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I’ve seen *loads* of great stuff on t’interweb this week. Here is a selection of my favourite.
1/ If hotels were aid agencies.
2/ Inefficiency through lack of spending of the $787 billion US stimulus package. In Lesotho, it has almost become a mantra to say that we do not have the capacity to spend all the funds allotted for development expenditure. Nice to know we are not so different to the US!
3/ Distant celebrity relations. Barak Obama is related to Brad Pitt and Dick Cheney; Sarah Palin is related to Tennessee Williams and Bill Gates; George W Bush is related to Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana; Hillary Clinton is related to Angelina Jolie, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, Madonna, and Camilla Parker Bowles. And loads more examples.
4/ Slight problems with implementing budget plans in Ghana. From my ODI colleague, Michele. Wow, we are doing a pretty good job in Lesotho!
5/ Corn thrashing in Lesotho. From my favourite US Peace Corps blogger in Lesotho, Andrew Dernovsek. He describes beautifully rural culture here, writes excellently and is always very interesting and insightful.
6/ Two great charts found by Chart Porn: Are Europeans a Bunch of Drunks? And some great charts in the NY Times suggesting economic recovery is just around the corner.
7/ Do psychological laws apply only in North America? (HT. Brit. Psychological Soc. Research Digest)
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