Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems. — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits… — Duncan Green Copy Share
Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people… — Duncan Green Copy Share
There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people feeling invaded,… — Duncan Green Copy Share
Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that… — Duncan Green Copy Share
To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself. — Duncan Green Copy Share
I sound like a church nut, but look at the role of the churches in the civil rights movement in the States. People are… — Duncan Green Copy Share
Lots of people in the open system are very determined to try and strengthen evidence-based policy. — Duncan Green Copy Share
If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who… — Duncan Green Copy Share
What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me." — Duncan Green Copy Share
Economists who studied in the '80s tend to have a pretty crude neoclassical view that's just about freeing up prices and markets, and then… — Duncan Green Copy Share
Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems. — Duncan Green Copy Share
Until you have looked in depth at the system and found out where women in Egypt are not being cut through female genital mutilation,… — Duncan Green Copy Share
I see [activists] getting really angry that people won't just do what the evidence tells them, and that's not very helpful. You need to… — Duncan Green Copy Share
