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Justin Sandefur

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: CNN, Nature, The Atlantic, The Indian Express, Vox, Foreign Policy Magazine, Business Standard, Foreign Affairs, Scroll.in, Inter Press Service and
Development economist, working on economic growth at @coeff_giving.
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Washington's new model of foreign aid for economic growth

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By Justin Sandefur
Summary: the U.S. and the World Bank are putting more and more foreign aid money into private sector deals: for-profit investments designed to stimulate economic growth. But most of that money gets absorbed by banks in the BRICs, very little goes to poorer countries, and almost none of it to manufacturing or exports. As this style of foreign aid grows, the focus on industrialization is declining.
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A Requiem for Hyperglobalization

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By Arvind Subramanian, Justin Sandefur
| Revista de Prensa "Almendrón" Verified
The Berlin Wall’s fall was a unique moment in geopolitical history, ushering in an era of unipolarity as the United States became the world’s hegemon. But it also heralded an unprecedented economic phenomenon: convergence. As early as the fifteenth century, formerly prosperous societies from Mesoamerica to China suffered reversals of fortune, falling—or being pushed—behind the West. With the advent of the industrial revolution, growth rates in rich and poor nations diverged even further.
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A Requiem for Hyperglobalization

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By Justin Sandefur, Arvind Subramanian
| Foreign Affairs Verified
The Berlin Wall’s fall was a unique moment in geopolitical history, ushering in an era of unipolarity as the United States became the world’s hegemon. But it also heralded an unprecedented economic phenomenon: convergence. As early as the fifteenth century, formerly prosperous societies from Mesoamerica to China suffered reversals of fortune, falling—or being pushed—behind the West. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, growth rates in rich and poor nations diverged even further.
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