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Is private microfinance usury, or private enterprise at its best? Read what CGD’s David Roodman has to say.
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77 tons of small arms are destined for Zimbabwe from China.
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Charles Tilly has won the SSRC‘s 2008 Albert O. Hirschman prize. Henry at Crooked Timber points us to his favorite Tilly article.
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Amitai Etzioni doesn’t get “why thoughtful people, including several renowned public intellectuals, oppose the right of women to choose to wear headscarves.” (Hat tip to the Chronicle blog)
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An interesting measure of Africa’s Internet connectivity.
- IMF Chief Economist Simon Johnson blogs on why some countries are rich and poor.
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Prerna at FP blog says sovereign wealth funds can’t save Africa.
- LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony has now managed to get three of the five ICC indictees killed. Only he and one other are left standing. Some hopes remain, however, for a peace deal in the coming weeks.
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