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Patient Capital1 comment

filmorebuckets wrote 2 months ago: Novogratz at TED 2009 I am an avid follower of TED podcasts. Now playing on my iPod is Acumen Fund C … more →

Tags: development, social enterprise, Jacqueline Novogratz, acumen, patient capital, International Aid, Moyo, DeSoto

Easterly Offers Good Advice on Afghanistan

jimluke wrote 3 months ago: William Easterly strikes again in   Won’t shut up about Afghanistan (Aid Watch).   I must agree with … more →

Tags: US Political Economy, Econ Geography, ware, War

How the British Invented “Development”

jimluke wrote 3 months ago: William Easterly explains how the push the “Development Economics” originated from the B … more →

Tags: Comp. Econ Systems, Econ Hist, Econ Geography, development

More and Better Aid - Bill Easterly Style6 comments

billeasterlywatch wrote 4 months ago: There is no inherent tension between reforming our aid system to make it more effective, transparent … more →

Tags: William Easterly, Bill Easterly, aid, Aid Watch, aid watch just asking that aid benefit the poor, professor easterly, Aid Effectiveness

Criticizing, Problem Solving and Searching9 comments

billeasterlywatch wrote 4 months ago: This piece was written for publication on Aid Watch: Just Asking that Aid Benefit the Poor. I actual … more →

Tags: William Easterly, Bill Easterly, Aid Watch, aid watch just asking that aid benefit the poor, professor easterly

this, that, and the other thing

dadakim wrote 4 months ago: My posts have been rather short of late, mostly a compilation of links. This post will be no excepti … more →

Tags: Links, William Kamkwamba, Tracy Kidder, strength in what remains, Maternal Mortality, windmill, Burundi, MSF, poverty porn

Welcome to Bill Easterly Watch3 comments

billeasterlywatch wrote 4 months ago: Welcome to Bill Easterly Watch.  We actually agree with a fair amount of what Professor Easterly say … more →

Tags: aid, Aid Watch, aid watch just asking that aid benefit the poor, Bill Easterly, professor easterly, William Easterly

Things to hate about spring

homepaddock wrote 4 months ago: Just the one: Norwesters. The wind started blowing a couple of days ago and it feels like it’s … more →

Tags: Weather, Seasons, Wind, Nor'wester, southerly

The myth of tipping points

Ilya wrote 6 months ago: Bill Easterly challenges Macolm Gladwell’s celebrated (nd as many of Gladwell’s ideas, e … more →

Tags: General, Malcolm Gladwell, tipping point

Week in Public Organizations, 22Jun2009

josephlogan wrote 6 months ago: Health care conundrums, Twitter entrapment, birthdays, the ongoing battle between econ and soc, new … more →

Tags: Week in Public Organizations, CIA, Brayden King, Sean Safford, Collaboration, tipping point, twitter, Tweet, Entrapment

The Salsify Paradox

smileandwaveboys wrote 11 months ago: 1.  On The Rocks 2.  Tell Tales 3.  Anchor Rope We woke up to a wild wind. Down the chimney, against … more →

Tags: Sunday, Sunday Lunch, pirates, Peter Pan, Storm, coastguard, Discount Store, Harbour Master, ironing pile

Dances With Penguins

smileandwaveboys wrote 1 year ago: 1.  Gardening 2.  Dancing 3.  Running Son 2 aged 15m slept till 8am.  A record.  Which we expect to … more →

Tags: Sunday, RUN, Garden, northerly, pushalong car, Penguins, Happy Feet, noughts and crosses, photos

Higgledy Piggledy House

smileandwaveboys wrote 1 year ago: 1.  Never Land 2.  Creative Conflict 3.  A Whole New World Son 2 aged 15m woke when The Man went up … more →

Tags: Sunday, Sleep Problems, Power Rangers, Co-Sleeping, Peter Pan, night waking, Chocolate cake, Eyebrows, eyelashes

A Free Lunch

smileandwaveboys wrote 1 year ago: 1.   The Din In The Dark 2.   Sale Rails 3.  The Lunchtime Lull Oh. What. A. Night.  The Man was alr … more →

Tags: Saturday, Sleep Problems, light sleep, Tantrum, The Square, Granddad, Granny, broken night, Free Lunch

A book recommendation2 comments

Tim Little wrote 1 year ago: I recently read a couple of good books on international development, but would particularly recommen … more →

Tags: Developement, Books, sachs, White Man's Burden

Nice influx of new birds into Florida

floridasevoy wrote 1 year ago: Northwest winds across northern Florida triggered some heavy migration into the Sunshine State last … more →

Tags: Florida, Northwest, Winds, across, NOR, triggered, Some, heavy, migration

Creative Capitalism? How About Conscious Capitalism?2 comments

Kevin wrote 1 year ago: In January, Bill Gates delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos calling upon the audi … more →

Tags: development, technology, Africa, Internet, bottom of the pyramid, Social Entrepreneurship, Gates, capitalism, Investment

When does this critique become its own cliche?2 comments

Nathaniel wrote 1 year ago: With an indignation that can barely fit in 500 words, long time Der Spiegel East Africa corresponden … more →

Tags: International Development, development, Humanitarian, Critique, Der Spiegel, Kenya, one acre fund, Food aid, bryan mealer

school books1 comment

Deva wrote 1 year ago: Of course, as a grad school student in public policy, I have a crap load of reading to do throughout … more →

Tags: Thoughts, grad school, blustein, collier, development


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