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William A. Masters

William A. Masters

William A. Masters is Visiting Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and Interim Executive Director, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University. He also Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University.
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  • Neither Aid nor Trade

    William A. Masters Series: Into Africa
    2003-12-16
    For many Africans, the current impasse in WTO negotiations is an old, familiar story--the wealthy family that neglects its rural relatives--writ large. The poorer cousins send many letters asking for help with school fees, seeds, and fertilizer; the city folk respond that help was sent in the past but ended badly, so they now say, "Pull up your socks! Use your own savings!"... read
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