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by James Austin Whit...
23 weeks ago
Source: The Telegraph. Picture taken of Chinese migrant worker's returning home for the Lunar New Year
China’s economic development has had important changes in policy that adversely affected the indigenous private sector and more fervently favored...
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by Sarah Forman
23 weeks ago
Yesterday afternoon, on the second day of Chanukkah, I went to the Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse to eat jelly donuts and light candles (not exactly a North African-style celebration, admittedly). In a classic Sarah Forman move, I misread the...
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by Noah Elbot
23 weeks ago
(From The Atlantic) A car stops beside a house in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling, Zhejiang province, November 22, 2012. An elderly couple refused to sign an agreement to allow their house to be demolished. They said that compensation...
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by Nicholas Carter
23 weeks ago
It's been almost a year since this project began, and I am more than happy to say that the 42-minute documentary, entitled Oíaymelo, is finally finished. Before writing a little about it, I'd first like to say how grateful I am for everyone that...
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by Eli Wolff
24 weeks ago
Special Olympics International and Brown University’s Sport and Development Project Launch New Report
(Providence/Washington DC, December 3, 2012) On the occasion of December 3, the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, with...
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by Almirah Radio
25 weeks ago
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Sarnath Banerjee is an Indian artist—living in Berlin, but often in Delhi, and at home in many cities. He plies image and text to investigate the rhythm of the ordinary, and draw out the hidden caches of humor and...
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by Bruktaweit Addis
25 weeks ago
Agazh's Progress
Agazh’s current license under the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice Charities and Societies Agency expires in February 2013, so a large part of November was dedicated to preparing a report on the organization’s activities, services,...
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by The Editors
25 weeks ago
Applications are now open for the three summer fellowships offered by the Watson Institute for International Studies for Brown students!
The Fellowships offered are:
1. AT&T New Media Summer Fellows ProgramThis fellowship provides up...
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by Gae Emilio Leanza
25 weeks ago
In a recent Brown-India Initiative lecture, SOAS professor of languages and cultures of South Asia Rachel Dwyer presented on the role of religious mythology in the development of popular Hindi cinema. Given its lengthy song and dance scenes,...
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by James Austin Whit...
26 weeks ago
Former World Bank Economist John Page drew on a World Bank study of the 8 High Performing Asian Economies (HPAEs) in the “The East Asian Miracle: Four Lessons for Development Policy”. While being dated in comparison with most of the other...
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by Noah Elbot
26 weeks ago
The 2012 State of the Union's viewership which approached 38 million people. To one extent or another, most of those watching have stakes in the policy announcements of the speech—investors, businessmen, and consumers. Inevitably, they will react to...
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by Andy Blackadar
26 weeks ago
On August 22, 1964, Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer of Ruleville, Mississippi spoke to the Democratic National Convention and to a national television audience. As millions watched her speech on television, President Lyndon Johnson, who did not want...
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by James Austin Whit...
27 weeks ago
Photo of Joseph Chen, the founder and CEO of Renren, a social networking site colloquially known as the "Chinese Facebook" following his companies IPO
“Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State” approaches basic...
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by Noah Elbot
27 weeks ago
Above photograph taken by the author in Science Park, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
A Home to Call Your Own: A look at the real estate bubbles in Hong Kong and China
For this week, I would like to depart from the readings, which I will return to next...
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by Sarah Forman
27 weeks ago
As I’ve been looking through my Facebook newsfeed over the past two weeks (I’m trying to write a paper, so obviously that’s happening quite a bit these days), I’ve been overwhelmed by the many different perspectives my friends are sharing about the...
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by Sarah Forman
27 weeks ago
A few weekends ago, my study abroad program sent us up to Paris to get a tast of city life, now that we've spent so much time in Provincial Toulouse.
After spending a rainy Friday morning at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, a large...
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by Noah Elbot
27 weeks ago
Above photograph taken by Cade Howard '14 of the author looking over SaiKung Harbour in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
GLISP Mid-term － For a PDF copy of this paper with all the figures, contact the author at noah_elbot@brown.edu
What...
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by Gae Emilio Leanza
28 weeks ago
During a recent lecture at Brown University, one of the most famous journalists in India Barkha Dutt read an excerpt from her upcoming memoir Unquiet Land: Exploring India’s Fault Lines. Widely known for her coverage of conflict zones, fault...
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by The Editors
28 weeks ago
Brown Daily Herald Monday, November 5 2012
Hannah Abelow '14
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — “Michelle Obama ate lunch next door,” bragged a shopkeeper selling an odd assortment of antiques and vintage knick-knacks in the gentrifyingCape Town...
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by Danielle Johnstone
29 weeks ago
Social media is throbbing with the story of the violent attack of the treasurer of opposition party MDC-T, John Kinnaird. According to local news source, The Zimbabwean, Kinnaird was attacked in his...
