Owen abroad http://www.owen.org Thoughts from Owen in Africa Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:13:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Addis Sheraton and People in Rags http://www.owen.org/blog/3129 Faith based aid organisations http://www.owen.org/blog/3124 Tim Harford lambasts the Robin Hood Tax campaign http://www.owen.org/blog/3113 Geeky stuff about browsers http://www.owen.org/blog/3111 Actionable ideas for shared prosperity http://www.owen.org/blog/3103 The Brain Gain http://www.owen.org/blog/3099 Why I am not a fan of the “Robin Hood tax” http://www.owen.org/blog/3092 To them that hath … a fifth poverty trap for Africa? http://www.owen.org/blog/3084 Aid, income and dutch disease http://www.owen.org/blog/2928 What to read on foreign aid http://www.owen.org/blog/3071 Why is fragmentation a problem? http://www.owen.org/blog/3062 Ethiopian Airlines http://www.owen.org/blog/3055 Protect development from party politics http://www.owen.org/blog/3034 It is all decided by a Professor in New York http://www.owen.org/blog/3029 Google gets its mojo back http://www.owen.org/blog/3024 Lindsay on unpredictability http://www.owen.org/blog/3022 Poverty porn and fundraising http://www.owen.org/blog/3018 Markets and aid http://www.owen.org/blog/3008 One day, all this will seem very strange http://www.owen.org/blog/3003 The Kindle in Ethiopia http://www.owen.org/blog/2998 Pop singer makes two excellent points on development http://www.owen.org/blog/2993 The universal cynics’ answer to why your aid project won’t work http://www.owen.org/blog/2903 “Don’t let anyone tell you that what’s right is impossible” http://www.owen.org/blog/2924 “Dead Aid is a work of self-flagellating simplicity” http://www.owen.org/blog/2898 Getting deliveries right this Christmas http://www.owen.org/blog/2889 Linking aid to results: why are some development workers anxious? http://www.owen.org/blog/2852 Cash on Delivery Aid: Response to CAFOD questions http://www.owen.org/blog/2864 aidinfo is hiring http://www.owen.org/blog/2842 Aid works even if it does not cause development http://www.owen.org/blog/2831 Who says aid doesn’t work? http://www.owen.org/blog/2828 Raining when it shouldn’t http://www.owen.org/blog/2812 What is GAVI’s business model, and what should it be? http://www.owen.org/blog/2757 Making cows cooperate http://www.owen.org/blog/2803 Great Ethiopian Run 2009 http://www.owen.org/blog/2792 Keeping promises http://www.owen.org/blog/2784 Fine athletes, and us http://www.owen.org/blog/2778 The lethal effects of development advocacy http://www.owen.org/blog/2717 Trip to the south http://www.owen.org/blog/2705 Can you help orphans in Wolaita? http://www.owen.org/blog/2690 Is a wall to keep people out better than a wall to keep people in? http://www.owen.org/blog/2677