http://chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/ International development, politics, economics, and policy Wed, 16 May 2012 05:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5247 Michaela Raab Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:17:11 +0000 http://dev.chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5247 Here in Berlin they sell *organic* avocados from Peru... presumably the boat runs on wild palm oil? In Chinese health beliefs or knowledge, mangos and pineapples give you anger, pimples and constipation, especially in warm weather, while apples produce a cooling effect... Watermelons would be even better. Shipping apples to a Chinese bataillon is like shipping aspirin to a US one, a public health measure. (I miss the South African MONUC troops in Maniema, DRC, who used to sell Savannah Dry.) <br />Hm. I guess as long as we get flown across continents to develop other people's societies it's legitimate to ship about apples. Here in Berlin they sell *organic* avocados from Peru… presumably the boat runs on wild palm oil? In Chinese health beliefs or knowledge, mangos and pineapples give you anger, pimples and constipation, especially in warm weather, while apples produce a cooling effect… Watermelons would be even better. Shipping apples to a Chinese bataillon is like shipping aspirin to a US one, a public health measure. (I miss the South African MONUC troops in Maniema, DRC, who used to sell Savannah Dry.)
Hm. I guess as long as we get flown across continents to develop other people's societies it's legitimate to ship about apples.

]]> http://chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5245 jon c Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:46:52 +0000 http://dev.chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5245 I was amazed to see that Chinese construction firms bring in their own manual laborers to Namibia. It's really not cheaper to even hire African manual laborers? I was amazed to see that Chinese construction firms bring in their own manual laborers to Namibia. It's really not cheaper to even hire African manual laborers?

]]> http://chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5222 Gwen Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:17:06 +0000 http://dev.chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5222 Most of the eggs in Monrovia come from India. On a boat. Smell your eggs before you eat them. Apparently there are brown eggs in town that come from Europe: progress!! Most of the eggs in Monrovia come from India. On a boat. Smell your eggs before you eat them. Apparently there are brown eggs in town that come from Europe: progress!!

]]> http://chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5221 David Sasaki Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:44:53 +0000 http://dev.chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5221 You trying to tell me that you've never eaten $20 sushi at Mamba Point flown in daily from Brussels? You trying to tell me that you've never eaten $20 sushi at Mamba Point flown in daily from Brussels?

]]> http://chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5220 Leslie Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:28:30 +0000 http://dev.chrisblattman.com/2009/06/21/made-in-africa/#comment-5220 The tag might have been Ugandan marketing: I knew a popular Bolivian tailor who always added "Made in Paris" tags to his clothes. The tag might have been Ugandan marketing: I knew a popular Bolivian tailor who always added "Made in Paris" tags to his clothes.

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