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Dilip Ratha on Migration
Written by Samuil Simeonov
Dilip Ratha, Manager with the Migration and Remittances Unit of the World Bank, presents the newest evidence on the development impact of remittances in the post-crisis time. http://vimeo.com/16626088
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Dropping remittances hits Mexico
Written by Samuil Simeonov
The remittances that Mexican emigrants send home to their families from a recession-bound US has dropped by 14 per cent over the last year. Adam Thomson visited the small town of Sengio in the southern state of Michoacan to see how families and local businesses are being affected by the […]
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People – Oil – Policy: playing between welfare and curse
Written by Mario Wiedemann
“What we are currently thinking about is how to avoid the resource curse through two things, first, how to make oil and gas revenues transparent, and second, how to increase citizen’s participation in sustainable development planning” says Kunarto Marzuki. Best practices from Indonesia.
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The World Bank on Remittances: Despite Crisis, Remittances Robust
Written by Samuil Simeonov
As remittance volumes have steadily increased over time, they have become an important revenue source for many households in developing countries. This report highlights the major advantages, risks and future trends of remittances.
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Resource Flush: How EU’s Trade Policy runs risk of undermining development goals
Written by Mario Wiedemann
The European Union has adopted a “Raw Materials Initiative”. But the EU has to be careful not to undermine its own development efforts if it pushes resource-rich countries to open their economies (most parts in English, German subtitles).
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The Case Against Shell: ‘The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil’
Written by Mario Wiedemann
A film on the Ogoni people in the Niger delta in Nigeria who protested against environmental destruction and exclusion from the oil funds at the beginning of the 1990s. The Nigerian military bloodily oppressed the protests. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands displaced.
