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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » David Wheeler</title>
	
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	<description>Global Development: Views from the Center features posts from Nancy Birdsall and her colleagues at the Center for Global Development about innovative, practical policy responses to poverty and inequality in an ever-more globalized world.</description>
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		<title>Good Tidings from Tropical Forests: Large-Scale Clearing Has Fallen Sharply</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/good-tidings-from-tropical-forests-large-scale-clearing-has-fallen-sharply.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - Finally, some good news from the world’s tropical forests: overall, large-scale clearing appears to have dropped sharply since 2005. This is the bottom line in the first global report and database from FORMA (Forest Monitoring for Action), which I have developed with Dan Hammer and Robin Kraft during the past three years. Related: Working Paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Candidates: Listen to Your Alma Maters on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/09/presidential-candidates-listen-to-your-alma-maters-on-climate-change.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - As we pass new climate disaster milestones in Texas and the Northeast, the current candidates for President (including President Obama (here and here)) have all distanced themselves from action on climate change.  Four declared candidates – Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum – openly reject the findings of climate science.  The other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Revelation of Paul: A Perspective on The Great Disruption, by Paul Gilding</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/the-revelation-of-paul-a-perspective-on-the-great-disruption-by-paul-gilding.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/the-revelation-of-paul-a-perspective-on-the-great-disruption-by-paul-gilding.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - As a child of the American South and Midwest, I have more than a passing acquaintance with fundamentalist Christian apocalyptics.  So I was immediately struck by the resemblance when I read The Great Disruption, by Paul Gilding.  His book has stirred considerable excitement in the environmental community, and has recently been lauded by Tom Friedman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise: Poor Countries Are Shouldering the Costs of Combating Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/07/surprise-poor-countries-are-shouldering-the-costs-of-combating-climate-change.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - Progress toward an international agreement to cut CO2 emissions has been stymied by disputes about burden-sharing between rich and poor countries.  Many participants assume that poor countries will only begin to reduce emissions after an agreement is signed.  This conflict has been shaped by the view that clean energy development is an expensive game that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B-Span and a Broader Vision of Public Information from the World Bank</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/07/b-span-and-a-broader-vision-of-public-information-from-the-world-bank.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/07/b-span-and-a-broader-vision-of-public-information-from-the-world-bank.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Future of the World Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - This is a joint post with Michele de Nevers. The World Bank’s expanding public information mandate is the focus of Stephanie Strom’s excellent article in Saturday’s New York Times.  During Robert Zoellick’s tenure as the Bank’s president, he has promoted free public access to databases that formerly required a paid subscription, such as the World [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Christine Lagarde Cut it as IMF Head?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/can-christine-lagarde-cut-it-as-imf-head.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/06/can-christine-lagarde-cut-it-as-imf-head.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Lagard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - As we all know, the answer has nothing to do with experience, intelligence or global scrutiny, and everything to do with the answer to this question:   How would she do on the Daily Show?  Fortunately we already have the answer, from April, 2009. For those who missed it. The verdict’s in:  Mais oui, absolument!]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Netanyahu, Please Speak to Congress About Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/05/mr-netanyahu-please-speak-to-congress-about-climate-change.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/05/mr-netanyahu-please-speak-to-congress-about-climate-change.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - “The threat of climate change is no less menacing than the security threats that we face.” - Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak to a joint session of Congress on Monday, at the invitation of House speaker John Boehner.  In his invitation, the speaker said, “America and Israel are the closest of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Academies Climate Study Reveals Red State Suicide Pact</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/05/national-academies-climate-study-reveals-red-state-suicide-pact.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/05/national-academies-climate-study-reveals-red-state-suicide-pact.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 18:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=5896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has joined with the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council to publish America’s Climate Choices, the latest definitive statement on the threat posed by climate change.  The report notes that damage from climate change is already serious, which is no secret to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the American Climate Casino</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/05/welcome-to-the-american-climate-casino.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/05/welcome-to-the-american-climate-casino.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 16:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - Suppose you have a friend who gambles at the local casino.  An acquaintance who’s in the FBI just let slip that the managers will face fraud charges because they tout a fair game while statistical monitoring of the gaming tables shows a huge increase in loss rates for customers.  You call your friend to pass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skyrocketing Assaults on Americans: Who’s Behind It? What Can We Do About It?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/04/skyrocketing-assaults-on-americans-who%e2%80%99s-behind-it-what-can-we-do-about-it.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/04/skyrocketing-assaults-on-americans-who%e2%80%99s-behind-it-what-can-we-do-about-it.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wheeler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CARMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Wheeler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By David Wheeler - Violent crime exploded in the United States during the three decades after 1960.  As Chart 1 shows, the FBI’s violent crime rate had nearly quintupled by 1993 (see here and here).  Refusing to submit to mounting terror in their homes and communities, Americans and their leaders went after the perpetrators with more policing and harsher [...]]]></description>
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