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Fortnightly links: is global poverty falling, South Sudan, celebrities and vaccinations, and more
By Terence Wood and Sachini Muller
1 March 2019
Vox explains who’s right and who’s wrong in the latest debate about whether global poverty is really falling.
The Guardian reports on the ongoing travails of South Sudan.
Jason Hickel writes on what he calls the real scandal of British aid: too much of it gets paid to British firms.
Are celebrities more effective than evidence in spreading the word about vaccinations on Twitter? An experiment in Indonesia offers an answer. (Gated; un-gated).
This CGD article looks at how DAC countries should engage with China in international development.
About the author/s
Terence Wood
Terence Wood is a Fellow at the Development Policy Centre. His research focuses on political governance in Western Melanesia, and Australian and New Zealand aid.
Sachini Muller
Sachini Muller was a Research Officer at the Development Policy Centre. She is currently completing a Master of Globalisation at ANU.
