Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Daytime session at Sherigu Community Library
- La deuxième journée des activités de café littéraire à la bibliothèque de Boni
- Échanges avec la nouvelle gérante de la bibliothèque de Koho
- Reprise des activités de la bibliothèque mobile Pénélope
- Sortie de la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école Sainte Thérèse
- Bonne nouvelle pour les amoureux de la lecture à Niankorodougou
- Bibliothèque communautaire de Zimtenga ! Les livres attendent patiemment le retour des communautés
- Bilan des activités du mois d’août de la bibliothèque de Bougounam
- Bilan des premières journées du café littéraire
- Nyariga community library, daytime activities
Author Archives: mkevane
Sub-Saharan Africa good news on human well-being indicators…
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Sub-Saharan Africa economic growth in perspective… scaling y-axis is everything!
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Thrity years since I first saw Berlin Alexanderplatz by Fassbinder
To all my Georgetown friends (I think it was Prusa, McKay, Duda, Ehrehfeld?) who accompanied me, and then abandoned me (actually I don’t remember who actually lasted through the 15 1/2 hours of movie…), here are the scenes/images/thoughts I remember … Continue reading
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Publication bias and meta-analyses
Reminder that publication bias is important… but seems not to have greatly affected results in a number of reviews. I might have added that an important set of explanatory variables might be the “breadth” of the field, the likely incentives … Continue reading
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Leon Panetta at Santa Clara University
He was sweetly nostalgic at his 50th law school reunion speech. For my 15 year old, it was perhaps eye-opening to see fairly maudlin remarks delivered in a sincere and heartfelt way. Take a little of that millennial irony edge … Continue reading
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Every citizen needs to remember this phrase…
A powerful combination of fear-mongering and hero worship has made Canada’s fire departments largely immune to budget cuts. As a consequence, the citizens are getting hosed. via Marginal Revolution — Small steps toward a much better world..
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Arsène Yé offers commentary on committee’s Senate report in Burkina
Sachant que le rapport demande la poursuite de la mise en œuvre du sénat, les journalistes cherchaient en conséquence quelques nouvelles informations. Notamment le sort qui sera réservé aux sénateurs déjà élus. Apparemment, rien n’a été prévu. « Il n’y … Continue reading
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We’d like to see more of this, no? Pres. Joyce Banda of Malawi sells the presidential plane
Le train d’économies mis en place par la présidente du Malawi, Joyce Banda, se poursuit. Le pays va utiliser le produit de la vente de l’avion présidentiel, 15 millions de dollars, pour aider à nourrir les populations les plus pauvres … Continue reading
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“The Story of a Scar” by James Alan McPherson
Last night I read “The Story of a Scar” by James Alan McPherson, and I have to say that it is an excellent short story. The dialogue is gripping, and the characters sympathetic. I wasn’t quite sure about the ending. … Continue reading
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Cryptic words from Blaise Compaoré on the Senate in Burkina Faso
He appears to be backing down, by calling on government to have more “concertations“… that means delay. His request that “acteurs politiques” create other fora for discussion seems quite odd… shouldn’t he be asking the National Assembly to have an … Continue reading
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What does literature do counterfactual Friday
So… according to Benicio del Toro, supposedly Che Guevara ordered printing and distribution of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, after the revolution took Havana. Did a lot of people read it? Was Cuba better off? (Things look bad for the answer to … Continue reading
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Three movies to watch (maybe) this weekend?
I saw the first two on the plane back from Burkina last month. I guess I can give them reasonably positive recommendations since I didn’t turn them off (but I was on a 10 hour flight): Robert Redford’s The Company You … Continue reading
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Big big love… women loving their polygynous husbands too much lets husbands take advantage?
I haven’t read the paper (by Richard Akresh, Joyce Chen and Charity Moore) yet… so caveat emptor! Altruism among family members can inhibit cooperation by increasing the utility players expect to receive in a non-cooperative equilibrium. To test this, we … Continue reading
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Self-reflexive post-modern but still in a train not a hyperloop Friday
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IBK apparently starts off pretty badly…
Plus que le discours plutôt convenu du nouveau président malien, c’est la présence de l’ancien chef de l’Etat Moussa Traoré et les compliments à son égard d’IBK, que retient Le Républicain, autre quotidien bamakois. «L’ancien président Moussa Traoré, qui a … Continue reading
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What does literature do?
According to some: High school students and movie stars testify that “The Catcher in the Rye” changed their lives and changed the world. Not me. I read it in high school. I re-read it a couple years ago. I remember, … Continue reading
What does literature do anyway? Provocative reality from China
HT: Deb Garvey. Much like Chinese authorities today, Lu Xun himself was conflicted about the effect his voice might have on future generations. Reflecting on whether or not to speak out, he posed an analogy: Imagine an iron house without … Continue reading
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Conspiracy theories running rampant about Kosyam “attack” … who can tell?
On comprend alors pourquoi selon RFI un haut gradé de l’armée a laissé entendre « il nous a beaucoup emmerdés » parlant des événements survenus à la présidence. Ce qu’on peut retenir donc de ces témoignages, c’est que ce qui … Continue reading
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Gender barriers breaking down: men pounding foutou in Burkina Faso
En effet, se disant Ghanéen de nationalité, il dit avoir été estomaqué de voir des femmes se donner à cette tâche au Burkina Faso. « Au Ghana, ce ne sont pas les femmes qui pillent l’igname. C’est généralement une activité … Continue reading
Bicycles and cash transfers
A new paper Cycling to School finds that bicycles are even better than cash transfers (HT: Marginal Revolution). We find that the Cycle program was much more cost effective at increasing girls’ enrolment than comparable conditional cash transfer programs in … Continue reading
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