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
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.