William Easterly

The Brookings Institution

Visiting Fellow

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Washington, DC 20036

United States

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Is the Brain Drain Good for Africa?

Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper No. 19
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Apr 2008
William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko
The Brookings Institution and New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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brain drain, africa, human capital

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Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid

Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper No. 21
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2008
William Easterly and Tobias Pfutze
The Brookings Institution and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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aid, foreign aid, development, developing countries, global poverty, global economics

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Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

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Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper No. 10
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Jan 2008
William Easterly, Diego Comin and Erick Gong
The Brookings Institution, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and Middlebury College
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Africa growth and development, global economics, development, technology

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Superpower Interventions and Their Consequences for Democracy

Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper No. 17
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Mar 2008
William Easterly, Shanker Satyanath and Daniel Berger
The Brookings Institution, New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and New York University
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russia, U.S. politics, global governance, politics, democracy, globalization, superpowers, superpower interventions, Cold War, United States

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How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa

Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper No. 14
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2015
William Easterly
The Brookings Institution
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Africa, foreign aid, global poverty, developing countries, development, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals

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Are Aid Agencies Improving?

Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper No. 9
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Jan 2008
William Easterly
The Brookings Institution
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foreign assistance reform, foreign aid, Africa growth and development, Africa, development, aid agencies, poverty