December 24, 2012
Categories: History, Infrastructure, Natural Disaster, Recipients, Sovereignty
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In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths – NYTimes.com. The New York Times shows that such post-disaster idealism came to be undercut by the enormousness of the task, the weakness and volatility of the Haitian government, the continuation of aid business as usual and the limited effectiveness of the now-defunct recovery commission that […]
December 1, 2012
Categories: Foreign Policy, History
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The Real Thomas Jefferson – NYTimes.com. The Monster of Monticello After reading about the slave revolts in Haiti, Jefferson wrote to a friend that “if something is not done and soon done, we shall be the murderers of our own children.” But he never said what that “something” should be.
November 30, 2012
Categories: Africa, Sovereignty
Tags: democratic institutions
Interview: Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana – News – All Africa. “The problem with us in Africa, the distinctive characteristic, is that individuals in many senses are more important than institutions. One criteria of development is that institutions must be more important than individuals. Political parties must be more important than their leaders. The […]
November 30, 2012
Categories: Africa, Infrastructure
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Africa’s infrastructure boom: Will this time be different? – News – All Africa. By ADAM ROBERT GREEN High inflows to Africa’s infrastructure sector bode well for growth. But stubborn obstacles – from procurement to currency denomination choices – now need to be tackled. From new airports in Kenya, Senegal and Rwanda to the interstate railway […]
November 25, 2012
Categories: Farming, Foreign Policy, History, Natural Disaster
Tags: farming
Poor Haitian Farmers Are Left Hopeless After Storm – NYTimes.com. Already Desperate, Haitian Farmers Are Left Hopeless After Storm By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLDNOV. 17, 2012 FAUCHÉ, Haiti — A woman who lost just about everything now gives her children coffee for meals because it quiets their stomachs a bit. Another despondent mother relives the awful […]