As we get updates from people working on the ground, living in, or visiting the Millennium Villages in Africa we will post them here.
Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13anthropology-t.html East Africa: High Food Prices Hamper Fight Against Poverty http://allafrica.com/stories/200804110569.html Africa: A New Philanthro-Capitalist Alliance in Continent? http://allafrica.com/stories/200804110620.html EU Accused of Undermining UN Development Goals through Free Trade http://euobserver.com/24/25956 Appearance Legend-ary Thanks to Bodyguard (article about John Legend's Show Me Campaign) http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1086404&srvc=rss Review of Common Wealth by Jeff Sachs http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/common-wealth-by-jeffrey-sachs-807511.html WNYC: Rice Riots (podcast with Pedro Sanchez and others about rising food prices) http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2008/04/10/segments/96612 Price Rises Threaten Progress on Poverty http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08db8faa-0698-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.html Grains Gone Wild http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/opinion/07krugman.html?ex=1365307200&en=d8a0d58240ae53c9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=per Kenya: Tension as Kibaki Side Told to Give Up Key Seats http://allafrica.com/stories/200804100005.html Africa Food Price ‘Tsunami’ Fear http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7336974.stm How to Save the World (review of Common Wealth by Jeffrey Sachs) http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2008/apr/05/climatechange.usa Cairo 2 Cape Town (bikers biking the continent in support of Millennium Promise): http://www.southafrican.co.uk/living.aspx?ID=572