Top Items About Development
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Jokes | Joke about massive corruption in Africa | The massive corruption which Keith Richburg encountered while working as a correspondent for The Washington Post... | Anonymous | 90 | |
| Trivia | Effect of cell phones on per capita GDP growth | The idea that mobile phones bring economic benefits is now widely accepted. In places with bad roads, few trains and... | root | 86 | |
| Anecdotes | The science of beauty and attraction | The godfather of scientific study of beauty is Randy Thornhill, of the University of New Mexico. | root | 71 | |
| Quotes | Winston Churchill: Cable to Africa | When Great Britain`s power was at its zenith, news reached the House of Commons that a telephone cable to Africa had... | Anonymous | 52 | |
| Images | Africa at night | SEEN from space, Africa at night is unlit—as dark as all-but empty Siberia. With nearly 1 billion people, Africa accounts for over a sixth of the world's population, but generates only 4% of global electricity. Three-quarters of that is used by South Africa, Egypt and the other countries along the north African littoral. | root | 30 | |
| Anecdotes | Florid Prose? | American social critic and writer Lewis Mumford was not enamored with rapid urbanization and its attendant evils.... | Anonymous | 29 | |
| Anecdotes | Madeline Cain: Eminent Domain | "60 Minutes" co-host Mike Wallace once confronted Lakewood, Ohio Mayor Madeline Cain about the city`s forced appropriation... | Anonymous | 21 | |
| Images | Reflecting on urban development | root | 18 | ||
| Images | green community? | ... | root | 13 | |
| Trivia | Trivia about Babies, Eyes and Vision | Newborn babies are not blind. Studies have shown that newborns have approximately 20/50 vision and can discriminate... | Anonymous | 12 |
