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US farm bill promises reduced cotton subsidies as Brazil pressure pays off | Global dev... - 1 views
South Sudan's oil production hasn't trickled down to basic services | Global developmen... - 1 views
Do indigenous peoples benefit from 'development'? | Stephen Corry | Global development ... - 1 views
Never mind growth, Davos delegates - how about a World Development Forum? | Lawrence Ha... - 3 views
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Should Africa beware tech companies bearing gifts? | David Smith | Global development |... - 1 views
Peru's indigenous people take battle over gas exploration to court | Global development... - 1 views
International aid, but not as we know it | Andy Sumner and Richard Mallett | Global dev... - 2 views
Problems Facing the Development of China's Ecotourism Industry | eChinacities.com - 2 views
Global Networks Before Globalisation: Imperial Airways and the Development of Long-Haul... - 2 views
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Global Networks Before Globalisation: Imperial Airways and the Development of Long-Haul Air Routes
Migrants send home three times more money than countries receive in development aid, sa... - 2 views
China commits billions in aid to Africa as part of charm offensive - interactive | Glob... - 4 views
The joys of online activism | Jonathan Glennie | Global development | guardian.co.uk - 3 views
AudienceScapes - 1 views
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This website has some great data on various developing countries' rates of adoption of ICT (in particular, mobile phones, internet, radio and television) - click on "country profiles" to see which countries are available. While there is slightly less data available for Haiti, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique, the dedicated mini-sites for each of the other countries include data on access to various forms of "traditional media" (newspapers, radio) and "new media" (internet and mobile phones). There is also data on usage of the various forms of media by age group, gender and socio-economic status. I particularly like the annotations on the graphs, which will hopefully help students focus on the key data and show them how annotations can help add clarity and further information to figures (graphs, maps etc).
Old war, new peace and what it takes to send a text in Liberia - The Ushahidi Blog - 2 views
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"The conditions that need to be present to text in Liberia do not necessarily exist simply because someone has access to a phone; if there is one major assumption that many of us in ICT for development are guilty of, it's this one." - an interesting piece which could be used to critically examine the adoption of mobile phone technology in sub-Saharan Africa and its role in civil society. Just having access is not always enough...
