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Development links: Asylum seekers, Vietnam, India, big data and more

Stephanie Dunstan

Published 24 Jul 2013 17:13 0 Comments

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The role of Australia's aid program in the PNG asylum seeker plan is the subject of this powerful piece from Jo Chandler.
This turned out to be prescient blog post from the Development Policy Centre days before the Rudd-O'Neill announcement.
How big data can improve the lives of a billion women and girls.
What will be the no. 1 killer of children aged 5-15 in Africa by 2015? It's (perhaps) not what you think.
Indian poverty has declined from 37.2% to 22% in the last decade.
That could be related to India's school lunch program, which despite the recent tragedy, is doing good.
Meanwhile, property prices in Mumbai's slums are booming. (H/t MR.)
Regional organisations have become increasingly active in humanitarian interventions over the last two decades.
From Vietnam, stories on youth environmentalism and rural clean water initiatives.
Trailer for Warriors, a new documentary about a group of Maasai tribesmen taking up cricket to bring attention to the problems of their society. (H/t @wmyeoh.)

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