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Probably the best economics blog (previously) in South Sudan

04 February 2010

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1. Reporting on the Sudanese election

2. UN staff in Nairobi are not happy about the city being reclassified as safer

3. What the internet was made for: Photos of Chantal Biya's Hair

4. Round-up of gay rights activism in Africa

5. Mapumental: A ninja tool for helping you house or job hunt within Great Britain
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Because the consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: Once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else. (Lucas 1988, On the Mechanics of Economic Development)

I'm a Consultant at Oxford Policy Management, where I save babies every day. Obviously nothing written here necessarily represents the views of Oxford Policy Management. I am barely sure it even represents the views of me.

I used to be an Economist in South Sudan. Hence the silly subtitle. Roving Bandit is a reference to Mancur Olson, not because I think I'm some kind of badass. I'm also a big fan of experiments.

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