Aid & development links: Bill Nye, disaster response, Mongolia, Bougainville and more

17 March 2014 08:19

Technological innovations are increasingly being used in disaster response. But they can present their own challenges: here's 5 best practices to keep in mind (HT @whydev).
On 'Development Drums', Owen Barder talks with Nina Munk about her new book The Idealist, about about Jeffrey Sachs and the Millennium Villages Project.
Mongolia has introduced some new laws to help combat human trafficking.
Has the Bougainville economy recovered since the end of violence in 1997?
Are OECD donors considering stopping aid to middle-income countries?
President Obama's fiscal year 2015 foreign aid wish list: great overview from Casey Dunning at the Center for Global Development.
Bill Nye, the ‘Science Guy’, a US version of our own Dr Karl, dispels common myths around US foreign aid, including ‘We give money to Africa and nothing changes’ (part of the Bill & Melinda Gates #stopthemyth campaign):

'Down and out down under'