Publications
Suggested Reading:
The Creative Wealth of Nations, with foreword by Amartya Sen (Cambridge 2018) Press Kit
Development seen from a more holistic perspective looks beyond the expansion of material means and considers the enrichment of people's lives. The arts are an indispensable asset in taking a comprehensive approach toward the improvement of lives. Available Formats: Paperback Hardback eBook Also available from:
17 Aug. 2023 The Art of Nations and Global Development
In 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Straits Times of Singapore commissioned a survey asking people to rank the essential jobs that had kept the city-state going during the pandemic. The answers were shocking. The Brown Journal of World Affairs Spring/Summer 2023 • Volume XXIX, Issue II
Sept. 2022 On Cultivating African Architecture for the Africa We Need
As one African proverb goes, Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. When it comes to African architecture, what is unequivocal is that the knowledge is there. But ... African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, Vol.5, Issue 4 • Also in the Jahazi Journal Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2022 special issue on Land Governance, Culture, and Heritage.
15 Aug. 2022 Book chapter – The Arts in the Economy and the Economy in the Arts • In New Mediums, Better Messages? • Edited by David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock • 'The arts, no one should doubt, are for the enjoyment and enrichment of life,' as John Kenneth Galbraith—who once said that ‘the only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable’—argued. 'But there is another dimension insufficiently recognized. That is their contribution to economic life and well-being.' Open Access • Oxford University Press
26 Oct. 2021 In American Cities, A Tale of Tree Inequity: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions Limited tree canopy affects millions of people living in American cities, especially those in people of color and lower-income neighborhoods. Working Paper No. 10-2021 • Cambridge Open Engage
1 Sept. 2021 On Harnessing Culture and Heritage for Africa’s Economic Transformation In May 2021, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa opened the Africa Dialogue Series, its annual flagship event, under the theme “Cultural Identity and Ownership: Reshaping Mindsets.” United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
1 June 2021 When It Comes to Sustaining Community Relationships, Small Businesses Are Not Small Among the many valuable lessons I learned as a music student, besides analyzing how the harmony of meaningful relationships works, was that the dry cleaning expenses for my concert clothing could be tax deductible.
The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
3 March 2021 Arts Education and Human Capability
Knowledge, as widely understood, is the engine of modern economic progress.
The World Ensemble
12 Jan. 2021 Portraits from a Shaken Washington
Ever since I arrived in the United States in 1996, I’ve always been surprised by a sense of feckless exceptionalism hanging in the air, mixed with breathtaking underdevelopment — to the point that it’s as if there’s some kind of invisible knee tightly pressing on America’s neck, making it difficult for such a rich country to breathe properly. »»
15 Dec. 2020 An Interview with Sir James D. Wolfensohn (1933-2020)
James D. Wolfensohn, who served as World Bank president from 1995 to 2005, died on 25th November, 2020 at 86. Global Policy Journal
13 Nov. 2020 The Kingdom of Wakanda Grants President Trump Asylum
The Kingdom of Wakanda has unanimously voted to grant President Donald J. Trump asylum should he choose to move there anytime after January 20, 2021. The Satirist
23 Oct. 2020 At the UN, the Arts Emerge as a Force for Sustainable Development The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary this year, and while it may not be marked in the way we would have imagined due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an annual concert for UN Day has been pre-recorded for streaming in the UN General Assembly Hall in New York on 24 October. SDG Knowledge Hub
21 Oct. 2020 Examining Inequality in the Arts
There is nothing new about the nature and scope of inequality engulfing the world today. Still, notwithstanding the ‘starving artist’ mantra—which has become an acceptable truism—inequality in the arts is rarely examined. This discussion aims to shed light on that issue... Background Paper No. 5-2019 • Human Development Report 2019: Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today • UNDP
24 Sept. 2020 How Tourism Could Contribute to Cultural Dignity and Planetary Well-Being The Covid-19 pandemic provides a rare opportunity to rethink how tourism could contribute to cultural dignity and planetary well-being. Global Policy Journal
19 Sept. 2020 In Barbados, An Inter-American Cultural Meeting Met a Beaming Ficus Citrifolia Once up on a time, there was an island that appeared in the Caribbean. Medium
30 March 2020 The Arts Enrich Lives, But Are Also Beset with Gross Inequality In the prelude to my book The Creative Wealth of Nations, I begin by saying that I grew up in two worlds. Medium • UNDP
17 March 2020 Prelude and Fugue in Bird Major: Why Birds Matter
If you comb through the literature of international affairs, you will find a litany of treaties, from the familiar to the obscure. Environment for the Americas
11 Jan. 2020 Gladys Nalwoga, 1948 – 2019
I sometimes like to joke that if my mother had been someone who didn’t take her time to do certain things, I’d probably have been born on the first and not the third of January. »»
4 Oct. 2018 Beat by Bit: On Measuring Trade in Value Added in the Creative Economy of Southeast Asia Trade in cultural goods and services is one of the least understood areas in commerce. In Bilangan: Selected Papers from the 2018 International Conference on Cultural Statistics and Creative Economy National Commission for Culture and the Arts • The Republic of the Philippines
31 Oct. 2017 Do Pineapples Grow on Trees? Young People and Farming in Thailand, Uganda, and South Sudan In recent years, the first thing that normally comes to mind when talking about food crises is climate change. Africa Policy Journal • Harvard Kennedy School
25 June 2017 Living the Dream
Thank you for such a wonderful story about the life Harry Radliffe lived ("Support for Storytellers," Fall 2016). Letter to the Editor • Fletcher Magazine
29 Nov. 2016 Introducing a Cultural Trade Index
A few years ago, when Craigslist was just “The List,” a friend circulated an ad posted on Craigslist Vancouver. Let's Talk Development • World Bank
26 Oct. 2016 For the people, by the people: How inclusive design can help tackle extreme poverty A museum is probably not the most obvious place to examine global inequality, but something is happening at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City that deserves a good look. Nasikiliza • World Bank
24 Oct. 2016 The Cultural Trade Index: An Introduction
The Cultural Trade Index aims to shed light on cultural trade and stimulate interest in how this little-known area can contribute to economic diversification, boost shared prosperity, and reduce extreme poverty. Working Paper 7871 • World Bank
Sept. 2016 Music Going for a Song
Intellectual property rights date to ancient Egypt. Finance & Development, Vol. 53, No. 3 • IMF
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