Development links: Concert advocacy, Afghanistan, Facebook and more

22 August 2013 18:03

Musicians tackling poverty: does concert advocacy work?
Asian Development Bank vice-president positive about aid cooperation with China in the Pacific.
Australian aid: are NGOs barking up the wrong tree? Interesting opinion piece Brendan Rigby.
Disturbing: Violence against women damages the development successes of Latin American countries.
Facebook wants to connect the 'next 5 billion people' to the net, teaming up with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung to focus on developing countries.
How Afghanistan's poorest bear the brunt of war.
Fewer aid workers died in 2012 than in the year before. (H/t Duck of Minerva.)

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