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Paul Collier on the very poorest societies in Africa, and possible development solutions for the least succesful countries.
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While there are some technologies that can leapfrog - notably mobile phones and wireless networks - most technical innovation seems to require other infrastructure to make the spread of the new tech possible
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A classic. An amazing set of pictures of peoples of the world, along with truly, amazingly offensive commentary and text.
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Gorgeous photo essay on voodoo in Benin, complete with soundtrack
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A truly amazing match - Ama looks like he’s in terrible trouble before reversing, and winning via a rear slam. Sumo at its finest.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Ethan:
Thanks for the links, especially the leapfrogging technology one. One section head says “Lavatories before laptops”. I concur. Pardon the shameless self-promotion but do check out a blog post of mine from over four years ago titled “Choosing between WCs and PCs”.