Brain Drain and a Cross-Continent Debate
Talk to anyone who lives in, works in, comes from or cares about Africa and eventually the topic of “brain drain” will come up. Large… Read More »Brain Drain and a Cross-Continent Debate
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“Media Fast” for Mojtaba
Committee to Protect Bloggers is organizing a “Media Fast” today to call attention to Mojtaba Saminejad’s hunger strike. Mojtaba, an Iranian blogger, was arrested in… Read More »“Media Fast” for Mojtaba
English-language blogs in Jordan
I’m in Amman, Jordan for the next three days (well, 54 hours remaining…) for a meeting of Open Society’s Information program. One of our guests… Read More »English-language blogs in Jordan
Two Indias
I’m reassured that Dina finds India paradoxical as well – I worried that I was the only one. Travelling from Bangalore to Bombay, Rajastan and… Read More »Two Indias
Geekcorps, and the economics of USAID
Boing Boing featured a recent call for assistance from the current administration of Geekcorps. Evidently a couple of volunteers for posts in Ghana were forced… Read More »Geekcorps, and the economics of USAID
“Simple statistics” and the blogging of humanitarian disasters
I was talking with a friend on the phone the other day, and he described some of my work as being about “very simple statistics”.… Read More »“Simple statistics” and the blogging of humanitarian disasters