Links I Liked

October 12, 2015

     By Duncan Green     

How to judge the quality of specialist writing h/t Chris Blattmanhow to judge writing

Egypt’s Chinese lingerie vendors. Brilliant, human reportage on globalization, Africa and China. [h/t Mark Fried]

China’s growing aid budget has its own Daily Mail, charity-begins-at-home style internal critics, apparently.

Trying to get your head round the World Bank’s new poverty numbers? Good explainer frm Francisco Ferreira

Got a skill and want to help Syrian/other refugees? Go to crowdsource website movements.org and sign up

Best travel ad ever? (and also another reason – besides Borgen – why I wish I was Danish) [h/t Chris Blattman]

Trevor Noah’s been getting mixed reviews as he steps into Jon Stewart’s gigantic shoes, but this riff on Donald Trump as America’s first truly African president is brilliant.

 

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