If I’m interested in knowing what Hillary ate for breakfast today, or what the Fed is doing about the dollar, I have about 493 blogs that I can visit at any one time. What, however, if I’m interested in a growth strategy for India? The roots of instability in Zimbabwe? The effectiveness of aid in Darfur? The price of tea in China?
I’m familiar with a handful of blogs that talk about the economics and politics of the developing world, notably:
Where do you surf? Please comment or e-mail. I’ll build and share the (hopefully) bigger list.
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My blog focuses on the School of St Jude – a free school for bright kids from the poorest homes in Arusha, Tanzania.
http://schoolstjude.blogspot.com/
I also range across poverty and development in Tanzania, MDG and related issues.
Here’s a handy site for news about agriculture in Africa…
http://africanagriculture.blogspot.com/
Do you know Afrigator? The blog aggregator? It’s still growing, and seems increasingly useful.
http://www.afrigator.com/
Cheers
Gillian
Acumen Fund Blog
Innovations for Emerging Markets (IFC)
iPienso
MobileActive.org
NextBillion.net
Poverty and Growth Blog (World Bank)
Timbuktu Chronicles
Of course, these all have good blogrolls.
-Jeff
Busia, Kenya
Here are some that I read:
Devecondata
Ideas for Development
International Aid
ODI Weblog
Charles Kenny
Global Development Matters