 2005
Sir Samuel Brittan joins GI academic advisors
Financial Times columnist Sir Samuel Brittan has joined the Globalisation Institute's academic advsiory council. Sir Samuel is one of Britain's leading economic journalists.
He is an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge; an Honorary Doctor of Letters (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh); an Honorary Doctor of the University of Essex. He has been visiting Professor at the Chicago Law School, a Visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and an Honorary Professor of Politics at Warwick.
He has been awarded the George Orwell, Senior Harold Wincott and Ludwig Erhard prizes. He was a member of the Peacock Committee on the Finance of the BBC (1985-86).
He was knighted in 1993 for "services to economic journalism" and also became that year a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.