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Dead Aid, by Dambisa Moyo (book review)
Cut aid to Africa. Foreign economic assistance is to blame for Africa's poverty and corruption. Aid worsens governance and impoverishes a nation, and moreover, has compounded Africa’s problems. These are Dambisa Moyo’s main arguments of her controversial book, which became one of the most hotly debated topics in the development field in 2009. She is a Harvard and Oxford educated economist and heads the Africa strategy of the London office of Goldman Sachs. Dambisa Moyo argues that the world should stop sending billions of aid to corrupt regimes in Africa, resulting in crippling debt, and replace it with direct investment: governments should find development money through international markets. Paul Collier, professor of economics and author of “The Bottom Billion”, responds in his review of her book that cutting aid may not be the best response and that what is most needed may not be money: “African societies face problems deeper than their dependence on aid. Divided by ethnic loyalties, they are too large to be nations. Yet with only tiny economies, they lack the scale to be effective states. As a result the vital public goods of security and accountability cannot adequately be provided. In their absence the valuable natural assets that many countries possess become liabilities instead of opportunities for prosperity.” Paul Collier notes that “Aid is not a very potent instrument for enhancing either security or accountability. Our obsession with it has detracted from the more important ways in which we can promote development: peacekeeping, security guarantees, trade privileges, and governance.” See also the video of Paul Collier on how to help at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion.html. For more, see Duncan Green’s blog at http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=273.
[ marco | 11/22/2009 | 325 Views | 6.83 rating (6 votes) | Rate it! ]
DFID's Glossary of development terms
A-Z of development terms.
[ mki | 1/20/2002 | 1113 Views | 4.29 rating (7 votes) | Rate it! ]
FORA.tv - Lectures and Debates
There are over 200 video lectures and debates on six main subjects: the economy, green, politics, science, technology and culture. For a list of topics, see also the tags on lower right side of homepage. A great opportunity to see and hear great speeches and debates. You can watch the sessions online or download as audio or video files. Funded by a group of investors including William R. Hearst III and Adobe Ventures.
[ marco | 3/21/2009 | 202 Views | 6.67 rating (6 votes) | Rate it! ]
Leo - Dictionaire Franco-Allemand
Le deuxième dictionnaire LEO est en ligne depuis mars 2004. Il contient actuellement plus que 120,000 entrées. Un service en ligne de Technische Universität München. Voir aussi leur dictionnaire anglais-allemand avec plus que 700,000 entrées.
[ marco | 4/1/2004 | 716 Views | 7.29 rating (7 votes) | Rate it! ]
Myngle – Learn any language online
Myngle provides an easy to use online platform for teachers and students to meet and to study privately or in groups, so far for over 40 different languages. Students rate their teachers and teachers rate their students, both are open for all to see. Teacher set their own prices, and students pay through Paypal or credit card. Myngle charges 18% commission per lesson. After payment, student and teacher meet in a virtual classroom. Myngle won the 2009 People’s Choice Award at Plugg, the European Web 2.0 Conference. It's certainly well worth a try if you have broadband Internet access.
[ marco | 3/21/2009 | 215 Views | 5.86 rating (7 votes) | Rate it! ]
Newspapers online
Provides list of newspapers by region which are available on the internet.
[ marco | 6/15/2004 | 693 Views | 4.57 rating (7 votes) | Rate it! ]
TED - “Inspired talks by the world’s leading thinkers and doers”
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design and brings over 200 video lectures on these and many other subjects, including global issues and innovations. TED was started in 1984 as an annual conference where thinkers and doers meet, and “are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)”. TED Global 2007 focused on Africa, see http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes/africa_the_next_chapter.html. You can watch the sessions online or download the videos. TED is a project of the Sapling Foundation and funded by a number of business companies.
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The Globalisation Debate
Abstract: "In this (free) seminar two major sociologists put forward their versions of globalisation. For Anthony Giddens, it is a phenomenon characterised by fundamental changes in the world economy, the communications revolution and trade between nation-states in physical commodities, information and currency. For Leslie Sklair, globalisation should be seen as a new phase of capitalism, one that transcends the unit of the nation-state. In an interview, he introduces the globalisation debate and stakes out his position within it. Sklair builds on these arguments through a flash image gallery, which explores how the idea of globalisation is used by transnational corporations. "Provides a rapid introduction at major issues with regard to globalisation. From Fathom.com, the source for online learning of major academic institutions from the US and Britain.
[ marco | 6/20/2004 | 725 Views | 7.00 rating (4 votes) | Rate it! ]
Time management by Randy Pausch
In this 2007 video lecture, Randy Pausch shows what we need to know about time management – all in a nutshell. Prof. Pausch had a much more intense relationship with the subject than most of us: He was sick of cancer and knew that he would live only for a few more months. For his moving “Last Lecture”, see www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo. Randy Pausch died in July 2008.
[ marco | 3/21/2009 | 204 Views | 5.14 rating (7 votes) | Rate it! ]
UN's Millennium Development Goals
This is THE basic resource on the UN's eight Millennium Development Goals. Contains targets and indicators for each one of them, with plenty of graphics, also by region. Essential reading.
[ marco | 6/12/2003 | 738 Views | 5.50 rating (4 votes) | Rate it! ]
UNDP Human Development Report 2004
"The Human Development Report 2004: Cultural
| 12/31/1969 | 1291 Views | 5.06 rating (206 votes) | Rate it! ]
Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia is a free internet encyclopedia developed and edited by its users. It now contains over 230,000 articles in English, and altogether 300,000 articles in over 70 other languages. It's free for use and everyone can copy articles and give them to other people. Scroll down to browse by topic - a fascinating project with high-quality entries. You may add new articles or improve existing ones yourself.
[ marco | 4/1/2004 | 678 Views | 6.33 rating (6 votes) | Rate it! ]