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Smita Singh

Smita Singh is Director of the Global Development Program at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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Edward Miguel suggests several reasons to be hopeful about Africa’s economic prospects and a few causes for concern. One in each category, democratic governance and climate change, deserve further elaboration. First, democratic...
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