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In the years following the announcement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), much ink was spilled in debating the feasibility of the lofty aims. Recently, Amir Attaran, an analyst of development policy, incited much debate when he issued a scathing critique of the MDGs on the grounds that many of the development targets rested on hazy data. The strongest proponents, including...

In this Foreign Policy article, Moisés Naím highlights the discrepancy between the expectations of "normalcy" held by a small number of privileged citizens and the realities of the rest of the world. Despite what many in Western nations may believe, their concept of "normal" is not, in fact, universal. In fact, gross income discrepancies, health care inadequacies, and...

Last year, reports of an impending famine in Niger did little to rouse action within the global giving community. Though thousands have died from the predicted food shortage, many thousands have been saved, thanks to the work of one woman's company. Until recently, Fatchima Cissé ran a small nutritional food company in her native Niger, selling to relief agencies at no profit. With help from...