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Our latest Viewpoint highlights recent trends in private sector participation in infrastructure. All in all, flows increased by a welcome 12% in 2004, though this growth was mostly limited to the…

In Japanese, 'amakudari', literally descent from heaven, describes the phenomenon of being employed by a firm in an industry one has previously, as a government bureaucrat, been involved…

The President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, has taken the brave step of dropping fees for primary school, thereby making access to primary education easier for many children in the country. But…

USAID has released a primer for commercial banks on banking at the base of the pyramid. See also their guidelines for successful partnerships and a case study on the profitability of microfinance…

The Economist has published yet another article on the impact of taxation on mobile-phone adoption, an issue we have highlighted before (1 & 2).