- Vox has an explainer from Paul Slovic discussing how 'psychic numbing' helps to explain the limits of human compassion.
- World Bank President Jim Yong Kim shares five TED Talks that have inspired him.
- Keane Shum discusses the ongoing plight of Rohingya asylum seekers.
- Wade Shepard details two failed Chinese international development infrastructure projects.
- Duncan Green provides some career advice for the confused and aspirant development worker.
- The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network has released a discussion draft of how to reform the global foreign aid architecture. A summary is available here.
- Michael Pisa and Matt Juden discuss how Blockchain Technology can be harnessed for development, and what impediments remain in the way.
- IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde sat down with Masood Ahmed at the Centre for Global Development to discuss the most pressing global economic challenges. Video here:
Aid & development links: Rohinyga asylum seekers, blockchain tech potential and more
This weeks links include the psychology of psychic numbing, the ongoing plight of Rohingya asylum seekers, and Chinese development infrastructure projects.
![Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images.](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/interpreter_article_image/public/GettyImages-653480258.jpg?itok=Niagv3a7)
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images.
Published 31 Jul 2017
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