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Staten Island holds the largest population of Liberians outside Liberia, and the second generation of migrants are facing the same poverty, crime, drugs, and gang pressures as other African-American youth. The New York Times describes one mother’s solution to save her son: sending him back to the war zone.

Charles Kenny is an engaging World Bank economist who has recently posted his thoughts (and links to short articles) on A History of Global Health in 1,000 Words, What Do We Know About Economic Growth Redux, and the age-old development question, Baywatch: Bigger than Aid?

Journalist Ed Rackley has some wonderful posts here and here on his journeys through Karamoja, Uganda and southern Sudan—two of the last nearly stateless societies on earth. His regular blog is here.

If you run surveys in developing countries and (like me) are switching to handheld computers instead of paper surveys, you should read the posts of my friend and colleague Eric Green on the subject.

The journal Foreign Affairs has been featuring essays on foreign policy by presidential candidates in each issue. The upcoming issue features essays by Mike Huckabee and Bill Richardson. Richardson is probably one of the most skilled and trusted diplomats of our generation. How many governors of New Mexico have brokered Sudanese peace agreements?

Ethan Zuckerman on Somalia: Somalia spirals out of control. Or it’s completely peaceful. Depends who you ask.

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