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Friday round up: Basu on India, Krugman on age of bubbles, Egypt, Syria and Cash transfers

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Submitted by LTD Editors On Fri, 08/23/2013

Kaushik Basu on the world economy and India's rough patch [1], during a visit there.

Paul Krugman on how India and some of the other BRICs hitting a rough patch in his piece titled 'This age of bubbles [2].'

Egypt needs truth and reconciliation, says [3] Hafez Ghannem, via Brookings.

Syria's refugee children will ultimately be left to rebuild their country, says [4] aid worker Cassandra Nelson, writing as the UNHCR just estimated that 1 million kids have now fled from that war-torn country.

Direct cash transfers to the poor are discussed in a post [5] by Chris Blattman, following coverage of direct cash giveaways by charities in Kenya and elsewhere in the NYT Sunday Magazine as well as on NPR.

Source URL (retrieved on 09/21/2017 - 05:33): http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/friday-round-basu-india-krugman-age-bubbles-egypt-syria-and-cash-transfers?page=6

Links:
[1] http://ibnlive.in.com/news/next-18-months-tough-for-global-economy-world-bank-chief-economist/415419-7.html
[2] http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/F9wrOUimdn73uqKJP2wrBN/Paul-Krugman--This-age-of-bubbles.html
[3] http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/08/16-egypt-democracy-truth-reconciliation-ghanem?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=BrookingsInst&utm_content=BrookingsInst
[4] http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/opinion/syria-million-child-refugees-mercy-corps/
[5] http://chrisblattman.com/2013/08/19/is-it-nuts-to-give-money-to-the-poor/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer2b3c3&utm_medium=twitter
[6] http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/category/tags/weekly-round