Where have all the development blogs gone?

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.

3 Responses

  1. 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

  2. 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