Leaving the two Congos
Working for the two Congos – DR Congo, Kinshasa and Congo Republic, Brazzaville (the closest two capital cities in the world) – over the last three-and-a-half years has been like running a fast-track...
View ArticleBeyond “Beyond Aid” – Implications for DR Congo
It is hard, especially on the eve of only the second democratic elections in DR Congo, to find a topic about which a diverse group of distinguished Congolese agree. So, we expected little agreement...
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New ways to deliver water
Mamtoai puts her blue token key into the slot of the standpost and out flows water.It is an early spring morning in October and the sun shines brightly in Lower Ha Thetsane, an area of Maseru, Lesotho,...
View ArticleFar East solutions for nearby land questions
I recently had the opportunity to organize and take part in an exchange learning visit to Thailand and Vietnam. The visit was aimed at improving the effectiveness of Ethiopia’s land administration...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day 2011
In Burundi, a World Bank-supported project focused on educating female sex workers about the risks of contracting HIV/AIDS and other diseases has contributed to Burundi's overall declining infection...
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The University of Felix Houphouet Boigny is now open for classes...again!
Never mind that it is drizzling throughout the opening ceremony, forcing many people under a undulating roof of red, green, blue, and pink umbrellas. The re-opening of Cote d’Ivoire’s leading...
View ArticleCatching up on schooling in South Sudan
Video PlatformVideo ManagementVideo SolutionsVideo PlayerAs we drive along the semi-paved roads leading out of Juba, I wonder somewhat despondently how this one-year-old country that has been so deeply...
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