Branko Milanovic: ‘It cannot be said that Europe is currently politically uninteresting.’
‘Yo get these guys off a subway & onto broadway cuz this is lit’ Qasim Rashid
Feminist solutions to man-made economic inequality
Good news on the Ebola vaccine from Congo: “the evidence the WHO has been gathering in North Kivu — where nearly 64,000 doses have been administered — point to the vaccine being ‘highly, highly efficacious.'” ht Atul Gawande
These five Oxfam innovations are changing the way people fight poverty. Really interesting mix – not all ICT, but nothing on power, norms, governance etc. Can we have a second collection on that?
Alan Hudson of Global Integrity is sharing his 1000-strong library of articles on adaptive development, open government, systems, complexity and learning. If you’d like access to Alan’s Evernote collection please drop him a line at alan.hudson@globalintegrity.org with your email address
Mexico’s largest airline is having some fun with Americans. Ht Kevin Sieff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrq-q8Xday4
Check out the combo of throat singing, deep lyrics, and amazing instruments and landscapes The Hu (really?) is a Mongolian heavy metal band whose youtube videos have racked up over 10 million views. Music from 1 minute in. Backgrounder on the band here. Ht Chris Blattman.