Well, this might not be the brightest move, as I send out my resume with links to this blog.  But since last Monday's Liberia Foundations Meeting, I've been thinking a lot about my work this summer and I think it's worth sharing what I would have done differently.  Then we can both learn from my mistakes.  I'm not embarrassed to have made them: I think that many of us in the development community make them, including some of the loudest voices out there. 

What I learned should have been blata...

I'm taking Ricardo Hausmann's Development Policy Strategy course this semester, and every lecture seems more amusing than the last.  This Wednesday's lecture on productive transformation and the evolution of comparative advantage was so entertaining, I felt inclined to share.

Professor Hausmann talks a lot about monkeys and trees.  The trees represents the product space, a mapping of the capabilities required to produce certain products in an economy.  Monkeys then, are the entrepreneurs.  The...

I went down to New York earlier this week to attend Liberia's second annual foundations meeting.  It was an exciting opportunity for me to meet the leaders of the foundations engaged in Liberia and present the work I did this summer regarding opportunities for philanthropic support for technology.

I'm inspired by the outstanding group of foundations supporting Liberia.  Their commitment to the country runs deep, evident in their willingness to engage on myriad initiatives both within and acros...