April 2015 – Macroscan

North Cyprus: Complicated, contradictory, charismatic

April 15, 2015
Jayati Ghosh
Development Economics
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Paulo Paolides was a lawyer in Cyprus in the 1950s and 1960s, a very prominent citizen who was a friend of the Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios, famous for his eloquence in winning high-profile legal cases. He was also and simultaneously…

April 1, 2015
Jayati Ghosh
Food and Agriculture, Political Economy
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It is safe to say that Indian agriculture could not survive and would not have survived without the huge contribution of women workers. Their role has been absolutely pivotal – as farmers, as co-farmers, as unpaid workers on family farms,…

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