Tales from Mali

One of the people behind The Mali Initiative, Jürgen Nagler describes in an interesting blogpost some of his recent experiences with the aid system in Mali. In January my family and I had the chance to visit their pilot school in Bamako and are happy to support their work on betterplace. Jürgens tales from the fourth-poorest nation [...]
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Tags: aid industry, Easterly, Mali, Mali Initiative, schools, statistics

Through South-East Asia with the Foreign Minister

This past week I accompanied German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his trip to South-East Asia as part of a delegation consisting of CEOs, MPs and journalists. As an anthropologist who tries to impart her know-how regarding cultural globalization to her co-travellers, I have quickly acquired the reputation of not only coming up with surprising [...]
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Tags: cultural revival, Indonesia Pluralism Institute, lasem batik, Steinmeier, World Toilet Organisation

Taming the “monster”

Speaking after the signing of a power-sharing agreement in Kenya, opposition leader, Raila Odinga thanked Kofi Annan for his role in achieving the historic agreement, and in closing said “We have now opened a new chapter in our history, from the era of confrontation to the beginning of cooperation. We should ensure that Kenyans begin [...]
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Tags: discrimination, hiv/aids, Kenya, kofi annan, president kibaki, racial discrimination, raila odinga, world conference against racism