Posts Tagged 'Africa'

Gay Rights in Africa: Regroup, Recommit, Act, Learn

Gay Rights in Africa: Regroup, Recommit, Act, Learn

March 10, 2014

Well, that didn’t work.

With the recent signing of harsh anti-gay laws by the otherwise pro-Western presidents of Uganda and Nigeria, it’s time for the West to reassess how it can help advance LGBT rights in Africa.

And then take bold action.

Why Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni or Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan calculated they had to support the further criminalization of homosexuals is a good question.

Perhaps they needed to lock in the votes and money of conservative political and ...

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Idealism and Hubris

November 20, 2013

Nina Munk’s new book, The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty, has received a lot of attention in recent weeks, not least because it is well written, deals with an important subject, and because it goes after a very high-profile champion of development assistance.

It will be recalled that the economist, Jeff Sachs, Columbia University wunderkind, spent time in Poland and Russia at the end of the Cold War advising on the transition from communism to ...

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