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Haiti: From Natural Catastrophe to Economic Security
A Report for the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Paul Collier
Department of Economics
Oxford University
December 27th, 2008
N.B. We publish in its entirety the findings and recommendations of Professor Paul Collier, following a brief visit to Haiti in December 2008 to assess prospects for economic development. The author of “The Bottom Billion,” visited Haiti at the request [...]
Our climb will be even steeper than expected
The most memorable sentence in Barack Obama’s speech on election night in Chicago is the following: “Our climb will be steep.” Then, it appeared that in deference to the Reverend Martin Luther King and all the civil rights leaders who preceded him and made possible his victory at the polls, Obama meant to say that though he’s reached the mountaintop there were still miles to go before we all rose to the top.
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