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		<title>Read my posts on Practical Action&#8217;s blog pages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the exclusive content on Practical Action&#8217;s pages: Recipe for a high nutrient lollipop for cows; text messaging extension service in Nepal. I try to cross-post, but don&#8217;t always keep up. See read it directly from Practical Action&#8217;s pages here!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=86&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bermuda Triangle of Economic Empowerment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read my review of the conversations, sharing and  learning that went on at the SEEP Network Annual Conference and find out what the Bermuda Triangle of economic empowerment is all about. I presented Practical Action&#8217;s Bangladesh work in one of the Vulnerable Populations workshops. Alison Griffith and Lucho Osorio were also at the conference, presenting  lessons of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=84&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Engaging with the elephant in the room &#8211; Nepal&#8217;s exodus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youth migration, remittances and skill development in Nepal. Read my latest post here!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=79&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facilitating two approaches to cattle feed in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>almorcrette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Practical Action comms. blog from me available here. Please read critically http://practicalaction.org/blog/report/cattle-nutrition-nepal/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=76&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drama to make a difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>almorcrette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out my Practical Action blog post about community-based drama in Bangledesh to raise awareness about good agriculture practices. http://practicalaction.org/blog/bangladesh/drama-to-make-a-difference-raising-agricultural-awareness-through-theatre-in-bangladesh/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=73&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To get out of poverty, get out of agriculture?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>almorcrette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of all the World Food Day blogs I’ve read, Owen Barder&#8216;s was the most refreshing, thought-provoking, and as always, entertaining. But I do question his argument on two pretty fundamental points. Expanding on Owen&#8217;s stats-speak …it is not as persuasive as the alternative interpretation of the high correlation between poverty and agriculture: the fact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=67&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Putting some perspective on &#8216;Climategate&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a reply to Claudio Ruiz-Spohn&#8217;s Facebook comment on my United Youth Development Organization article Climate Change Information Mismanagement. I felt it warranted a reply. First of all, here is Claudio&#8217;s comment: Of course it is. Misinformation on purpose. Read the leaked e-mails from the University of East Anglia &#8211; therein you will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=55&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roots, perfume, herbal tea and cheese: Ground-up market development in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>almorcrette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate continues across development studies about the centrality of economic growth as a driver for development understood in wider terms. But from inside Nepal, a country burdened by critical human underdevelopment, stunted by economic stagnation, and hindered by political deadlock, the view is clear enough: economic growth is the engine of development. And although [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=51&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Education Outpaces Opportunity &#8211; Help Me Doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>almorcrette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is incredible how many people in Nepal have PhDs, MBAs and Master’s degrees. And it is even more staggering that many of them are struggling to make a secure living.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=48&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kathmandu&#8217;s Day Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>almorcrette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 6th December will have been one of the clearest days in Kathmandu all year. Today there are no cars, no trucks or buses, no bikes, mopeds or tempos emptying their kerosene-heavy exhausts into the winter sky.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developmentdifficulties.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11744846&amp;post=42&amp;subd=developmentdifficulties&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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