Haroon's devlog
Occasional news and views on international development
Friday, April 27, 2012
land matrix | land portal
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The International Land Coalition has created a new website that compiles data about large-scale land deals around the world. It is quite a...
Monday, April 23, 2012
resistance to land grabbing in Mali and Uganda
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An excellent expose of the impact of land grabbing in Mali: Followed by an excellent expose of the impact of land grabbing in Uganda:
Thursday, April 19, 2012
What does the rapid uptake of mobile money transfer in Kenya really mean for financial inclusion?
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An excellent analysis of mobile money transfer that pours cold water on the way that it is perceived by the global development institutions:...
Thursday, April 5, 2012
current activities, winter 2012
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This winter I will continue teaching our first year introduction to international development at Trent University, Human inequality in globa...
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Kony 2012: why listen to me?
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The video Kony 2012 has been a mega-hit on YouTube, with 21 million hits. It is also deeply, deeply problematic for anyone engaged in inter...
Friday, March 2, 2012
water for food
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An excellent short animation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that shows how so much water is embedded withi...
Friday, February 24, 2012
A life on hold
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Omar is a 17 year old Somali living in a refugee camp in Tunisia. A short film by Nick Francis and Marc Silver.
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