Wednesday, May 16, 2012

UN food envoy decries 'shocking' conditions in Canada

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A hard-hitting article on what Oliver de Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has found on his mission to Canada, his f...
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...