Monthly Archives: June 2012
What Do I Think of Agriculture Development? Pt. 2
This is part two of a three-part post on agriculture economic development. Read part one here. In the previous post, I explained my experience working in agriculture. In this one, I will talk more generally about the challenges of agriculture … Continue reading
What Do I Think of Agriculture Development? Pt. 1
This is part one of a three-part post on agriculture economic development. After the better part of a year working for Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF), a microfinance institution in the Philippines, I decided to head west again – … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Development Economics
Tagged advance, engineers without borders, ghana, market facilitation, technoserve, USAID
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HIV-Positive in Philadelphia vs. Uganda
“What does it mean to say that one life is “worth more” than another? Aren’t all lives infinitely precious? Well, no, at least not in any sense that’s at all useful for making hard policy decisions about things like job … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health
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Luck of the Draw: Poverty and Success
A few weeks ago, the class of 2012 graduated from university and stepped out into the world. And one commencement speech, in particular, has been attracting a lot of attention for its candor and unexpected message: that the success of … Continue reading
Posted in Development Economics
Tagged luck and success, lucky, michael lewis, michael lewis commencement, princeton speech, success
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Happy Father’s Day (Develop Economies Becomes a Book)
Just shy of three years ago, this blog came into existence. It had a very simple layout and was located at joshweinstein.wordpress.com. Over time, it grew in both scope and traffic, precipitating the move to a more professional layout and … Continue reading
Posted in Travel and Culture
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What Do I Think of Social Enterprise?
In the last five posts, I have described in detail how Bridge International Academies has created a scalable model that can profitably serve the poorest segments of the population. They use data to make decisions, processes to ensure quality, and … Continue reading
What Do I Think of Education and Bridge International Academies? Pt. 5
The following is part five of a five-part post about education in development and Bridge International Academies. In the last post, I talked about how Bridge is able to leverage its economies of scale to both utilize huge amounts of … Continue reading
What Do I Think of Education and Bridge International Academies? Pt. 4
The following is part four of a five-part post about education in development and Bridge International Academies. The first and most obvious criticism of the Bridge model of education is that a scripted curriculum creates a non-dynamic learning environment for … Continue reading
What Do I Think of Education and Bridge International Academies? Pt. 3
The following is part three of a five-part post about education in development and Bridge International Academies The Bridge model is a fundamentally libertarian idea. It is premised on the belief that school choice is a good thing. Many organizations, … Continue reading
What Do I Think of Education and Bridge International Academies? Pt. 2
I think that one of the reasons that Bridge has been so successful at innovating has been its willingness to bring in a multidisciplinary team to run the show. People like me, who have no background in education, but a … Continue reading
