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WIDS_2012

  1. Development Experts Call for Self-Sufficiency allafrica.com/c/-4UJ-p #africa via @allafrica 2:49 PM May 27th via Tweet Button
  2. Wonderful source of podcasts regarding the latest issues in international development -- take a look developmentdrums.org 2:06 PM May 24th via web
  3. Sustainable development is the only way forward | Jonathan Glennie gu.com/p/37y4q/tw via @guardian 9:04 AM May 21st via Tweet Button
  4. Getting the right response to food shortages in the Sahel - This is Africa: bit.ly/JBh60g 12:06 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  5. UN's first Africa Human Development Report for 2012: afhdr.org/en/ Challenges persist, but optimism is rightfully growing 12:35 AM May 16th via web
  6. #DataoftheDay: 40% of the Arab World is agricultural land. bit.ly/IWdpme #opendata @WorldBank 9:56 AM May 14th via web
  7. RT @poverty_action Children can't read, yet history needs to be taught... the focus is in the wrong place #AfricaEdu 9:54 AM May 14th via web
  8. Jobs, Justice and Equity: excellent new overview of Africa’s progress oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=10058 via @fp2p 3:01 AM May 13th via Tweet Button
  9. How can we do development better? Commentary by Dani Rodrik fb.me/1YEu3VRBU 10:21 AM May 12th via Facebook
  10. Doing Development Better by Dani Rodrik via @ProSyn #oped project-syndicate.org/commentary/doi… 10:19 AM May 12th via Tweet Button
  11. Inspiring piece by @JeffDSachs Global health within our grasp, if we don't give up cnn.com/2012/05/09/opi… 10:44 AM May 9th via Tweet Button
  12. Policy forecast: Assessing the fallouts from the coups in Guinea-Bissau and Mali - News - This is Africa: bit.ly/J0HqvT 9:22 AM May 9th via Tweet Button
  13. Fantastic article from our very own Sabrina Marsh on the ongoing chaos in Mali bit.ly/ISKQYm 2:32 PM May 7th via web
  • Name WIDS 2012
  • Location University of Warwick
  • Web http://www.wids.o...
  • Bio Warwick International Development Summit - A forum and platform for engagement in development issues and practise. Inspire. Engage. Inform.
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