How Do States Learn?
Everyone in the development field recognizes that learning is essential to development. But what kind of learning matters most? For most major development actors, the emphasis is squarely on individual learning. Achieving universal primary education, for instance, is the second Millennium Development Goal, coming just after ending poverty and hunger. Organizations such as the World [...]
Arakan
The Burmese government announced that it would grant Burmese citizenship to Muslims in Arakan in June 2012. This woke up the violence between Buddhist Rakhine people and Muslim Rohingya villagers repeating the Rohingya massacre of 1942 (only the number of the deceased is still unknown). Violence started after Buddhists attacked a bus carrying ten Muslim [...]
Nigeria: Is Weather Modification deterring Rain in Lagos?
It’s been light showers over the last 3 weeks around parts of Lagos Mainland and Lagos Island, against the experiences of downpour prior to this time. Remarkably, things changed after the commencement of maintenance works on third mainland bridge, and public suspicion over possible weather manipulation has grown. It has also been cold, and rainfall [...]
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