Weekly roundup, 30 April: It’s been a good week for...

By Timothy Cox

Friday, April 30, 2010

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Cheap Communication -- Mobile phone users in Zambia and India who look forward to lower costs as a result of liberalisation.

Transparency -- Those interested in development as the World Bank opens the door to a world of free data.

And a bad week for...

Free thinking in Rwanda -- Proponents of free societies who, in light of recent reports of personal freedom abuses in Rwanda, will take the recent praise of Paul Kagame with a pinch of salt.

Consumers that like to feel good -- Eco-products, as a new report shows they might not be any better for the environment that standard, cheaper goods.
 

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Timothy Cox

Timothy Cox is a trade and development analyst at IPN.

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