Fridays Academy: Aid and Growth - Developing Country Experience 1950 - 2005
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December 2006
Hooray for vacation
PSD Blog will be quiet until January 3rd. In this time of reflection (or rampant consumerism, depending on your perspective), a look at the posts that seemed to hit a nerve this year. In no particular order...
Fridays Academy: Aid and Growth - Developing Country Experience 1950 - 2005
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
The 1980s
Commodity Prices, 1970 to 2000
FRIDE, 2003
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Integrating the social into the business model
The Harvard Business Review might not be top of most people's lists of stocking stuffers, but for those with loved ones interested in corporate responsibility or social entrepreneurism, two articles make the December issue a must.
Panos Media Toolkits on Trade and Poverty Reduction
The London-based Panos Institute, which supports the media in stimulating debate on development issues, has produced a number of resources to support journalists, particularly in the developing countries, in covering trade and poverty reduction.
‘Who’s Richer, Who’s Poorer? A Journalist’s Guide to the Politics of Poverty Reduction’
Adventure driving: why infrastructure matters
I keep bumping into this series of photos of the world's most dangerous roads. And each time I'm amazed. For the sake of the 200,000 residents of Yakutsk, Siberia, I hope the federal-highway-o-mud was a one-time occurence.
Related...our toolkits on private sector participation and performance-based contracting in highways.
Size matters – but what about ownership?
Think you know the world’s largest and most powerful companies? A new list in the Financial Times might make you think again.
Right Time for Africa
The December issue of Finance and Development is dedicated to Africa.
'Africa: Making Its Move' explores some of the obstacles facing sub-Saharan Africa as it attempts to capitalize on changes that offer fresh opportunities for growth and poverty reduction.
Formalization vs. preserving livelihoods
Our debate on enterprise formalization continues.
Evacuation
We've been evacuated from Chad again. I didn't get rushed out of the country, I was already abroad, but that doesn't make it any easier. Rebels approaching N'Djamena, streets swarming with military, continued reports of battles in the east, the future like a knife about to break skin.