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30-second impression of Etienne Tshisekedi
I was only able to attend a few minutes of DRC presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi’s recent speech at CSIS (as it started late and I had to leave for an evening class), but came away impressed...
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Ugandan media thought of the day
More belated conference blogging, but Maria Burnett of Human Rights Watch offered up an interesting observation about the Ugandan media at a recent OSI event on Museveni’s increasingly undemocratic...
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Steps towards mineral certification in the DRC
The Wilson Center held an interesting event last week on steps towards the development of a certification process for conflict-free minerals in the DRC, with representatives from an admirably broad...
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Liveblogging Leon Kengo wa Dondo at SAIS
Throwing myself into the perilous waters of Congolese electoral blogging again, I’m currently at a speech being given by DRC presidential candidate and current Senate President Leon Kengo wa Dondo at...
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Pres. Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi at the Wilson Center
Went to see a decently interesting discussion with Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza at the Wilson Center last week. (There’s video of an interview he later conducted at the Center here.) As...
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Straus on remaking Rwanda
Catching up on yet another batch of backdated conference blogging, I went to see Scott Straus discuss his edited volume Remaking Rwanda at CSIS last October. It’s a thought-provoking book, as is his...
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Violence and agency in the DRC
In yet another bit of backdated conference blogging, the Great Lakes Policy Forum held an excellent session on “Telling the Story of the Congo” last October. (Notes aren’t up at their site, but...
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African events in the Bay Area
As Chad McClymonds noted in Africa is a Country a few months ago, San Francisco has an odd relationship to Africa. There are strong African immigrant communities here, but it’s hard to find fora to...
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Updates from PacDev
I had a great time at the Pacific Conference for Development Economics this weekend. Sendhil Mullainathan really stole the show with an amazing keynote on his new book, Scarcity (which looks like...
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Human rights advocate Nicholas Opiyo at Berkeley
The Center for African Studies and the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley are sponsoring a discussion with human rights advocate Nicholas Opiyo on April 21. Nicholas is a constitutional lawyer who led...
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Winner-take-all politics in Ghana
I attended an interesting workshop last week at the Institute of Economic Affairs on the state of “winner-take-all” politics in Ghana. Given Ghana’s 20 years of democratic alternance, I don’t tend to...
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Dinner with John Githongo
John Githongo (source) I’m quite behind the times on this, but in April, I had the chance to attend a dinner at Stanford for visiting scholar John Githongo. It was a fascinating chance to hear from a...
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Updates from GiveDirectly
A few weeks ago, I participated in an open conference call with the staff of GiveDirectly. They discussed their performance in 2015, and plans for future expansion. A recording of the call and their...
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Accra photos
A few highlights from my recent trip. Looking forward to returning in late January! I’m also sharing more photos from around Africa on Flickr, and some personal favorites on Instagram. A low landing...
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Spring conference highlights
It’s been a busy few months of conferences around Berkeley! Christine Simiyu. “Take-up, Use and Impact of Reusable Sanitary Products Provision and Puberty Training on Education and Health Outcomes in...
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There are lots of great events on in Nairobi soon! Check out these upcoming shows and conferences if you’re around. June 6 – 16. Nairobi Film Festival at Prestige Plaza. Buy tickets at their...
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Upcoming conference presentations
I’m presenting several ongoing projects at APSA and the Effective States and Inclusive Development conference. Come say hello if you’re around! Roundtable on “Increasing Inclusion of African and...
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UoN lecture on qualitative knowledge production and archival practice in Kenya
Lots of great events in Nairobi this week! If you’re around tomorrow, November 7, come to the University of Nairobi Towers, Mini Lecture Room 401 from 2 – 4 pm to hear Angela Okune speak about her...
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Feminist economics summer school in Johannesburg
Super cool opportunity alert: the Institute for Economic Justice at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg is holding a feminist economics summer school from 20 – 31 January 2020....
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Fall 2019 conference updates
Here are some of the interesting papers I saw at this fall’s recent conferences.Carl Müller-Crepon. “State Reach and Development in Africa, 1965-2015.“ The colonial making of African states’...
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