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If the discussions at the kick-off event are an indicator, the final QDDR product will repeat past policy mistakes.

Governments should keep the remittance transactions as free of excessive regulation as possible.

The Obama Foundation Democracy Forum will be held in New York City on November 17. President Obama will join pro-democracy thinkers, leaders, and activists from around the world to focus on the biggest challenges democratic institutions face today.

In the 21st century, developing economies are being gradually entrapped in this aid syndrome

Let’s not be deceived, democracy can’t work here. I am serious about this conviction that democracy can’t deliver growth that can develop Nigeria to lead the black race as predicted by the iconic Nelson Mandela.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

It is impossible, even if one were sitting in a roomful of enlightened economists, politicians, lawyers and social scientists, to reach a consensus on the definition and causes of poverty.

African politicians tend to blame foreign actors or external factors for the problems at home. This is nothing new nor is it unique to African politicians.

Again, travel restrictions meant that Ugandans, perhaps the most crazed motorsport fans in East Africa, couldn’t come.

Ultimately, though, the only way to defeat poverty and graduate from aid is greatly to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - of which there is a vast potential reservoir in the world looking for the right destination, writes Peter Fabricius from the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).