Philip Stevens

Philip Stevens is director of Geneva Network, a UK-based research organisation that focuses on innovation and trade policy.

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Economics

The OECD should think again on Colombian membership

In the mid 1990s Colombia was a war-stricken, pariah state plagued by narcotics gangs, Marxist rebels and right-wing paramilitary death squads. Today, thanks to years of market-friendly reforms, the country is on the cusp of acceding to the OECD, the elite club of wealthy, liberal democracies. Joining the OECD will bring great benefits to Colombia. […]