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I have been following Chris Blattman's blog for a while and I am just incredibly impressed by how good it has become. It focuses on Africa--but not exclusively--and contains the most intelligent and timely commentary on economic development around. I just felt I ought to say it. And no, Chris has not asked for a plug.
Just reassure me Chris that you are not doing this in lieu of working on your journal articles...
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What journal articles...?
Posted by: Chris | July 21, 2008 at 09:42 PM
Chris' is good, but this one is my favorite!
Posted by: ben | July 23, 2008 at 08:57 AM
www.inclusivebusiness.org
Inclusive Business, Interesting idea from SNV (www.snvworld.org) to promote poverty alleviation through market mechanisms.
Posted by: Daniel | July 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM
I dont know if you notice, but the WSJ says today that the left created the Fed in 1913 to defend people against abuse of bankers. Is completely false. If interested check my post. Cheers
http://liberalrealism.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/wsj-says-the-le.html
Posted by: Aparicio Caicedo | July 25, 2008 at 05:59 AM
I dont know if you notice, but the WSJ says today that the left created the Fed in 1913 to defend people against abuse of bankers. Is completely false. If interested check my post. Cheers
http://liberalrealism.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/wsj-says-the-le.html
Posted by: Aparicio Caicedo | July 25, 2008 at 06:01 AM
A blog is a simplified term for “web blog”-a new generation medium for writing articles, essays, statements and the like.
Posted by: henry | July 27, 2008 at 09:05 PM
I agree with Dani, great work Chris! I'm thinking of ways I can get my Development Econ students to read and think about your posts next semester. So hope you keep up your pace.
If as Chris and Freakonomics pointed out last week, that policy makers ignore development economist works, then perhaps we should be blogging in lieu of some journal articles.
Journal article should be included in a tenure portfolio, but I would like to see economists/universities figure a way to give weight to blogs. This might mean some sort of structure for reviewing blogs, along the lines of peer-review.
In some sense this could be through hit counts (but then we may reward comment spaming like the above comments), but I think all our blogs could be improved by some method of feedback and review similar to those at journals.
Posted by: seth | July 28, 2008 at 05:28 PM
I love the global perspective, but we should be taking some of those innovative ideas and apply them to communities right here in our own backyards. I'm a student at Binghamton University in upstate New York and we have begun working with the community to try and make the city sustainable and attractive to non-residents. I would really appreciate any input from brilliant people like yourselves -- check out my hub and tell me what you think:
http://hubpages.com/hub/identitycrisis
Posted by: Elliot Nasser | February 26, 2009 at 12:31 PM
There is a new place branding community of practice for economic development professionals and students - www.strengtheningbrandamerica.com
Posted by: Ed Burghard | March 23, 2009 at 09:22 PM