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It hurts to fund governments

Iqbal Quadir writes about the lack of progress being made in attaining the UN Millenium Development Goals.

Categories: Economics , Foreign Aid , Governance, Innovation Investment

Nobel economists support different development path

Entrepreneurship can be powerful tool against poverty: MIT News Office article on the Progress Through Innovation Conference.

Categories: Economics , Entrepreneurship

“Technology Empowers the Poorest” Long Now Foundation Seminar, May 21, 2008

Iqbal Quadir joins the Long Now Foundation as part of their Seminar on Long Term Thinking series.

Categories: Bottom-up Development, Economics

Foreign Aid Letter

In this note to the Editor, Iqbal Quadir refutes the assumption that government aid provides an effective means of alleviating problems in the developing world. 

 

Categories: Agriculture, Economics , Europe, Foreign Aid

125 Influential People and Ideas

The Wharton of Business honors Iqbal Quadir as one of its one-hundred-twenty-five most influential alumni.

Categories: Bangladesh, Economics , Foreign Aid

Why not capitalism for developing countries?

In this interview with GrameenPhone founder Iqbal Quadir, Quadir explains why he believes that capitalism can empower, rather than exploit, the low-income populations of the developing world.

Categories: Economics , Energy

Breakthrough Ideas for 2004: The Loan Ranger

Iqbal Quadir proposes a novel approach to addressing international trade imbalances.

Categories: Bottom-up Development, Economics

Bottom-Up Economics

Iqbal Quadir explains how investment in emerging entrepreneurs is an effective means of achieving prosperity in the developing world.

Categories: Bottom-up Development, Economics

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