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Weekend Reading 5/11/2010

1. 2010 Human Development Report, The Real Wealth Of Nations: Pathways To Human Development. The annual United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on human development was released this week. Celebrated economist Amartya Sen provides input, the 236 annal retrospectively analyses development … Continue reading

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Corruption Perception Index 2010: Africa.

Transparency International has released it’s 2010 Corruption Perception Index. It must be stated, that this report is based only on ‘perceptions’, so there is no definitive statement to be made, despite data coming from serial compilers of such knowledge like … Continue reading

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Water Scarcity In High Risk African Countries.

In a month where the World Water Week, and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit take place, the issue of water will be of crucial importance to African Development in the coming decades. Water is a basic human right, passed … Continue reading

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Links for the Weekend 3/9/10.

1. Ethiopian Currency Devaluation (Chris Blattman) and the implications for economic policy. 2. Millennium Development Goals Trailblazers. ( Centre For Global Development) With the MDG Summit a few weeks away, just who has made the most progress towards achieving the targets? 3. … Continue reading

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