United Nations Operation in Burundi (crop)

When ideas of peace meet politics of conflict

15 February 2017

Research by an expert in peacebuilding shows how international ideas, practices and language of conflict resolution are transformed when they meet African “realities and politics on the ground”.

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Charlotte Dixon working in Sierra Leone

Graduate, get a job … make a difference #2

13 January 2017

Cambridge graduates enter a wide range of careers but making a difference tops their career wish lists. In this series, inspiring graduates from the last three years describe Cambridge, their current work and their determination to give back

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Could cryptocurrency help the ‘bottom billion’?

17 October 2016

Many of the world’s poorest poor don’t have access to a bank account and yet depend on being able to transfer money across borders. Could digital currency help, ask researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.

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Oklahoma Sunset Oil Well

Benefits by the barrel

09 April 2011

Countries rich in oil have long been associated with the "resource-curse paradox" - a principle which states they will suffer, rather than benefit, in the long run. Not so, new research by a Cambridge Gates scholar suggests.

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