Weekly Tweets for 2009-12-18

December 18, 2009

Q:what is this ranking? 1.Zimbabwe 2.Japan 3.Lebanon 4.Jamaica 5.Italy 6.Sudan 7.Singapore 8.Greece A:debt/GDP http://bit.ly/7PTi7T #
"The assumption that conduct is prompt and rational is in all cases a fiction. But it proves to be sufficiently near to reality... #
...if things have time to hammer logic into men."--J.A. Schumpeter, The Theory of Economic Development #
RT @owenbarder: Is aid undermined by extravagant claims of its supporters? My openDemocracy article http://tinyurl.com/yclqxca #
Critique of @NickKristof article & playing into donor/P2P illusions RT @saundra_s: More bad donor advice http://bit.ly/8DKNAH #
RT @savetogether: Nice brief on savings & #microfinance by Ignacio Mas of @gatesfoundation http://bit.ly/5P3W2j #
Report from @Oxfam: The Missing Middle in Agricultural Finance http://bit.ly/8bPZjT #microfinance #

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