Category Archives: Development

Out of houses without books

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Yaacov

Today I came across Doris Lessing’s Nobel acceptance speech. She spoke about writing and poverty and the many places in Africa where the two cross. Here is a piece: This links improbably with a fact: I was brought up in … Continue reading →

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Perspectives on Poverty

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Yaacov

My friend Erin is doing a placement through Engineers Without Borders at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana and writing a great blog about it. Her most recent post takes aim at the pictures of “starving” African children … Continue reading →

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