Lead Researcher Karol Boudreaux recently appeared on Fraser Fast Track discussing whether foreign aid helps or hinders developing countries

On January 16, Reason.tv's Michael C. Moynihan and Nick Gillespie sat down with Karol Boudreaux, a senior research fellow at The Mercatus Center's Enterprise Africa! project and Stephen Schwartz, head of the Center for Islamic Pluralism and author of the new book The Other Islam. In a wide-ranging and freewheeling discussion,…

With violence and instability at home, thousands of desperate Zimbabweans have fled to South Africa seeking refuge, only to confront deportation and further violence. Last week, Human Rights Watch, a New York-based human rights group, urged South Africa to stop deportations of Zimbabweans and come to the aid of their…

How do you build other strong supporting institutions so that the economy can grow, so that people can flourish, so that children have a brighter future? What are some of those other institutions that are needed throughout Africa and the developing world? It's things like having secure rights to property; being…