- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is 0.4% of total UK government spending. In an age of globalisation, how is it possible to invest so little in your primary vehicle for dealing with other governmental and intergovernmental actors?
- 85% of basic services in Southern Sudan are provided by NGOs (source: anonymous donor). Not only is it difficult to know where to point the finger on this one, it’s difficult to know whose finger would be doing the pointing. Certainly not mine.
- Remittances to Haiti were 19% of GDP in 2002 but rose to 50% of GDP in 2008. Take a barely-there legal economy, factor in the financial crisis, and things don’t look great for the reconstruction. I’m sure the US will take things in hand though.
- Congo (Kinshasa) would be screwed if people were allowed to live where they wanted, so it’s a good thing freedom of movement isn’t a human right. Haiti was pretty ropey even before the earthquake, but it’s looking pretty good for Iraq.
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Jan 10