- Is the Chinese government starting to crack down on illegal timber trade? Global Witness reports on a recent conference.
- Relatedly, Google has unveiled a new online tool, Global Forest Watch, enabling people to monitor deforestation around the world.
- Laurence Haddad demonstrates how to write about development research for a fashion magazine.
- Getting smart with aid in a changing aid landscape. The head of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC), Erik Solheim, also offers thoughts on the future of aid.
- Has the IMF finally discovered that inequality affects growth? The Economist has a good summary.
- A new instrument suggests that foreign aid boosts growth.
- Ben Affleck impressed the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee with his knowledge of eastern Congo last week. How do other celebrities score for their work in Africa?
Aid & development links: Illegal timber, inequality, celebrities in Africa and more
Published 3 Mar 2014
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