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Literary Prizes

Hat tip Orinkinla!

1. Young Communicators Fellowships Aspiring writers and policy wonks – Apply for a grant to take advantage of internships and other career-building opportunities. Awards up to $5,000. Deadline: March 15, 2006 / rolling

Hayek Fund for Scholars Graduate students and young faculty – Apply for travel assistance to attend a professional conference […]

Woohoo!

I passed the bar!!!!!

Constitutional Referendum Part VII – Final Thoughts

The following are my notes from the Q&A session which proved to be quite entertaining.

– Kenyans are so verbose. Everyone was explicitly restricted to one question, but I can’t tell you how many times someone started off with a speech on how grateful they were about the workshop before raising “just three quick points.” […]

Constitutional Referendum Part VI – Youth

A few weeks ago I attended a workshop on the proposed new constitution that was sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The forum was free and open to the publc. The workshop focused on 6 thematic areas of the new constitution – Representation, Women’s Issues, Devolution, Land and Natural Resources, Media, Executive Powers and Youth. The […]

More alternative models of tackling poverty

A couple of interesting links illustrating alternative ways to address poverty and development issues:

– Kiva. Kiva “lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on our website and then lending money online to that enterprise, you can “sponsor a business” and help […]

Constitutional Referendum Part V (Devolution)

A few weeks ago I attended a workshop on the proposed new constitution that was sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The forum was free and open to the publc. The workshop focused on 6 thematic areas of the new constitution – Representation, Women’s Issues, Devolution, Land and Natural Resources, Media, Executive Powers and Youth. The […]