In the News: What Will Help Africa Rise?
The economic and demographic prowess of Africa alone may not necessarily be the turnaround strategy for the continent, as Jay Naidoo argues in the article ‘Africa Rising? Whose Africa?‘ […]
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In the News: Scoring Africa Infographic
Using health, education, economic, rights, stability, and infrastructure data from a number of international organizations, academic and research centers, and development organizations, this “Scoring Africa” infographic compares Africa’s 54 internationally […]
In the News: Questioning the Millennium Villages Project
From the Tiny Spark Blog, Amy Costello interviews author Nina Monk, who reported on Jeffrey Sachs’ multimillion dollar effort to eradicate poverty in Africa. Listen to the interview, “Tracking […]
In the News: Thinking about Donating?
Cecelia Lynch writes: Angilee Shah of PRI and I had a wide-ranging discussion about charity and the representation and ethics of aid, which was distilled into her provocative piece below. […]
In the News: Charity, Condition-Free
A previous In the News post featured a New York Times article about a charity that gives money directly to the recipients with no strings attached. The authors […]