Friday, June 24, 2011

Some of the international development blogs that I enjoy

1) http://chrisblattman.com/
Blog by Chris Blattman, an assistant professor at Yale in the department of Political Science and Economics. He has some excellent pieces regarding the different aspects of international development. He also gives some very practical advice for students thinking about going into international development.
2) http://www.one.org/blog/
This is the official blog by ONE, one of the biggest and I think the greatest non-profit organization specialized in grass-root advocacy to pressure the congress into fighting global poverty. They have recently, in conjunction with GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunization) and others successfully pushed for an increase in budget that will go towards immunizing 4 million children worldwide from preventable diseases. So that is pretty awesome right?
3) http://www.owen.org/
The blog from the recently-returned-to-the US development economist Owen Barder who now works for the Center for CGD (center for global development). I greatly enjoyed his posts about aid transparency and his interesting experiences in Ethiopia.
4) http://practicalaction.org/blog/
Started by the famous economist E.F Schumacher, this non-profit organization has come a long way in its role of assisting the poor through the implementation of appropriate technological solutions. I am personally not a huge fan of appropriate technological solutions. I strongly recommend you check out their website. They also have excellent educational resources for those interested in learning how to build some of the things that they use to help make the lives of the poor easier.
5) http://aidontheedge.info/
Trained as a good biologist and a fan of Charles Darwin, I cannot help getting intrigued by some of the posts on this blog that bridges concepts in evolution to the incredibly complex business of international aid. If you enjoy this, you might also want to learn more about complex theories, which I find equally interesting although I still have to find more about it.

These are what I have currently on my RSS feed. You are greatly welcome to add to the list.

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