Development Goals – Wealth versus Happiness
Does money make you happy? This question has been asked many times before, and has featured in many of this month’s Development Roast articles. The first post of the month asked ‘How poor do poor...
View ArticleBolivia’s Best: An Interview With Oscar Saavedra Arteaga
Fifty five years ago, archaeologist, engineer and geologist Kenneth Lee discovered the ruins of an ancient civilization in the region of El Beni, in the northeast of Bolivia. The sophisticated...
View ArticleSaemaul Undong: South Korea’s mark on international development
South Korea’s development over the past half-century has been one of the biggest successes in the world. Measured in terms of either economic wealth, or the Human Development Index (HDI) which...
View ArticleBolivia’s Best: Interview with Prize-Winning Physicist Oscar Saavedra
“When you’re young, it’s important to have a vision that you try to fulfill in spite of whatever difficulties you may have to overcome.” This is the philosophy of Oscar Saavedra, a highly respected...
View ArticleGuest Roast: Good Governance and Development – Which causes which?
By Edvin Arnby Machata The international development community has for almost two decades focused on improving governance as a strategic priority for aiding economic growth. This article points to the...
View ArticleINESAD News: Guatemalan Food Security and Livelihoods – Is Strengthening...
The Spring 2013 issue of the Tropical Agriculture Association‘s (TAA) Agriculture for Development journal featured a report on food security and livelihoods of the rural populations of Guatemala by...
View ArticleCelebrating Uruguay’s Constitution on July 18
By Cecilia Juambeltz Today, Uruguay celebrates the 183rd anniversary of its first Constitution. This is a special day for Uruguayans like myself as we take a look back at our history and think about...
View ArticleINESAD News: Welcome Surabhi Karambelkar
As part of continuous growth, INESAD and Development Roast are bringing on board a host of new interns. Join us in welcoming our newest addition Surabhi Karambelkar: Surabhi is a currently pursuing a...
View ArticleMeasuring Poverty Post-2015: Looking Beyond Income
Despite the progress the world has made towards eliminating extreme poverty, one in five people on the planet are still unable to provide for their most basic needs. A report by the High Level Panel—a...
View ArticleChanging Wealth – Changing Health
By: Lykke E. Andersen* Bolivia has recently changed from a low income country to a lower-middle income country, and with that increase in incomes the disease burden has also changed. In 1990, Bolivia’s...
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