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Guess who’s back… back again. Happy New Year to all. After a hiatus due to being very busy with work, here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1. This Year Today: What Kim & Kanye mean for development | Brendan Rigby – WhyDev On soils, youths, the Millennium Falcon, the Fugees, My Own Social Enterprise, beyond aid, business time …
Here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1. 52 pieces of advice for aspiring humanitarian workers | WhyDev From tampons to Tinder, the WhyDev team give some very honest advice about what it’s really like to work in the humanitarian sector. Just remember… “9. You know nothing, humanitarian worker” and also… “44. You may have lofty dreams …
Here’s your (bumper edition of) Saturday morning reading… 1) Why foreign aid fails by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson Ignore the politically convenient (for The Spectator) headline. The article admits that aid can do a lot of good, but suggests that changing extractive institutions takes more than aid, suggesting a great role for diplomacy. One …