See the full blog here.
William Easterly discusses how aid could be increased in five simple principles for scaling up aid.
Research for Development reports on a new study that shows that climate change in causing malaria in highland areas in which it didn’t previously appear in east
Roving Bandit finds a blackboard blogger in Monrovia who writes news on a big blackboard for people who can’t afford newspapers and now has an online blog!
British companies are having problems recruiting because of new, paranoid and stupid immigration laws (sops to extremist anti-immigration parties). It’s one way to slow the African brain drain, I suppose…
This Young Economist seems to have a fascination with queuing here, here and here. It’s not just me then (here and here)!
Stumbling and Mumbling reports on a new Angus Deaton paper – religion is good for you! It makes you live longer and less likely to experience pain. If only it made it true!
Chris Blattman has some good news for young academics. Brains count for a lot in mate choice!
Finally, some fun with incentives from Economists do it with Models. “How is a fly in a urinal like the dashboard of a Prius?”
1 comments:
Sadly I don't think UK immigration policy is driven by extremists, but the general public. Polls repeatedly show that the vast majority of people are against more immigration. Liberal economists with graduate degrees live in a bit of a bubble.
I'm plotting the answer. It might have something to do with making EVERYONE become graduate economics students.
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