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The Addis Ababa market
Andrew Mueller in this weekend’s FT writes about the Merkato, Addis Ababa’s market district To wander…
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Teza – a film by Haile Gerima
We went to see Teza last night, a newish film by Haile Gerima which won Best…
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Dubai Marathon – Ethiopians get 8 out of top 10 men and women
In today’s Dubai marathon, Ethiopians had 8 out of the top 10 men, and 8 of…
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Barder: rodmaker
Edward Barder is a not-very-distant relative who makes fishing rods. According to a quote from the…
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Esther Duflo is the new Sartre?
Esther Duflo runs the Poverty Action Lab at MIT. They do great analysis of what works…
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Bill Sonnenschein – in memoriam
Bill Sonnenschein, educator, civil rights activist, roadie, and friend, died on 29 December 2008. Bill had…
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Donors not giving promised aid; financial crisis will make things worse
Our evidence to the House of Commons International Development Committee shows that donors are not on…
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Ethiopia’s new civil society law
International reaction to the new Ethiopian Civil Society Law is hysterical. It isn’t a great law,…
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Should you do a PhD in randomized evaluation?
Chris Blattman asks us to comment on his advice to aspiring graduate student who want to…
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Will the net generation suffer in the recession?
The Economist has a stupid article, Managing the Facebookers which claims that the net generation will…
