Norway/The World
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AgderGlobalDev retweeted
Nilsen's crucial point is that most of the world's poor live in countries that have experienced strong economic growth, but their growth strategies (often cheered on by the World Bank) create and reproduce poverty.
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AgderGlobalDev retweeted
@alfgunvald tears into World Bank's trickery around global poverty estimates. Calls out the usual 'lack of resources' and raises the issue of lopsided distribution. An important read.
thewire.in/economy/global-po… via @thewire_in
AgderGlobalDev retweeted
Integration into global supply networks has lifted many countries into middle-income status, but their populations have yet to reap the benefits. Sharp analysis from @alfgunvald. opendemocracy.net/beyondslav…
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The United Nations describes America as a nation near the bottom of the developed world in safety net support and economic mobility, with its citizens living "shorter and sicker lives compared to those living in all other rich democracies" commondreams.org/views/2018/… #poverty
AgderGlobalDev retweeted
More power to you, @irenaakbar
Comparison of the burka, a symbol of a besieged minority, with the trishul, a symbol of aggressive majoritarianism is callous and insensitive.
indianexpress.com/article/op…
Our department of Global Development and Planning is looking for a PhD Research Fellow interested in the impacts of digitalization on society
Apply before April 17, 2018
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AgderGlobalDev retweeted
This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the #KernerReport, which showed that white racism was to blame for race riots. Its lessons reverberate today, writes @julianzelizer. #kernerat50 #Kerner50 bostonreview.net/us/julian-e…
Farewell to Development
@buildresilience interviews Arturo Escobar
resilience.org/stories/2018-…
Check the other side of @Olympics at @alternautas blog
‘Lives Uprooted: Urban Inequality and Olympic Evictions in Rio de Janeiro’
by @mystanes
alternautas.net/blog/2018/2/…
AgderGlobalDev retweeted
One of the strongest additions to the series! Congratulations @alfgunvald nitter.cf/alfgunvald/status/9607…
Huge shout-out and thanks to @MsAMR25 @cepaSL @AdayaalamCPR, @dharsha_J and many others (Ahilan, Menaha, Vagisha, Malathi) for making it such a tremendous learning experience. And to @AjithLyan for all his hard work.