http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1117144 ibrahim abdulkarim Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:30:35 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/#comment-1117144 HELLO PLEASE I AM TECHNICAL STUDENT AND WE HAVE VACATED AND HAVE NO JOB TO DO AND PLEASE I AM ASKING YOU TO HELP ME WITH ANY JOB PLEASE.I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING MY SCHOOL FEES PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE. IBRAHIM ABDULKARIM ACCRA TECH. TRAINING CENTER. GOOD BYEEEEEEE AND HAVE ANICE TIME. HELLO PLEASE I AM TECHNICAL STUDENT AND WE HAVE VACATED AND HAVE NO JOB TO DO AND PLEASE I AM ASKING YOU TO HELP ME WITH ANY JOB PLEASE.I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING MY SCHOOL FEES PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE.
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]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/comment-page-1/#comment-484597 …My heart’s in Accra » Robert Putnam, and the complexities of diversity Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:36:52 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/#comment-484597 [...] world. I wonder what the correlation between ethnic diversity and non-local engagement is. As Lant Pritchett points out in “Let Their People Come”, technology has made it far more possible for migrants to be involved with their home communities [...] [...] world. I wonder what the correlation between ethnic diversity and non-local engagement is. As Lant Pritchett points out in “Let Their People Come”, technology has made it far more possible for migrants to be involved with their home communities [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/comment-page-1/#comment-464685 Progress Daily » Blog Archive » Migration Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:48:57 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/#comment-464685 [...] “Book review. No, not THAT book,” Ethan Zuckerman’s review of Lant Pritchett’s Let Their People Come [...] [...] “Book review. No, not THAT book,” Ethan Zuckerman’s review of Lant Pritchett’s Let Their People Come [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/comment-page-1/#comment-464634 Chuck Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:34:28 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/26/book-review-no-not-that-book/#comment-464634 Interesting, especially in light of the statistics that have remittances overtaking FDI to Africa in recent years. It's tempting to think that remittances are more productively used in many cases than capital investment would be. But--this in turn begs the question, why is foreign investment in the continent so low that $17 billion of remittances per year to these 50+ countries is enough to overtake it? My feeling is that part of the answer to that lies in the fact that most venture capital stays bound up in very concentrated geographic corridors--board members are only willing to travel so far out of their comfort zones, after all. Even capital is not as mobile as it seems. Interesting, especially in light of the statistics that have remittances overtaking FDI to Africa in recent years. It’s tempting to think that remittances are more productively used in many cases than capital investment would be. But–this in turn begs the question, why is foreign investment in the continent so low that $17 billion of remittances per year to these 50+ countries is enough to overtake it? My feeling is that part of the answer to that lies in the fact that most venture capital stays bound up in very concentrated geographic corridors–board members are only willing to travel so far out of their comfort zones, after all. Even capital is not as mobile as it seems.

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