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How important is open source for international development?
Interesting questions raised over at the journal of IT and International Development in a special issue published today: Open Development. I’m still reading it, will share thoughts when I’m done.
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Bill Gates is wrong: there’s plenty of corruption in health aid
Fascinating and rare interview on Channel4 News tonight with Bill & Melinda Gates talking about their anti-polio vaccination program. There are lots of potential criticisms of the Gates Foundation. For example, the polio program, they say, costs a billion dollars a year – is that the best use of that money? Personally, I’m uncomfortable with…
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The problem with MDGs
Taken from Bill Easterly’s excellent blog, AidWatch. If anyone recorded him speaking at the UN summit last night, please send a link to the video.
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OECD calls for more free trade in Africa
The OECD & UN have published their joint 2010 Mutual Review of African Development Effectiveness today, to coincide with the big summit on the MDGs which is taking place in New York. The 88 page report is a mere 4MB download and I’ve had a quick skim, ready to look through properly later.It’s mostly predictable…
