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rather alarming developments
I just read this article on the Economist website on the security situation in Southern Sudan. The piece reminded me of posts I made on this blog a while back about nomadic pastoralism and other...
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it is time more districts translated into wider taxation
President Kibaki has created about 180 districts over the last 6 years. The logic behind the creation of the many districts, according to the president and his men, has been that there is a need to...
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subsidiary of british firm suspends ore imports from congo
It is not a secret that the war in eastern DRC is more than anything else economic. The trade in charcoal and a litany of minerals has forever been blamed for the conflict that has killed, maimed or...
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cannibals in zimbabwe?
The economist reports… “On one occasion, 15 armed invaders, banging on metal objects and chanting war songs, forced their way into Mr Freeth’s house, threatening to burn it to the ground, kill the two...
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lessons not learned
It has been 25 years since the 1984-85 Ethiopian famine that inspired Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to write the song do they know it’s christmas? The Ethiopian government is marking the anniversary in the...
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please do away with the “omnipresent smells of donkey dung”
Big business and economic development in “pristine lands” is awful. Especially if you grew up with the comforts of indoor plumbing and general over-abundance of the purest hedonistic-capitalist kind....
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nairobi blasts were grenade attacks
The Daily Nation reports that the blasts at a “NO” rally in Uhuru Park, Nairobi were caused by grenades. This confirms Kenyans’ worst fear – that the explosions were not accidents but an organized...
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There is no way around the basics: Development will take time
I just read Chris Blattman’s response to the UK Prime Minister’s op-ed in the Journal. It reminded me of a lot of the things that I have been reading lately in preparation for my fieldwork (My...
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On the quality of higher education (and human capital development) in Africa
This post first appeared on the African Development Bank’s Integrating Africa Blog where I am a regular contributor. UPDATE: I got an email from readers working with the Regional Initiative in Science...
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The World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program
The Bank has an exciting fellowship for PhD students from the Continent. According to the Bank’s website: Fellows will spend a minimum of six months at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. getting...
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