Tag Archives: aid

Real Problems, Virtual Solutions

November 2, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
A few months back I wrote an article responding to people who were comparing the economy of SecondLife to that of developing countries like Burundi, ...
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Bill Gates on the Dead Aid Meme

November 1, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Bill Gates responds to the idea that ‘aid is bad’ in this interview with Newsweek. Although, he doesn’t reference Dambisa Moyo or or her book ...
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The Future of Giving

August 12, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Does the future of field research lie in augmented reality?
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The Future of Philanthropy

August 12, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Recently, Jasper Grosskurth of STT Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends asked me, “What’s the Future of Africa?”. We wasn’t asking about the the day ...
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MCC Launches Monitoring and Evaluation Portal

July 20, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) just launched a new part of their website that allows readers to browse their performance by country and sector. While ...
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Fastcompany Interviews Dambisa Moyo

April 5, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Fresh off of her appearance on Colbert Report, DEAD AID author Dambisa Moyo was interviewed by Fastcompany’s Jeff Chu. Here’s some highlights… FastCompany: Do you have ...
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Restating the Case Against Aid

September 7, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
In “Is Developmental Aid Stifling Africa’s Growth?” I presented Andrew Mwenda’s argument that the key to Africa’s future growth will be free trade and responsible ...
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Is Developmental Aid Stifling Africa’s Growth?

June 30, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Thilo Thielke makes a bold statement in this recent piece from Spiegel Online: “No one has to starve in Africa. Hunger there results from the ...
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