The International Telecommunication Union recently published their Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009 – Africa. The 76 page document details their statistical analysis of the progress of telephony and internet in Africa in the ten years up to the end of 2008. And guess what? Nigeria ranks highly in the fastest growing categories for mobile subscription,… Read More »
From The Sunday Times: The dawn prayer had begun prematurely in the cold darkness some time after 3am. Clinging to the upturned hull of the Nazar, the fishing boat that had carried the migrants out into the black waters off Tripoli, the survivors had dreamt they were floating west and, by Allah’s divine grace, had… Read More »
Is a question Keith Hart asks in his concluding post at the ASA blog. A lot, apparently. Check out the post here.
1. Daniel Kaufmann and Mushtaq Khan debate the role and importance of tackling corruption as part of a development strategy – Development Drum podcast. Also see this discussion of the podcast on the Aid Thoughts blog 2. Dating and the facebook 3. What your phone might do for you two years from now. H/T Marginal… Read More »
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1. Economix on the Anthropology of Wall Street 2. Nigerian lawmakers deliberate on the completely absurd 3. Some thoughts on MDG 2.0 4. Amputations, Nollywood and other images 5. Two factors shaping the economics profession today 6. Sex, okra and salted butter
NYTimes A Balanced Global Diet: Global imbalances — roughly defined, the different emphasis the world’s leading economies place on savings, spending and debt — is a phrase much used and little acted upon. Well before the current financial crisis began, world leaders pledged to address this disconnect. At an International Monetary Fund meeting in 2007,… Read More »
NYTimes, Germany Looks at Ways to Protect Online Journalism: As Angela Merkel begins her second term as chancellor of Germany, her government is promoting a novel way to help embattled newspaper and magazine publishers manage the transition to a digital future. The new governing coalition, led by Ms. Merkel’s Christian Democrats and including the Free… Read More »
Image via Wikipedia From the BBC: A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes. The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany’s economic recovery. Germany could raise 100bn… Read More »