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October 20, 2009, Washington D.C.
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The private sector is recognized as the engine of economic growth, and growth is recognized as a key condition for poverty alleviation. But effectively promoting private investment in the developing world has proven to be a major challenge for those in the field. R. Glenn Hubbard and Lars H. Thunell discuss the relationship between foreign aid and local business in the developing world.
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Frederick Kaufman explores the problem of world hunger.
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Hunger remains one of world’s gravest humanitarian problems, but the United States has failed to prioritize food aid and agricultural development.
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Stewart M. Patrick reviews Too Poor for Peace? by Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet.
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