transparency

No. 96: 5 Thursday AM Reads

Aug 13, 2015

Notes

budget, Ghana, mobile apps, oil revenue, performance bias, prma, racism, ryan holiday, transparency, tyler cowen

1. Fascinating piece on Sam’s Cafe in Tehran. I look forward to reading more about life in Iran as business opens up with the rest of the world. 2. One of the benefits of the Internet is the transparency it enables. Here’s an interesting post from Zirtual CEO Maren Kate on why Zirtual failed and how…
No. 75: Why Akinwumi Adesina Won the African Development Bank Presidency

Jun 4, 2015

Africa, Economics

Afdb, Africa, African Development Bank, agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, bobby pittman, civil society, government, governors, infrastructure, private sector, Rajesh Mirchandani, transparency, Twitter

Bobby Pittman, head of Kupanda Capital, did a nice interview with the Center for Global Development where he serves as a board member alongside the likes of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Lawrence Summers. He highlights the reasons Dr. Adesina won the AfDB presidency, and some things on which he will have to focus. Three points that…