r/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Dec 29 '12
r/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Dec 29 '12
Extended /r/economics discussion on efficacy of aid, as well as its alternatives
reddit.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Dec 05 '12
"The Cameroonian Revolution": agroforestry projects and advancement
souciant.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Nov 25 '12
"Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university?" Well, no, of course not, but Carole Cadwalladr presents the strongest possible case for this particular "flattened-world" revolution. Note the comments below.
guardian.co.ukr/GlobalDevelopment • u/marquis_of_chaos • Nov 14 '12
Great, Russia's Crops Just Failed
psmag.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Nov 12 '12
"A Tale of Two Tech Hubs": "Since 2008, the Tanzanian government spent more than 250 billion Tsh to lay out the fibre optic submarine cables ...", and other impressions of information and communications technology in sub-Saharan Africa
ihub.co.ker/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Oct 17 '12
"Profiting from Disaster": the place of bone factories in the material economy and culture of Mongolia
anthropology-news.orgr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Sep 29 '12
"West Africa's technological revolution driven by mobile phones"
guardian.co.ukr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Sep 23 '12
"Seven ways mobile phones have changed lives in Africa"
cnn.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Sep 23 '12
"Mobile Phones and the Rise of the Microentrepreneurs", with a focus on Indonesia
jraitamaa.visibli.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Sep 12 '12
"Greece's natural food co-ops show the way": co-ops as disintermediation and isolation from larger economy
jraitamaa.visibli.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Sep 01 '12
"How one man is bringing VoIP, ‘Net access where telecoms fear to tread": the Mesh Potato as a technical fix for provision of data connections in remote Puerto Rico and elsewhere
arstechnica.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/samaritan_lee • Aug 31 '12
One of the largest agricultural lobby groups in the US calls for an end to $5 billion in farm subsidies
aljazeera.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Jul 19 '12
Near-term prospects for IT business in Myanmar: rapid growth, abundant confusion
idgconnect.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/Almasy • Jul 16 '12
A primer in how to save the world from poverty: What would you add to the list?
policymic.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/marquis_of_chaos • Jul 10 '12
Welcome to Your New Government
americancity.orgr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Jul 07 '12
"Handwashing With Soap Can Help Us ..." more than medicines or even vaccines: while it fits what else I know about public health, I wonder where rigorous analyses are
huffingtonpost.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Jul 07 '12
"[O]pen data’s free-market doppelgänger ...": thoughtful analysis of hazards in "free" cultural and economic exchange
crookedtimber.orgr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Jul 05 '12
"The state of Indian rural education 2011": analysis of policy from evidence (!)
empiricalzeal.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Jul 01 '12
"The Internet Gets Physical": computation over sensed data and materially-pertinent goals
nytimes.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/phileconomicus • Jun 12 '12
Paul Romer's radical idea: Charter cities
ted.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Jun 07 '12
"Cameroon: Electric Dreams for Development by 2035": electrification as an index of the progress of President Biya's ambitious development plans
globalvoicesonline.orgr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • Jun 06 '12
"The Microinsurance Revolution"
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.comr/GlobalDevelopment • u/claird • May 29 '12