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July 6th, 2008

Armenia: Education Blogs

Onnik Krikorian · 11:34

Now that post-election tensions are dying down in Armenia, there is a huge potential for blogs to cover more specific issues which are either ignored or left undiscussed by the media and society in general. One of those subjects is education, an area which is particularly tainted by corruption in the post-Soviet space. 4 comments · »»

July 5th, 2008

Russia: Farewell to “Khrushchevki”

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:47

lingua → fr · mg

Earlier this week, LJ user drugoi, one of the most popular and prolific Russian bloggers, posted 17 photos from a Moscow neighborhood of Khrushchev-era apartment blocks, commonly known as khrushchevki, pyatietazhki, or khrushchoby. The neighborhood is about to disappear, to make room for more up-to-date residential high-rises. Below is some of the text that accompanies drugoi's photos, and a few of the 331 comments that the post has generated. 2 comments · »»

June 17th, 2008

Kazakhstan: Living Under Cult

Adil Nurmakov · 07:49

lingua → es

The main discussion this week in Kazakhstani blogosphere was caused by the suggestion that was voiced by a number of MPs to rename the capital city Astana to Nursultan, in the honor of the long-ruling president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who retains power for more than 18 years already. It is worth ... 1 comment · »»

June 11th, 2008

China: Olympic outhouses catch on fire, explode

John Kennedy · 10:47

lingua → es

The 24 Hours Online blogger Laohu 'Tiger Temple' Miao, who spent months earlier this year blogging the stories of destitute Beijing residents whose makeshift homes were harmonized to make way for the Olympics brings us a post today about a fire yesterday not far from the Olympic Bird Nest which ... 10 comments · »»

June 6th, 2008

D.R. of Congo: Streamline architecture in Bukavu and getting by in Kinshasa

Fred R. · 15:50

lingua → fr · es

Do you want to buy something in Kinshasa? Don and Marsha of Congo Chatter have a detailed post on ‘how things are sold' in Kinshasa. Whether you're looking for a European used car, a Coke bottle full of diesel, a walking stick, a football, a 10 cent bag of drinking water, a hard-boiled egg, a bunk-bed or a full sofa suite, it's all right there on the side of the road 0 comments · »»

June 4th, 2008

Peru: President Says Country Closer to Overcoming Poverty

Juan Arellano · 03:51

President Alan Garcia recently stated that Peru is a step away from overcoming poverty and soon will no longer be a developing nation. He cites statistics that by the year 2015, less than 10% of the population will be living in poverty. Peruvian bloggers carefully examined the process in which these figures were measured, and whether this is even possible. 1 comment · »»

June 3rd, 2008

China: Clearer answers and investigation into quake response needed

John Kennedy · 18:47

Last month the Chinese government said that the process of obtaining complete information as to why so many school buildings collapsed in last month's earthquake is underway. This week it began reigning in media which have been asking too many questions, even barring grieving parents from protesting. The first attempt ... 23 comments · »»

May 29th, 2008

Nicaragua: A Closer Look at a Government Program for Microloans

Rodrigo Peñalba · 05:53

lingua → mk · mg · fr · sq · zht · zhs

The governmental program called Usura Cero provides low interest rate loans to Nicaraguan women for their micro-businesses. It was recently featured on an investigative news program and a local blogger provides in-depth thoughts on the success of the program. 0 comments · »»

Links about Development

July 4th, 2008

LimbicNutrition Weblog writes about “two perfect examples of run-away success stories involving returnee Serbs building world-class businesses right here in Serbia.”

Buffalo Expat writes about Ukraine's demographics, migrant labor and xenophobia.

Antero Paiva [pt] uploads a few videos from Dailymontion user mariusangol showing Angola 34 years ago.

July 2nd, 2008

Patrick Frost says that Tajikistan, already one of the world’s poorest nations, has suffered much this year with a harsh winter, continuing health concerns, and with rising food prices.

SunLeaf quotes the the United Nations relief chief, who says that humanitarian situation inside Afghanistan is getting worse, with civilian casualties rising and food prices soaring.

Barnett R. Rubin is ironic about the UNODC's World Drug Report, which is warning about rising heroin production in Afghanistan, but hailing the alleged “localization” of the problem.

June 26th, 2008

AnTyx compares Tartu's Snail Tower to other cities' modern architecture.

June 24th, 2008

A Trinidadian blogger fears that what sets the island apart is being lost among the tall buildings going up in Port of Spain. Why does the glass have to be half empty or half full? asks why do “we deny our people the right to our waterfront? Where is the boardwalk and the local restaurants?”