News highlights, late September 2015

Economic origins of the Syria crisis:

http://www.upworthy.com/trying-to-follow-what-is-going-on-in-syria-and-why-this-comic-will-get-you-there-in-5-minutes?g=3

EU refugee plan, September 2015:

http://www.irinnews.org/report/101978/how-the-eu-s-refugee-plan-stacks-up

Data on refugees:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/09/economist-explains-4?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Fee%2Fst%2Fhowmanymigrantstoeuropearerefugees

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europes-migrant-crisis-eight-reasons-its-not-what-youthink/article26194675/

http://stopwar.org.uk/news/countries-sending-most-arms-to-syria-have-accepted-fewest-of-refugees-they-ve-helped-create

EU unemployment:

https://rwer.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/eu-unemployment-of-extra-eu-inhabitants-work-to-do-three-graphs/

Failing giving aid funding to education:

http://en.unesco.org/gem-report/sites/gem-report/files/UNESCO-GMR2015-Figure10-v1.jpg

Maps of the Middle East:

http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain-the-middle-east

Gender pay gap

Source: The Atlantic, 17/12/12.

News highlights, early September 2015

China and the misallocation of aid in Africa:

http://www.theigc.org/blog/are-african-leaders-misusing-chinese-development-finance-the-price-of-country-ownership/

Where to allocate aid:

http://aiddata.org/sites/default/files/wps6_the_foreign_aid_effectiveness_debate_evidence_from_malawi.pdf

http://aiddata.org/blog/the-politics-of-aid-allocation-new-evidence-from-zambia

Illegal exploitation of resources –timber in Senegal:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201509111298.html

Preserving seeds for humanity:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/us-mideast-crisis-seeds-idUSKCN0RL1KA20150921

Assad, Syria, War crimes:

http://www.businessinsider.com/assads-government-still-kills-way-more-civilians-than-isis-2015-2?IR=T