Dear List Readers,
If any of you are interested in the links between environment and
development, you might be interested in this new group blog (to which
I occasionally contribute).
Link is here...
http://blog.aiddata.org/
Most of the posts attempt to use a new database that tracks
development finance at the project level in order to make descriptive
or explanatory claims.
Some recent posts that could be of interest to readers of this list
compare oil spills in Nigeria to foreign aid for oil cleanup. Or
compare the costs of clean-up in Nigeria and the Gulf of Mexico...
http://blog.aiddata.org/2010/07/tale-of-two-deltas-part-two.html
http://blog.aiddata.org/2010/07/as-deepwater-horizon-spill-continues-in.html
The very limited amount of aid given to the environment sector by
"non-traditional" donors such as India, Saudi Arabia, and China...
http://blog.aiddata.org/2010/09/india-turns-up-its-aid-tap.html
How donors respond to natural disasters, which may be more frequent
and more severe as the climate continues to change (think Katrina and
floods in Pakistan)...
http://blog.aiddata.org/2010/09/south-north-cooperation-hurricane.html
http://blog.aiddata.org/2010/08/slow-tsunami-of-assistance.html
Credible commitments and environmental aid...
http://blog.aiddata.org/2010/08/credible-commitments-and-environmental.html
And other fun stuff for your Sunday afternoon reading.
Hope some of you enjoy the blog and the underlying AidData data
resource, which you can access here...
www.aiddata.org
Best.
Mike
Michael J. Tierney
Director of International Relations
Associate Professor of Government
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Tel: 757-221-3039
Web: http://mjtier.people.wm.edu/
