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Interesting meditation on daily life in Chad – the difference between developing and developed nations is the set of networks (infrastructure) that make ordinary daily life possible. In absence of that infrastructure, you lean on other networks, like fami
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Sachs makes an argument for strong welfare states and investment in R&D, taking on Hayek on the subject of taxation. Lots of disagreement about this article…
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Easterly strikes back against Sachs, offering his perspective that big projects – ala Millenium Villages? – are less likely to succeed than working within the constrants of market forces
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Very bad news on HIV on a global scale, including reversals in countries thought to be winning the battle. “a large percentage of new HIV infections occur in people considered “low risk”, she added, noting one third of new infections are among married wom
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A remarkable little simulation game – Ayiti – from UNICEF and Gamelab (Eric Zimmerman’s company.) Lets you try being a family of five in rural Haiti – survival is extremely, extremely difficult.
You might also be interested in this article by Emily Oster (who has published lots of controversial papers on HIV rates) in Esquire on things she says we don’t know about Aids in Africa:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/06/061117.africa-esq.html
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