Progress against poverty requires measuring countries by the rule of law, judicial independence and free speech.

At this AEI event, Baroness Emma Nicholson of the AMAR International Charitable Foundation will discuss the role of public-private partnerships in delivering essential services after a regime change.

Baby Seven Billion will have a greater chance to live to adulthood and receive an education—and a lower chance of suffering extreme material poverty—than a child at any previous juncture in history. This prospect, in and of itself, should be a cause for celebration.

It is in this alternate universe that the hopes of G-20 enthusiasts reside.

The Obama administration has decided that promoting economic development around the world is essential, but it seems to be doing the same things to tackle the same problems as the Bush administration.

The process by which poor countries develop involves a wrenching transition in which agriculture is pulled up to the productivity levels of the rest of the economy.