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Post Conflicted: More odd links
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Issues in Conflict, Development and the Environment. Monday, September 21, 2009. The posting will improve shortly, I promise. In the mean time, enjoy these odd links:. No surprise, John Grisham is no fan of literature. One of the greatest minds of the last century, Alan Turing, finally gets an apology. The politics of journal editing. I had no idea about a dam catastrophe in Russia. Boston Globe has some amazing pictures. Sac guess 2012 soldes. Sac guess pas cher. Tee shirts louis vuitton. My field resea...
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Post Conflicted: Is the OLPC dead?
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Issues in Conflict, Development and the Environment. Saturday, September 12, 2009. Is the OLPC dead? The OLPC has been getting a lot of heat lately in the blogsphere. First, Timothy Ogden (HT PSD Blog. Argued that the effect of computers on education is abysmal (in developed countries at least), and that proven education boosters, like deworming, are much more cost effective ($4/year versus $200). I will argue below that neither of these means much. But does it matter in the developing world? Maybe Compu...
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Post Conflicted: E coli outbreak
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Issues in Conflict, Development and the Environment. Sunday, October 4, 2009. The NYT has a great video. About the consequences and causes of an E Coli outbreak recently that left one woman paralyzed. I've blogged previously about the lack of proper government oversight of meat producers. And this is more evidence that we need more regulation. Lack of government oversight isnt the problem. CAFOs are. Read some Michael Pollan books. December 20, 2010 at 4:36 PM. Sac guess 2012 soldes. Sac guess pas cher.
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Post Conflicted: Meat recalls
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Issues in Conflict, Development and the Environment. Monday, June 29, 2009. Most people don't really understand how the meat industry in America is regulated, or, that is, not regulated. For instance, a story entitled USDA Orders Largest Meat Recall in U.S. History. From the Washington Post might give people the impression the USDA can actually order a recall. Check out the report The USDA’s Authority to Recall Meat and Poultry Products. From The Congressional Research Service. July 23, 2013 at 8:43 PM.
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Post Conflicted: Economic development, Sherlock Holmes and medical science
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Issues in Conflict, Development and the Environment. Thursday, October 15, 2009. Economic development, Sherlock Holmes and medical science. These are the three things I think a lot about these days, and they're more related than you might think. In the latest NYRB. Jerome Groopman (article not yet available online) reviews two new books on the intersection of medical science and sleuthing. But what does this have to do with economic development? The tools that medical science uses are very close to the t...
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Program archive - DENeB - Development Economics Network Berlin
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The Research Seminar of DENeB is held on Thursdays from 17.30 to 19.00 at DIW Berlin. The current program is available on Home Page. Financial distress among urban microfinance clients: the impact of formal loans or a general pheno menon? Toulouse School of Economics) (please note this seminar will be exceptionally held in Tuesday, Oct 20 at 17.30. Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Trade. Free University, Berlin) (please note this seminar will exceptionally start at 18.00. Networks and Misalloc...
