Stories about Development from April, 2007
Syrian Blogsphere on Pelosi, Liz Cheyney, Parliamentary Elections, and Nargileh
In the last couple of weeks very important developments have taken place on the Syrian political arena. One was the controversial visit of the US speaker of parliament Nancy Pelosi...
Introducing the Qatari Blogosphere
“A little country with big heart” is how camper described the tiny (but rich) State of Qatar on its last independence day. While that's a nice quaint description, many in...
El Salvador: Biofuels Vs. Basic Foods
Tim Muth on the double-edged sword of El Salvador's investment into ethanol.
China: Nailhouse questions remain
With all the blogging and reporting that's been done on the now-infamous nailhouse, Davesgonechina takes a long look back—two, actually—and still finds many unanswered questions.
South Africa: colonization of Africa by Africa?
The silent takeover of Africa by South African businesses: “According to the State Of The Nation: South Africa 2003 – 2004 (7), available documents show South African businesses running the...
Madagascar: English as an Official Language, Tribute to Victims of Colonial Conflicts and Cyclones (Again)
It's been a busy couple of weeks for Madagascar: A referendum for an amendment on the constitution which includes the addition of English as an official language. Madagascar was also honoring the memory of the victims of the colonial insurrection of 1947 which resulted in 80,000 casualties. Finally, a 6th cyclone in 6th month hit the Malagasy coast, leaving even more devastated areas before reconstruction from the earlier one could be completed.
Botswana: vote for the Nata village blog
Please vote for the Nata village blog: “PLEASE take five minutes of your time and help us out! The Nata Blog has entered a contest with www.netsquared.org. They are a...
Algeria: Future Arab Alliances with Israel?
The Moor Next Door talks about the Arab states and future alliances with Israel and against Iran: “A long road must be traveled until the major Arab states can win...
Central Asia & Caucasus: Corporate Philanthropy
At neweurasia, Marianna argues that NGOs need to develop a culture of giving across Central Asia and the Caucasus to encourage local corporate support of the work that NGOs do.
CAFTA: Point of Disagreement in Costa Rica
Editor's Note: Juliana Rincón Parra has already shown us the extensive opposition to Costa Rica's ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement. However, San Jose-based Roy Rojas was adamant...
Russia: New Silicon Valley in Siberia?
Novosibirsk is no “new Silicon Valley,” writes Ruminations on Russia – because the former is “home to a unique successful risk-taking culture” and the latter is home “to unfeasibly large...
Touring Libyan Blogs:Nalut Spring festival, mountain bikes in Libya, maturity, headless a short story, abuse of maids, and true love
Another week in Libyan blogs, this week Khadijateri attended the Nalut Spring Festival, all I can say that it is incredible, the photos. the people, the adventures. I made a...
China: Memedia Issue 3: New century for grassroots media
Another benchmark for the vibrant Chinese blogsphere, key bloggers and big names have come together to form Memedia, home to a collectively-written weekly roundup of the biggest stories from the...
Lebanon: Random Posts During the Holidays
Lebanon has been on a holiday the past week. Three holidays coincided together. This year happens to be one of those rare years when the liturgical calendars of the Orthodox...
Africa: social change through technology
White African on social change through technology in Africa: “Kabissa has applied for $500k worth of funding for their new Kabissa 2.0 project with NetSquared. They are talking big ideas....
China: Inner-city toxics plant protested
In November last year, construction began on a chemical plant in Haicang district, located on Xiamen island in the capital of Southwestern China's Fujian province, slated to produce the solvent...
Iraq: Covering the Al- Jazeera Conference
Iraqi blogger Dahr Jamail gives us a slideshow presentation about the recent 3rd Annual Al Jazeera Conference in Doha, Qatar.
Somaliland: sign of order and normalcy
A sign of order and normalcy in Hargeysa, the capital of the Republic of Somaliland.
Bahrain: GCC oversight
Bahraini blogger Mahmood's Den discusses the ills of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and their inability to implement important monetary policy.
Former Soviet Union: Blogging “Frozen Conflicts”
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow thought it'd be a good idea to start a blog on “the so-called ‘frozen conflicts'”: “I could even just use this blog – ‘Scraps of...
Northeast Asia: Toxic Sandstorm
Pauken from Ohmynews writes about the toxic sandstorm in Northeast Asia: Floating dust carrying heavy metal materials from Chinese factories are invading the lungs of people from the Asia Pacific.
