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links for 2009-11-16

BBC – dot.life: Google Books: The latest chapter anthropologyworks » Anthro in the news, 11/16/09 The Infinite Potential of Mobile Banking – PSD Blog – The World Bank Group Economist's View links for 2009-11-15 Economist's View: Paul Krugman: World Out of Balance The Esteyonage: Gettin' By- Fish Marketer ASA Globalog :: “The great economic revolutions… Read More »

links for 2009-11-13

Elinor Ostrom – Beyond the tragedy of the commons – ideo Nigeria recruits maths and science teachers for South Africa Credit freeze slows down businesses in Nigeria Marginal Revolution: Why do vampires attract so many readers and viewers? Food for Thought « Aid Thoughts Texas in Africa: this & that Africa after 1989 < Anthropologically… Read More »

links for 2009-11-12

JAZZ IS NOT DEAD | More Intelligent Life Marginal Revolution: Assorted links China hints at revaluation On the Kindle – Chris Blattman Oil, Power, Food and good old Police brutality. – NigeriansTalk Africa needs $93bn yearly for infrastructure, says report AfricaFiles | Nigeria: Church and mosques leaders, pay your taxes Developing Countries Voice Complaints About… Read More »

links for 2009-11-11

Marginal Revolution: *Fanfare* meta-list for recommended classical music recordings, 2009 Overconsumption in Your DNA? – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com ZOMBIES AND HEARTS OF DARKNESS | More Intelligent Life Gration and Power answer activists' questions on Sudan | FP Passport

Nigerian churches and deforestation

I just read about the threat that drought poses in the northern part of Nigeria in an editorial in Next: Nigerian environmentalists have been speaking about the degradation of the Nigerian environment but now, government officials have also joined the chorus. The latest was the warning from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) that the… Read More »

Loomnie Friday Link Love 32

1. iMF direct on Africa and the global economic crisis 2. Paul Krugman: In Trade, It’s Not the Great Depression It’s Worse 3. On the recent German elections 4. Q&A: Joseph Stiglitz Sees Welcome Change at the IMF 5. Daniel Miller: Coming of Age in Digital Anthropology 6. Twitter.org? and building models for social media… Read More »

Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations

From the website of the School for Advanced Research on the Human Experience: One six-month fellowship is available for a female social scientist from a developing nation, either pre- or post-doctoral, whose work addresses women’s economic and social empowerment in that nation. The goal of the program is twofold: to advance the scholarly careers of women… Read More »

Square One

Yesterday I announced my brother’s blog. I just noticed that I got the link wrong. The blog is Square One.