Music Link: Tinashe (Zimbabwe)

H/T Africa is a Country.

World Bank Strategy Paper

Africa’s Future and the World Bank’s Role in it

Video Link: A Radical Idea for Development

Does it sound familiar to you?

Video Link: Hans Rosling and Development (TED)

A Recent Debate on Technology as a Tool to End Poverty

The Boston Review has a “New Democracy Forum” and the most recent issue was titled Can Technology End Poverty?

Technology—no matter how well designed—is only a magnifier of human intent and capacity. It is not a substitute.

The lead article was by Kentaro Toyama, and there were [more optimistic] responses from Jenny Aker and Nathan Eagle that I’d also recommend reading.

Video Link: T-Shirt Travels

The AFP News Clip:

And, if you’d like to have a more in-depth view, see the documentary, T-Shirt Travels:

Video Link: Jeff Sachs, an Aid Optimist

Music Link: SMOD (Mali)

Week 14 Discussion

Sorry, Sudan (Newsweek)

The United States has a long tradition of helping distant strangers. But many Americans now question our ability to do good in faraway lands. Few places are more remote—and troubled—than this one.