Weekend Links
Development Africa Through Western Eyes – Worthwhile take on how the West has viewed Africa, from a savage and inferior continent to an “emerging continent” today. The author makes a great point about...
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Twelve technologies that the McKinsey Global Institute thinks will be game-changers economically, summarized by Neil Irwin at Wonkbook. The ones that get the most attention – driverless cars! – are...
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An excellent interview of Chris Blattman on his Uganda unconditional cash transfer research, conducted by Annie Lowrey A depressing look at the freelance journalism beat The A.M.A. just recognized...
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Five Ways to Reduce Extreme Poverty
(Via PolicyMic… ignore the overdone title and the demeaning headline picture there – they’re out of my control, and I’ve asked that they be changed/removed…) Extreme poverty is a messy, complex topic...
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Of all of the blowback posts (there are many) about Sam Youngman’s tone-deaf, humblebrag screed against the Washington, D.C. political reporting scene (in Politico, of all outlets!), Jon Chait’s is my...
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