For the data geeks:
Makes sense to me
Spurious Correlations. Absolutely wonderful geek humour. [h/t Alan Beattie]
A data revolution is underway. Will NGOs miss the boat?
Myth-busting on China and development:
Data on Chinese investment in Africa show its nothing like the giant, resource-sucking caricature
The new China-dominated Asian International Investment Bank (AIIB) is to offer loans with fewer strings attached than conventional aid donors like the World Bank – competition is a good thing, right?
Beware of physicist fathers (see left, that’s me). [h/t Credit: Zachary Kanin]
Analysis of 18 big global health organizations’ use of social media. UNICEF is the top dog. Anyone done it for development organizations?
Afghanistan tackles hidden epidemic of mental ill-health and PTSD. Massively underestimated development issue
12% of sub-Saharan Africans have mobile money accounts, compared to the global average of just 2%, according to a new digital inclusion index
Indian sex ratios for different religions 1991-2011: anti-women bias improving but still a long way to go, especially for Sikhs. (Globally, 107 boys born for every 100 girls, but women live longer, so average is about equal numbers)