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September 7, 2012

Economics
Review of Dealing Death and Drugs

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat running for the 16th District of Texas (El Paso and its environs), and a shoe-in for the seat. Among his many accomplishments, th…

Beto - LAM

December 11, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Revitalizing Africa’s Rural Future

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. Dr. Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Executive Secretary of New Partnershi…

A woman works in a rice mill in Aliade community in the Gwer local government area of the central state of Benue 05/10/2012.

June 25, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Rural Futures

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. In his post, he discusses the CAADP meeting in Nairobi in early Ma…

A worker picks tea at a plantation in Githunguri, 30 km (18 miles) from Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2012.

May 29, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Agriculture, Structural Change and the Urban Imperative in African Development

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. There has been increased discussion of late on repositioning deve…

Street traders covers stalls with umbrellas along abandoned railway line in Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt December 3, 2012.

May 7, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
African Development Revisited

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. A spate of press articles over the past several months speculate …

An aerial view shows the central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, April 7, 2009.