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Tr-Ac-Net on Conflict: May 2008

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Conflict does all sorts of damage. Though sometimes necessary . most times there are better alternatives. Conflict causes immediate value destruction and constrains the future for years . generations. Thursday, May 1, 2008. Somalia . giving the Somali's back their country. The violence in Somalia seems to go on and on and on. Why is this? This is what has been successful in Somaliland. This is what Michael Van Notten showed me when I was working in the area some years ago. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Tr-Ac-Net on Poverty: April 2008

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Why is it that half the world is poor? Why are more than a billion people in abject poverty and hungry? What are the systemic things that are wrong? Thursday, April 24, 2008. Poverty . not because people are poor, but because the system is dysfunctional. One of the characteristics of Dr. Yunus's work has been the fact that he does not see poor people as being the cause of poverty, but a poor system . a dysfunctional system . as being the cause of people's poverty. The bottom billion has never seen anythi...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Conflict: Avoiding conflict is important

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Conflict does all sorts of damage. Though sometimes necessary . most times there are better alternatives. Conflict causes immediate value destruction and constrains the future for years . generations. Sunday, December 23, 2007. Avoiding conflict is important. Conflict is a old as human history. By now the human race should have figured out that violent conflict is not a good way to resolve disagreements. There are better ways. Conflict that might result in the massive use of atomic bombs must be avoided.

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Tr-Ac-Net on Conflict: January 2008

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Conflict does all sorts of damage. Though sometimes necessary . most times there are better alternatives. Conflict causes immediate value destruction and constrains the future for years . generations. Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Politics and Violence - Pakistan. Bennazir Bhutto was assassinated at a political rally in Pakistan as she was campaigning for the upcoming elections to be held in January. Why? Why do people run for high office? Money and power in politics is rarely value adding . more often...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Poverty: Is poverty a result or a cause?

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Why is it that half the world is poor? Why are more than a billion people in abject poverty and hungry? What are the systemic things that are wrong? Thursday, February 7, 2008. Is poverty a result or a cause? Maybe this is not an important question . or maybe it is. But the bad news is that far too many people are still in poverty with little hope, as things are presently going, of having much of a better future. What hope is there? Is there any hope? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In New York 2003.

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Tr-Ac-Net on Corruption: The Ubiquity of Corruption

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Corruption is a drag on productivity . but powerful individuals and groups get huge benefit from corruption. Society as a whole pays a very high price for corruption and stopping it is difficult. Friday, December 21, 2007. The Ubiquity of Corruption. Sadly . corruption is everywhere. Human nature has a greed dimension, and this easily translates into corruption. And how does one deal with corruption? And as any junior audit clerk knows . when there is resistance to the use of good accounting, you kno...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Poverty: Poverty: What are the Causes?

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Why is it that half the world is poor? Why are more than a billion people in abject poverty and hungry? What are the systemic things that are wrong? Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Poverty: What are the Causes? I attended an event at Columbia University yesterday evening. The occasion was the launching of Consilience, a new journal of Sustainable Development with presentations by Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs and Dr. Joshua Graff Zivin. PS The Consilience website is: http:/ www.consiliencejournal.org. In New York 2003.

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Tr-Ac-Net on Conflict: April 2008

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Conflict does all sorts of damage. Though sometimes necessary . most times there are better alternatives. Conflict causes immediate value destruction and constrains the future for years . generations. Monday, April 7, 2008. Critical need for dialog. This is not how society needs to work . especially a democratic society where every person's opinion is meant to count . but successful society does work this way, and it is borne out by global experience. Nations and the people need to talk . about commo...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Corruption: WOW ... Government of India and World Bank going to address corruption

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Corruption is a drag on productivity . but powerful individuals and groups get huge benefit from corruption. Society as a whole pays a very high price for corruption and stopping it is difficult. Wednesday, January 16, 2008. WOW Government of India and World Bank going to address corruption. My colleague in Chennai sent me the following . and I have posted a comment on the website of iGovernment in India. My friends message first:. Food for your thought and opportunity unlimited to crticise! The five pro...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Poverty: December 2007

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Why is it that half the world is poor? Why are more than a billion people in abject poverty and hungry? What are the systemic things that are wrong? Sunday, December 23, 2007. Why are so many in poverty? Malthus explained poverty in terms of the size of the population. But in the years since Malthus did his analysis there has been an agricultural revolution, an industrial revolution, and some would add, a knowledge revolution. How does one go about finding out? In my own journey of discovery, I learned a...