New blog on global health
April 7th, 2006
My Vaccines for Development blog, which I have been maintaining for a year, has morphed into a group blog on global health policy. Go take a look.
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- Haddads and Haddad-notsSeptember 8, 2010The Institute of Development Studies today released a report based on a survey of people in the UK. The press release seems bland enough but IDS Director Lawrence Haddad's quote contains slippery logic:This sur...
- Stories from Aidland / Special Reports / Home - BrokerSeptember 9, 2010Policy makers are good at thinking up policies for all sorts of development problems. But what happens to them in the process of implementation? Why is it that some policies are successful, while others simply...
- Net Neutrality: Why Worry?September 8, 2010Who controls the tubes? Why should you worry about Net Neutrality? It’s a complicated concept, even more complex in reality. Yet, for people like Chris Anderson of Wired it could spell the end of what we know...
- Charitable giving by country: who is the most generous? Full data | News | guardian.co.ukSeptember 8, 2010My Note: Interesting international comparisons of charitable activities.The world giving index is out. Are the Chinese more generous than the Irish? Find out here
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- Innovation and prizes
- Geo-coding aid: powerful and not that hard
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- Global integrity is hiring
- An important step towards aid transparency
- Tech tips for development workers (3) – software
- Trillions of dollars of aid?
- Rumbled
- Simon Maxwell’s spiffy new website
- Lalibela kids on football
- The real Owen
Comments
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Geo-coding aid: powerful and not that hard - terence on:
How to use and understand statistics: good briefs - A. Dnera on:
Your blackberry and mobile data in Addis Ababa - DongCoi Vill on:
The Development Set - Osman A. on:
Your blackberry and mobile data in Addis Ababa - Nele on:
Your blackberry and mobile data in Addis Ababa - Dejenie on:
Frequently asked questions - Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson on:
Geo-coding aid: powerful and not that hard - Allison on:
Geo-coding aid: powerful and not that hard - Chilombo Andrew on:
Is Dambisa Moyo shifting her position? - clive on:
Tech tips for development workers (1) - Paul in Addis on:
Souvenir shopping in Addis - Jeff Barnes on:
Innovation and prizes - Nandini Oomman on:
Spreading some love - Scott on:
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