Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Sortie d’animation avec la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école B de Houndé
- Ghana librarians do a group reading session
- Organisation d’une séance de mots croisés et d’une séance de dessin à la bibliothèque de Karaba
- Appréciations des livres CMH par professeurs du CEG de Maro
- Animation d’une séance de lecture guidée à la bibliothèque de Karaba
- Animation de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque de Béréba, Burkina Faso
- Encouragement des élèves de l’école Sainte Thérèse de Houndé à la lecture
- Organisation d’une séance de lecture à voix haute à la bibliothèque de Koho
- Visite du coordonnateur et de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque Lumière pour enfants à Houndé
- Une sortie d’animation de la BMP à l’école E de Houndé
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What are Sanders’ economic policies?
I am finally starting to ask the questions, as friends and colleagues start taking positions and debate the substance of Clinton versus Sanders. His website with economic positions is here. I have quoted for most, and added a little bit … Continue reading
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The Geography of Trumpism
What sometimes surprises me sometimes about my very liberal friends is how much they seem to care about this marginalized population, to the extent that they want a whole set of trade and competition-regulating policies to protect and support them, … Continue reading
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Pinkshinyultrablast – Comet Marbles
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré after two months as President of Burkina Faso
This opinion piece reviews the first two months of the new Burkinabè administration. Notable is that every “fact” is an action by some actor other than the government. Not a single “act” by the government in the first 60 days … Continue reading
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Who is killing the donkeys of West Africa for their skins?
The prices of donkey skins have soared. Nobody is quite sure. But China seems to be the destination for the skins. A tulip market? Increased real as opposed to speculative demand? Aéroport international de Ouagadougou, début février 2016. Des dizaines … Continue reading
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It just doesn’t seem like a good use of the word concurrence
Probably Trump meant “consideration” but something in him said “use a bigger word”… By the way, the Trans-Pacific, if you look at the TPP, a total disaster, which, by the way, Marco is in favor of, they need — it … Continue reading
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Anecdotes about the power of libraries never stop coming
Growing up, Clementine spent much of his teenage years at the library, which became his sanctuary. He was taken by the writing of William Blake and Immanuel Kant, and was particularly interested in the work of the 17th-century philosopher John … Continue reading
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Nice article by Jeffrey Gettleman on possible corruption in Kenya
Suggests just how easy it is to make a ton of money through corruption when you have a billion dollar company basically wanting to “give” you $500,000 with no oversight. In a contract signed several years ago, Nike agreed to … Continue reading
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When does an economist laugh out loud?
If you are me, it is when reading things like this comment by Michael Foody on a Marginal Revolution blog entry about Brita water filter that detects and orders replacement filters. Using disposable consumer goods to solve ever smaller problems … Continue reading
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Light reading these last couple weeks: Faber and Mitchell
I read Michael Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things. Definitely compares nicely to Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow, if you have read that. A missionary travel to Oasis, where the Oasans are a remarkably simply, vulnerable, Jesus-loving agrarian society. … Continue reading
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Credit Suisse C.E.O. Asks for a Cut in His Bonus
Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of Credit Suisse, has asked the company’s board to reduce his bonus, days after the Swiss bank reported a multibillion-dollar loss in the fourth quarter. “I have asked the board of directors for a significant … Continue reading
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Not the new Linda Rondstadt, but she (Lindi Ortega) is pretty good
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Even when you are en economist, you can want to be an astronaut
The amazing astronaut is Sunita Williams.
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The Race for Space by British alternative group Public Service Broadcasting
My brother gave me this CD for Christmas. It makes an addictive present, and you will never, ever, forget Yuri Gagarin, Alexei Leonov (did you even know he was the first person to walk in space?) and the three astronauts … Continue reading
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Short life expectancy of Russian men… too much vodka
In my econometrics class we measure the number of missing women using the World Development Indicators, and in Russia and Eastern Europe the numbers reveal missing men. The reason seems straightforward. The study, published in the Lancet, found Russian male … Continue reading
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Noah Smith asks why many economists still advocate for free trade
Smith accuses economists of being blithely callous. But he seems unable to appreciate how narrow-minded his own “attack on economists” is, because by his notion of what is fair and just only Americans matter. Who cares what happens to the … Continue reading
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Anthony Bernier challenges library youth services to be more international-oriented, in in VOYA
Nice perspective from Anthony! I come not to praise the superiority we feel about library service in the United States, but to bury it. This issue of VOYA [February 2016] concentrates on how technology continues to move evermore rapidly to … Continue reading
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Recent light reading
Slade House, by David Mitchell. A haunted house horror story, sort of. More interesting as a technical challenge: create a vivid character and virtual reality, one for each decade, from 1970 to present. In some ways Dorian Gray, and the … Continue reading
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Possible longer term effects of Splendid attack
It looks like the Splendid Hotel and Cafe Cappuccino attack of January 15 2016 evening in Ouagadougou was an AQIM-organized attack, with the possibly declared purpose of attacking France, which leads operations against AQIM in northern Africa and the Sahel. … Continue reading
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Le Burkina Faso de Roch Kaboré et Salif Diallo
As usual, nice summary commentary from Jean-Pierre Bejot: Discours très généraliste. En cette journée qui vient clore « la glorieuse page de l’histoire récente de notre peuple », Roch Kaboré s’est bien gardé d’évoquer quoi ou qui que ce soit … Continue reading
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Michael Kevane 