Cote d’Ivoire’s ratings never stood a chance once the networks came out with their Revolution in Egypt reality show, but even then I hoped for
Yesterday I wrote about Uganda’s elections. Both pieces I quoted provoked ideas relevant beyond this election, and beyond Uganda. Across Africa, I think the old
I have two reflections on events this week and last. Five years from now, there will either be a very stable or a very unstable
1. Julian Jamison is blogging at Tunes for Bears 2. Todd moss on the little-discussed role of bond markets and debt in Cote d’Ivoire 3.
After proclaiming Africa the hopless continent a decade ago, The Economist does an about-face: Much has been written about the rise of the BRICs (Brazil,
For our street youth project in Liberia, the aim is to see how environment, time preferences and credit constraints contribute to poverty and instability. We
1. Africa Confidential on Cote d’Ivoire 2. Animated atlas of African history 3. Confessions of an angry traveller 4. GRE scores by discipline 5. Unlike
As Cote d’Ivoire braces for more violence, I asked my survey team (currently running about the Liberian side of the Ivoirian border) what precautions we
I just returned from a too-brief stay in Liberia: a few days with ex-combatants in remote mining camps near the Sierra Leone border, a few
Obama spoke to Africa Saturday. Text here. Commentary galore. Bill Easterly grades the speech. I quite like that idea. So here are my thoughts. “We
1. 2008 was the most violent year on record for aid workers, with 260 attacked and 122 killed. Good thing the US military is increasing
I’ve just realized that Angus Deaton’s infamous Analysis of Household Surveys is free online from the World Bank. Budding development researchers: read this book. The
On the heels of yesterday’s report that increased international interventions have sped the resolution of bloody civil wars, we have this report from UN Dispatch:
