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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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